We obtained the dataset necessary to create half mile walking distance travel areas for bus the high frequency bus routes, and the map presented in SacRT SmartRide and high frequency routes has been updated, below (pdf). Updated explanation: The light blue crosshatched areas are the service zones for SmartRide. These are sketched, so similar to the … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide & high frequency routes update
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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 high frequency routes
SmartRide is an on-demand micro-transit point-to-point service currently billed as "Shuttle service that comes to you". SmartRide was established in February 2018, with door-to-door service in the City of Citrus Heights. Citrus Heights had an earlier, less flexible service. The Citrus Heights zone became more important when Route 24 Madison-Greenback was discontinued with SacRT Forward … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide and high frequency routes
Sac General Plan update supports transit
City of Sacramento is updating its general plan to 2040. Several changes to the draft have improved support for transit. Between guidance provided by city council for the General Plan update and the current draft, there was a swing to less progressive and impactful language in the General Plan, but with the latest draft, there … Continue reading Sac General Plan update supports transit
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 