STAR and the other transit advocacy organizations have long encouraged SacRT to implement low-income fares. SacRT currently offers half-off fares for disabled and seniors, but only offers regular full fares for low-income riders. There are some individuals who receive transit passes or tickets through social service agencies and nonprofits, but that number is small. The … Continue reading low income fares for SacRT?
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LA Metro light rail level boarding
Dan is in southern California fairly often, and ride both the subway system (B Red and D Purple), and the light rail system, particularly the E Expo line from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. Of course the subway system has level boarding, as does every subway system I'm aware of, but so does the … Continue reading LA Metro light rail level boarding
Measure M
Dan gave a brief presentation on Los Angeles Metro's Measure M, the one cent permanent sales tax that passed in 2016. Take a look for an introduction. There three slides at the end are about SACOG's SCS goals, which are the only agency goals in the region so far, since SacTA has not developed goals … Continue reading Measure M
LA’s Measure M
Metro (the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) released a document entitled "LA County’s Measure M Lessons Learned - How to Pass a Mega Transportation Measure," which is available on their Measure M page. This document is being used by the Measure B Coalition as a model for Sacramento County in SacTA's (Sacramento County Transportation Authority) … Continue reading LA’s Measure M
LA Flyaway airport service
STAR has been exploring methods of providing service to Sacramento airport (SMF) that are less costly and might provide better service than the $2B plus Green Line to the Airport. So far we have focused on enhancing the existing Yolobus hourly service (42B) to 15-minute service with more hours of coverage. The Los Angeles FlyAway … Continue reading LA Flyaway airport service
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 