Item 2.20, 'Approving the Issuance of an Annual Student (TK-12) Pass to Students Without a Full Fare Subsidy, and Delegating Authority of the General Manager/CEO to Negotiate and Execute Student Pass Arrangements for the RydeFreeRT Progam' on the June 9, 2025 Board of Directors agenda is to continue the RydeFreeRT program which offers free transit … Continue reading RydeFreeRT is still at risk
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RydeFreeRT status
The City of Sacramento FY 2024-2025 budget, to be adopted at the June 11 council meeting, includes $250K for the RydeFreeRT program. The original proposal from City Manager Howard Chan was to withdraw from the program completely, but Mayor Darrel Steinberg requested that $250K be retained for the free student fares. Councilmember Mai Vang might … Continue reading RydeFreeRT status
SacCity to kill RydeFree RT?
Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan has proposed in the 2024-2025 budget to 'eliminate the free fare transit program' (RydeFree RT), under Citywide Strategies on page 52. The Budget and Audit Committee, and Sacramento City Council, had their initial discussion yesterday of the staff proposal of the reductions necessary to balance the budget's $66M deficit. STAR … Continue reading SacCity to kill RydeFree RT?
support AB 1919 free student transit
California Assembly Bill AB 1919 (Holden) is in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, August 1, starting at 10:00AM. It would establish at pilot program offering grants to transit agencies and educational partners for free transit passes for students of those educational institutions. STAR supports this bill. It is unknown whether SacRT, which has a … Continue reading support AB 1919 free student transit
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 