SacTRU and STAR are hosting a presentation on Sacramento Valley Station by Chris Flores of SacRT and Greg Taylor of the City of Sacramento on Saturday, May 9. The STAR meeting scheduled for this Saturday, April 25, has been cancelled, see more information below. The meeting (1:00PM on Saturday, May 9) will be held by … Continue reading Sacramento Valley Station presentation May 9
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Sac Council workshop on transportation
The Sacramento City Council will be meeting on Tuesday, October 29 for a ‘Transportation Funding and Priorities Workshop’. The meeting announcement and agenda is at http://sacramento.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=21&event_id=3561. From 5:00PM to 7:00PM, the council will discuss the staff document, and the public may comment, with the usual two minute limit. At first glance, the list of projects … Continue reading Sac Council workshop on transportation
Sac light rail TOD ordinance
The Sacramento City Council passed the light rail Transit Oriented Development (TOD) ordinance on Tuesday evening. We will have more to say about that shortly, but in this post we will address the concern expressed by many opponents that their property (it was entirely property owners who were opposed) was in the 1/4 mile or … Continue reading Sac light rail TOD ordinance
Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
The City of Sacramento is developing an ordinance for Transit Oriented Development (TOD), in part due to negative publicity about approval of car-oriented development in close proximity to light rail transit stations. The process is in the early stages, and the draft proposal will be before the Planning & Design Commission on September 20, 6:00PM, … Continue reading Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
Serve on the SacRT board
From our friends SacTRU and also noticed by Ridership for the Masses. Mayor Steinberg is appointing a member of the private sector to the SacRT Board. This seat will replace one of the Sacramento City Council seats currently filled by Councilman Rick Jennings and will serve until the end of 2018. The member of the … Continue reading Serve on the SacRT board
Downtown Specific Plan open house Oct 9
The City of Sacramento is holding a community open house on the downtown Specific Plan this Monday, October 9, 5:30PM to 7:30PM, in the city hall lobby at 915 I St. The STAR Action Team talked about the abundance of meetings to attend, and projects to follow, and we are not sure which ones will … Continue reading Downtown Specific Plan open house Oct 9
Sacramento Valley Station transit
The City of Sacramento is part way through a master planning process for Sacramento Valley Station (the Amtrak station). The outcome of the plan is critical for transit success in the county and region, with the station being the most important in Northern California and seventh busiest in the country. A great design could set … Continue reading Sacramento Valley Station transit
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 