Tag: level-boarding

level boarding NOT

A Tuesday email from SacRT about the new low-floor light rail cars included this statement: “Level Boarding: All riders board from the level platform.” SacRT made the decision to design the rail cars and platforms with low-floor boarding, which is why deployable ramps are necessary. STAR from the beginning recommended level-boarding, where deployable ramps would not … Continue reading level boarding NOT →

are SacRT low floor rail cars ADA compliant?

At the May 22 SacRT board meeting, Dan Allison spoke for STAR during public comment on the issues in our status post: STAR Update, one of which was continuing concerns about the deployable ramps that are offered for access from the new platforms to the new cars. The difference is about six inches. Jeffery Tardaguila … Continue reading are SacRT low floor rail cars ADA compliant? →

SacRT light rail boarding solution

As described in a previous post, SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding, SacRT is intending on created a low-floor with step-up railcar and platform system throughout the network. The floor of the new Siemens S700 railcars will be six inches above platform height, requiring riders to make a small step up to board. Riders … Continue reading SacRT light rail boarding solution →

level boarding and Network Integration Plan

In 2020, the Capitol Corridor, SacRT, and the City of Sacramento received a TIRCP (Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program) grant of $3.9M for planning and construction at Sacramento Valley Station, connections between SacRT light rail and the Valley Rail stations in Sacramento, and a bus layover facility. The grant required a Network Integration Plan … Continue reading level boarding and Network Integration Plan →

Phoenix Valley Metro Rail light rail boarding

This will be the last of the posts about other light rail systems (whew!) unless a reader has something to contribute. But look forward to a post about how SacRT might address its problem with not-level boarding. Valley Metro Rail operates a single light rail line in the Phoenix area. It uses low floor Shinki … Continue reading Phoenix Valley Metro Rail light rail boarding →

Salt Lake City TRAX light rail boarding

The Salt Lake City TRAX light rail system, operated by the Utah Transit Authority, has three light rail lines (and one commuter rail line). The oldest Blue line uses high-floor Siemens SD-100 and SD-160 railcars. The newer Green and Red lines use Siemens S70 low-floor railcars and are entirely level boarding stations. TRAX highlights that … Continue reading Salt Lake City TRAX light rail boarding →

Denver RTD light rail boarding

Continuing on a series of posts about light rail boarding in various cities that Sacramento area people may have experience with or interest in. Denver RTD (regional transit district) has an extensive light rail system which is low floor but not level boarding. The photos below is from denverurbanism.com. I apparently did not take any … Continue reading Denver RTD light rail boarding →

San Jose VTA light rail boarding

This is a follow-on to SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding, and Portland & Seattle light rail boarding. Dan has not been in San Jose recently, since the recent discussion of light rail board for SacRT, but I do have some old photos showing boarding for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency (VTA) light rail system … Continue reading San Jose VTA light rail boarding →

Portland & Seattle light rail boarding

This is a follow-on to SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding. Over the Memorial Day weekend, Dan traveled to the Pacific Northwest, and rode on both the Portland and Seattle light rail systems. The Portland system, MAX, has step-up boarding, but it is low, about three inches, less than the six inches that is … Continue reading Portland & Seattle light rail boarding →

SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding

The new light rail cars and the new platforms, initially for the Gold Line and eventually for the entire light rail network, will NOT be level boarding. STAR has been using the phrase low-floor, level-boarding ever since the project was first outlined, and have never heard anyone from SacRT offer a correction. We have heard … Continue reading SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding →