Tag: transit

SacTA’s ordinance and TEP

The Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA or STA) has posted its proposed Measure A Ordinance and Transportation Expenditure Plan. It is a 38 page document, so if you want to look at the parts, they are here: OrdinanceExhibit A Transportation Expenditure PlanExhibit A TEP Details (here is where the money is distributed)Exhibit B Safeguards The TEP … Continue reading SacTA’s ordinance and TEP →

Californians support housing near transit

The Public Policy Institute of California released a survey of Californians on a variety of issues (PPIC Survey: Californians and their Government) just about the time SB50 was being killed/delayed in the legislature. Here is what people had to say about housing, transportation, and transit: Six in ten Californians (61%) support requiring local governments to … Continue reading Californians support housing near transit →

Regional Attitudes About Transportation

All year long people have been telling me that I should look at the Valley Vision paper "Regional Attitudes About Transportation" published in January 2018. Most of the people, transit and active transportation advocates, were pessimistic about the report, saying it indicates that suburban voters just want more roads and don't care much about other … Continue reading Regional Attitudes About Transportation →

SacTRU Transit Challenge Winners

From the SacTRU newsletter, 2018-09-25: SacTRU invited RT Board members and other elected officials around Sacramento to participate in a transit riding competition that challenges our community leaders to ride public transit on September 16-22, 2018. SacTRU would like to thank everyone who participated in our Transit Challenge over the last week. We had a great time watching the … Continue reading SacTRU Transit Challenge Winners →

SacTRU’s Transit Challenge #SacRTChallenge

Sacramento Transit Riders Union (SacTRU) is sponsoring the SacRT Challenge this week. STAR supports this effort, and all efforts at getting public officials to better understand the challenges of operating transit in this region, and to support improvements and increased ridership through funding and ridership. The press release from SacTRU is below. SacTRU Transit Challenge … Continue reading SacTRU’s Transit Challenge #SacRTChallenge →

STAR’s top issues

Our meeting yesterday developed our list of top issues for 2018. Route optimization Light rail extension and expansion Coalition work to improve "Measure B" and support if sufficiently improved Route optimization: SacRT is undertaking a route optimization study for the bus network. A contract was let to Jarrett Walker Associates, which we view as a … Continue reading STAR’s top issues →

Transit Center National Ridership Map

Transit Center has released its National Ridership Map and graphs. See the press release at http://transitcenter.org/2017/12/18/a-new-ridership-map-to-explore-transit-trends-locally, and find the data at https://transitcenter.github.io/ridership/. On the map page, select Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade from the upper right drop-down. The data is for the metropolitan statistical area (MSA), which is basically the SACOG region, not specifically for SacRT, though as the … Continue reading Transit Center National Ridership Map →

SacTA and SB 1 Local Partnership Program

The Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA) adopted a prioritized list of nominations for the SB 1 Local Partnership Program (LPP) Competitive Grant Program at the January 11, 2018 meeting. The projects are: Capital SouthEast Connector Downtown Grid 3.0 Implementation Hazel Avenue Improvement, Phase III White Rock Road Transportation Improvement Project South Watt Avenue Improvement – Florin … Continue reading SacTA and SB 1 Local Partnership Program →