The second virtual public meeting is TODAY, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 5:30 p.m., https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89978856653. Added: The Five Year Service Plan table, below and pdf. As is typical of government reports, the SacRT Short Range Transportation Plan (SRTP) includes pages of background information before it gets to the part most people would be interested in. Unless … Continue reading SacRT Short Range Transportation Plan concerns
SacRT Short Range Transit Plan available for review
SacRT has opened a page on the 2022-2027 update of the Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP), branded as SacRT On the Move. The 'Review the Draft SRTP Document' button is not working at the moment, but fortunately we have a pdf copy. It is a long document. We removed the four pages that are about … Continue reading SacRT Short Range Transit Plan available for review
Sac region transit agencies
STAR usually focuses on SacRT. It is the largest transit provider in the SACOG six-county region (Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba and Sutter, Placer, and El Dorado), so this focus has some justification. But it is also a reflection of our limited capacity to track issues in all of the transit service areas. If you know of … Continue reading Sac region transit agencies
SacRT board composition motion passes
At the SacRT board meeting on Monday night (2022-02-14), the following motion was adopted. The County of Sacramento will have an additional seat (four total) and the City of Elk Grove will have an additional seat (two total) on the SacRT Board of Directors. Any member jurisdiction that would have alternates, the members of those … Continue reading SacRT board composition motion passes
SacRT service changes (reductions) for April 2022
Update: The four slides on service changes which were part of the Short Range Transit Plan presentation to the board, are now available as pdf, and below. Look for a separate post soon about the SRTP. In the SacRT board meeting tonight (2022-02-14), agenda item 7.2 on the Short Range Transit Plan also included service … Continue reading SacRT service changes (reductions) for April 2022
SacRT rider survey
SacRT is soliciting input from the public on the future of SacRT. The survey is linked from the Help SacRT Plan for Future System Priorities page. We encourage you to take the survey. In case you want to know ahead of time, the survey questions are here.
SacRT may move to restrict citizen participation
At the upcoming SacRT board meeting on Monday, February 14, 2022, the board will consider a recommendation from the Board Composition and Voting Structure Subcommittee, and if adopted as a motion, will give the General Manager Henry Li the authority to work with our state legislator (Assemblyman Ken Cooley) to draft legislation to implement the … Continue reading SacRT may move to restrict citizen participation
report on Sacramento Transportation & Climate Workshop
The City of Sacramento Transportation & Climate Workshop was held as part of the regular city council meeting on February 8, 2022. One of the big ideas of the city's proposed initiative is bus lanes on Stockton Blvd, as previously mentioned in STAR letter on Sac City Transportation & Climate Workshop. The bus facility on Stockton … Continue reading report on Sacramento Transportation & Climate Workshop
STAR letter on Sac City Transportation & Climate Workshop
STAR has sent a letter to Sacramento City Council, for consideration in the Transportation & Climate Workshop upcoming on February 8, 2022 (council meeting starts 5:00PM, this agenda item is 19). The letter is below and in pdf. STAR's comments are related to recommendation #7, which we introduced in Sacramento transit enhancement. The agenda item … Continue reading STAR letter on Sac City Transportation & Climate Workshop
STAR letter on SacRT board composition
STAR has sent a letter to the SacRT board and staff on the board composition issue, objecting to any action, legislation or policy, that would preclude the possibility of non-elected members of the board. Letter in pdf, and below. SacTRU and Ridership for the Masses joined us in this letter. This is a followup to … Continue reading STAR letter on SacRT board composition