This in part of a series of posts on the presentation given by Lisa Hinz at the SacRT Board Meeting on 2025-07-28. The audio accompanying the presentation slides is key to understanding them, so we recommend that you also view the meeting recording on YouTube. Slides 6, 7 & 8 (starting 33:55) are about implementation … Continue reading STAR responses to Hinz 2025-07-28 presentation #3
Tag: Siemens S700
STAR responses to Hinz 2025-07-28 presentation #2
This in part of a series of posts on the presentation given by Lisa Hinz at the SacRT Board Meeting on 2025-07-28. The audio accompanying the presentation slides is key to understanding them, so we recommend that you also view the meeting recording on YouTube. Slides 4 & 5 (starting 31:50) were spent on modifications … Continue reading STAR responses to Hinz 2025-07-28 presentation #2
Seattle S700 cars
Sound Transit in Seattle area operates Siemens S700 light rail vehicles (LRVs), similar to the ones SacRT is using for its Light Rail Modernization Project. Dan Allison, STAR Action Team Lead, recently visited Seattle and used the LINK 1-Line light rail system a number of times. LINK 1-Line is all grade-separated, not street-running, and the … Continue reading Seattle S700 cars
SacRT can’t fix S700 announcements
When S700 rail cars approach Gold Line 29th St and 39th St, the announcements and internal displays are often incorrect, saying and showing the wrong stations. This has been going on for months, and SacRT has been unable to fix this. This is unacceptable.
SacRT Mobility Advisory Council 2025-03-20
The March meeting of the SacRT Mobility Advisory Council (MAC) will be Thursday, March 20, 2025, starting at 2:30 PM, in the SacRT Auditorium at 1102 Q Street (near 13th Street light rail station). STAR encourages the public to watch and/or attend these meetings. Topics come up at the MAC that do not come up … Continue reading SacRT Mobility Advisory Council 2025-03-20
light rail update
Dan has ridden the Gold Line to Mather Field/Mills Station or Sunrise Station nearly every day for the last two weeks, sometimes more than once per day, so we will provide an update on the new Siemens S700 low-floor rail cars and service on the Gold Line. Ramp Deployment: There seem to be many fewer … Continue reading light rail update
Mobility Challenges | Siemens Low-Floor Cars
STAR members are hearing from mobility-challenged patrons the same issues raised again-and-again related to the Siemens low-floor light rail cars. The overall silence from SacRT implies either a lack of action related to the observations or a lack of effective communication with those who are raising the concerns. The issues can be divided generally into … Continue reading Mobility Challenges | Siemens Low-Floor Cars
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
SacRT new light rail cars have inaccessible ramp call strips
The other major issue that the disability community, through the Mobility Advisory Council (MAC) and elsewhere, is that the ramp call strip on the bottom of the fold-up seats is inaccessible for most wheelchair users. As seen in the photo below, the yellow call strip is blocked by the grab bar. For some wheelchair users, … Continue reading SacRT new light rail cars have inaccessible ramp call strips
bicycles on new light rail cars
SacRT staff has claimed that since the policy of four bicycles per light rail car is not being changed for the new light rail low-floor cars, Siemens S700s, that everything is OK with bicycles. The policy is four bicycles per car. But staff is gaslighting the MAC, the public, and apparently the SacRT Board as … Continue reading bicycles on new light rail cars
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 