The Monday, November 13 meeting of the SacRT Board of Directors will consider an action or resolution on the Dos Rios Light Rail Station. This station was intended to be a key component of the redevelopment of Twin Rivers housing into the Mirasol Village housing community, ensuring affordability by providing frequent and convenient transit access … Continue reading Dos Rios Light Rail Station on SacRT Monday agenda
Tag: light rail
SacRT ridership update 2022Q4
An update to the previous 2022Q2 post on SacRT ridership trends. The chart shows on-demand (grey), bus (blue), light rail (red) and total (green) ridership. Total ridership is now 1.1M, but still considerably below the pre-pandemic ridership of 1.76M, so 62%. The third quarter ridership numbers are alway above the other three quarters, perhaps due … Continue reading SacRT ridership update 2022Q4
emerging transit thoughts
The following thoughts are not the position of STAR, though some might become so over time. Instead, they are the things that transit advocates are talking about, particularly in the wake of the failed Measure A transportation sales tax. We don't need a better Measure A. We need something completely different. Right after the failure, … Continue reading emerging transit thoughts
SacRT ridership trends
The following two charts show ridership trends for SacRT, in categories of fixed route bus, light rail, and demand-response, which includes SacRT Smart Ride but does not include Paratransit. A previous post showed ridership by bus routes. The first chart shows the period 1999-10 through 2016-10. The X-axis interval is not consistent because the months … Continue reading SacRT ridership trends
light rail as streetcar?
This is a speculative idea, not in any way policy or position of STAR. What if we ran the core downtown light rail system as though it were a streetcar? The downtown area could have 5 to 10 minute headways (or 7.5 minute), making it like an effective streetcar system (which the current proposed streetcar/light … Continue reading light rail as streetcar?
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
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 