The SacRT Board of Directors next meeting is this coming Monday, March 24, 2025. The meetings are held at Q Street Auditorium , 1102 Q Street, 4th Floor, Suite 4600, Sacramento, CA, starting at 4:00 PM. The location is a block away from the 13th Street light rail station, served by Gold, Blue, and Green … Continue reading SacRT Board 2025-03-24
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report on SacRT MAC 2024-09-19
The SacRT Mobility Advisory Council (MAC) met on Thursday, September 19. STAR has taken to attending the MAC meetings whenever possible. We are of course interested in how SacRT supports, or doesn't support, the needs of the disability community. But the MAC meetings also reveal plans and concerns of SacRT that either never show up … Continue reading report on SacRT MAC 2024-09-19
Civic Thread plan for SacRT mobility hubs
Civic Thread has obtained a $550K grant from California Air Resources Board (CARB) for study of mobility hub locations for SacRT. The grant is under the FY 2022-2023 Planning and Capacity Building (Planning), Clean Mobility in Schools (CMIS), and the Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) program. For the grant awards announcement: Lead Applicant: WALKSacramento, dba … Continue reading Civic Thread plan for SacRT mobility hubs
changes on SacRT board
There have recently been changes to the SacRT Board of Directors. Mai Vang replaced Sean Loloee as a City of Sacramento representative, and Lisa Kaplan has replaced Katie Valenzuela for the city. Patrick Kennedy and Rick Jennings have continued in their Chair and Vice-Chair positions. Elk Grove now has two representatives, Bobbie Singh-Allen and Rod … Continue reading changes on SacRT board
updated SacRT system map info
STAR has updated the time for a new SacRT system map post with a ArcGIS StoryMaps: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8b8addc209fb4cbebe2fbb45b416c0dc. This is our first use of StoryMaps, so feedback is appreciated. A static version of this map is below. STAR version of SacRT System Map
Transit Equity Day, February 5
February 5, Monday, is Transit Equity Day. The day, organized by Labor Network for Sustainability, is a celebration of Rosa Parks birthday (actually February 4), and the power of transit and transit workers in our lives. Transit Equity Day Principles (from the Transit Equity Day website) Public Transit provides basic mobility for many in our … Continue reading Transit Equity Day, February 5
SacRT presentation on ongoing projects and initiatives
At the September 25 meeting of the SacRT Board of Directors, agenda item 7.1 was 'Presentation on Ongoing Projects and Initiatives'. This is the third of four presentations to the board; the first two were in July and August, and the last will be in October. The two prior presentations are available: July, August. The … Continue reading SacRT presentation on ongoing projects and initiatives
more on SacRT vehicle wraps
We wrote earlier on transit vehicle wraps. In response to a letter, SacRT said that the current bus wrap advertising contract limits coverage of windows to 50%, and that the next light rail wrap advertising contract would have the same limit. This is progress, but not sufficient. The existing wraps on light rail vehicles, some … Continue reading more on SacRT vehicle wraps
SacRT system and LIHM
The map below includes SacRT fixed bus routes and light rail, overlain on disadvantaged community information. The low-income high-minority map layer is the SACOG Environmental Justice 2020 data, which is also referred to as low-income high-minority (LIHM). This dataset is only one of many that could be used, but it was selected because it is … Continue reading SacRT system and LIHM
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
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 