Tag: disadvantaged communities

is SmartRide sustainable or well designed?

For all STAR posts on SmartRide, see the category ‘SacRT SmaRT Ride‘. The recent series of posts on SacRT SmartRide, the on-demand micro-transit service, was provoked by a December 19, 2023 article on Bloomberg City Lab, On-Demand Microtransit Can’t Escape This Big Problem, by David Zipper. The most recent (2019) post on micro-transit (which he calls flexible … Continue reading is SmartRide sustainable or well designed? →

SacRT SmartRide and disadvantaged communities

For all STAR posts on SmartRide, see the category 'SacRT SmaRT Ride'. The SacRT application to Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA) for SmartRide funding includes page 11 on disadvantaged communities (pdf). We have not seen this presented elsewhere, so are using the application and map. The text from this page is: "SmaRT Ride, like most transit … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide and disadvantaged communities →