Tag: transit funding

Transit Transformation Task Force

Please see the post for today (2024-01-04) on Streetsblog California: Task Force Meets to Address the Future of California Transit. The post highlights three issues of critical importance to transit riders: revenue sources, which will be insufficient after the one-time SB 125 funding boost runs out workers, particularly operators, who are underpaid and increasing subject … Continue reading Transit Transformation Task Force →

transit reasons against Measure A

We have posted a number of reasons that Sacramento County residents should vote NO on the Measure A transportation sales tax. You can see the individual posts on Measure A 2022. The #MeasureANotOK citizen campaign against Measure A is at https://measureanotok.org. Here is a summary of STAR's reasons for being against Measure A. If the … Continue reading transit reasons against Measure A →

STAR opposes 2022 sales tax measure

Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) is opposed to the proposed transportation sales tax measure for the November 2022 ballot. The proposed measure was developed without public engagement by a private group called A Committee for a Better Sacramento, and is sponsored primarily by greenfield developers who will benefit from the traffic-inducing Capital Southeast Connector.The … Continue reading STAR opposes 2022 sales tax measure →

sales tax allocations to transit

STAR's Action Team member DD Cathcart compiled a table showing the percentages allocated to transit in the current proposed measure, and past measures, offered here with some additional information. Since the 2020 measure was never placed on the ballot, the percentage for that one is based on the best information available to us. YearNametaxtermtransitparaequivnotes1988A1/2 cent?38.3%1/6 … Continue reading sales tax allocations to transit →

Measure 2022: transit allocation

A group calling themselves A Committee for a Better Sacramento is sponsoring a citizen-initiated ballot measure for the November election, titled “Sacramento County Transportation Maintenance, Safety, and Congestion Relief Act of 2022—Retail Transactions and Use Tax”. (Note: Some people are referring to this as Measure A, but measure letters are assigned by county elections, not by the … Continue reading Measure 2022: transit allocation →

Sacramento transit enhancement

The City of Sacramento is holding a city council workshop on Tuesday, February 8, 5:00PM. The purpose of the workshop is to gather input to help the city realign its transportation policies and project with its climate change objectives (they are far, far from in alignment now). The workshop will focus on reducing VMT, not … Continue reading Sacramento transit enhancement →

SacRT April Board Retreat presentation

During Action Team discussion of our presentation to SacTA (Sacramento Transportation Authority) at their December 13 meeting, people asked exactly what SacRT wants out of a new Measure B for the 2020 ballot. We have heard from SacRT in meetings, and in emails, about what their priorities are, but have not come across an official … Continue reading SacRT April Board Retreat presentation →

A transit-only funding measure?

STAR has explored a number of ideas for transit funding. Geographically, we've looked at regional transit district (probably the same boundary as SACOG) with some funding to encourage projects of regional significance and ridership potential, and at the other end of the spectrum, a transit district focused on either the existing service area of SacRT, … Continue reading A transit-only funding measure? →