STAR remains concerned that if the City of Sacramento eliminates it contribution to the RydeFreeRT program, that other partners will too, and the program will fail. Some recent news articles have provide information about the program budget, though we have still not heard directly from SacRT about the budget. RydeFreeRT is perhaps the most successful … Continue reading background on RydeFreeRT
Tag: ridership
summary of Green Line to the Airport
SacRT's Green Line to the Airport webpage provides some resources describing the Green Line project. Most of the information below is summarized from the Transitional Analysis Report of 2010. Note that this is the last SacRT document available; there have been no additional documents for 13 years. Some minor adjustments were made to this proposal … Continue reading summary of Green Line to the Airport
SacRT light rail weekday boardings
The two table below show the average weekday boardings for the light rail Blue Line and Gold Line, in March 2021. The data is from the SacRT 'Monthly' Quarterly Ridership Report for June 2021, The tables are sorted by boardings. This is the last report for which SacRT included such data in its reports, so … Continue reading SacRT light rail weekday boardings
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
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
STAR light rail framework
Some questions and answers from our membership email list are now included below the framework. Several years ago STAR became uncomfortable with SacRT's (both the board and staff) willingness to select some light rail extensions over others, without real study and without public engagement. A Blue Line extension to American River College was prominent in … Continue reading STAR light rail framework
SacRT bus ridership January 2020
The table below shows SacRT bus ridership in January 2020. This is the last publically available data, and also happens to be just before the pandemic, so is representative of ridership after the SacRT Forward network redesign in 2019, but with traditional commute and ridership patterns. We have requested up-to-date data, and will post that … Continue reading SacRT bus ridership January 2020
light rail to the airport?
When a city plans a new rail-transit system, it is almost inevitable that a connection to the airport is included. That is a reflection of the importance of plane travel, which has become cheaper and more widely used. But it is also a product of transit politics. The numbers don't seem to justify such a … Continue reading light rail to the airport?
YoloBus seeks comments on improvements
YoloBus is seeking public input on it's proposed network revisions. Check the information and survey page at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/yoloGO. They are proposing changes for Davis, Woodland, West Sacramento, Winters, and the county. Perhaps the most significant change for the region is increasing 42A/B frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes. This is the line that serves … Continue reading YoloBus seeks comments on improvements
SacRT Forward final network plan
SacRT has released the final network plan, which will go to the board on Monday, February 25. Though the board may modify the proposal, or delay a decision, staff is recommending adoption. STAR will be making a statement on the plan at that board meeting, largely supporting the network. We will not be making comments … Continue reading SacRT Forward final network plan
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 