Tag: transportation funding

summary of Green Line to the Airport

SacRT's Green Line to the Airport webpage provides some resources describing the Green Line project. Most of the information below is summarized from the Transitional Analysis Report of 2010. Note that this is the last SacRT document available; there have been no additional documents for 13 years. Some minor adjustments were made to this proposal … Continue reading summary of Green Line to the Airport →

Measure A: how much for transit?

A recent SacBee opinion article by Yousef Baig on the Measure A 2022 transportation sales tax measure being proposed quotes Henri Li, General Manage of SacRT, that there is $3.3B in funds for transit in the measure. That is an interesting amount, but is it real? The measure's Transportation Expenditure Plan, in section "II. Measure … Continue reading Measure A: how much for transit? →

concerns about SacRT SmaRT Ride

SacRT's SmaRT Ride is an on-demand microtransit service offered in parts of the SacRT system service area. "Shuttle Service that Comes to You" is the tagline. In Citrus Heights, it is a curb-to-curb service, in the other areas, it is corner to corner. Though the service in intended to bring riders into the fixed route … Continue reading concerns about SacRT SmaRT Ride →

SacRT board composition meeting

Update 2: The agenda and presentation were moved, so I've linked them here. https://star-transit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sacrt_boardcomposition_2022-01-24_agenda.pdfhttps://star-transit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sacrt_boardcomposition_2022-01-24-presentation.pdf Update: The meeting has taken place. The slide presentation for the meeting was posted during the meeting. I don't know if I was the only transit advocate in attendance, but I was the only one who spoke. My comments for the … Continue reading SacRT board composition meeting →

More on light rail modernization

As a follow up to the post on light rail modernization, SacRT staff provided some additional information, below. 1. The tracking to Historic Folsom is fully funded.  The environmental phase is in progress.  It is anticipated to be complete in mid-2023. 2. The source of funding for the 13 replacement light rail vehicles is the … Continue reading More on light rail modernization →

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 →

SacRT gives $25M to streetcar

In a decision Monday evening, SacRT transferred $25 million in state Proposition 1A funds to the Sacramento Riverfront Streetcar project. Agenda item 22 had two options, to transfer the funds now, and to hold the funds for future decision. Option A was passed, with some modifying language to recognize that if other major pieces of … Continue reading SacRT gives $25M to streetcar →

Transit 101 Budget Workshop (2 of 2)

Transit 101 is sponsored by 350 Sacramento and is the educational arm of the transit community. Hosted by Glenda Marsh and Joann Fuller, the recent budget workshop provided information from SacRT staff and community discussion. To be notified of future workshops, email Glenda at marshmellow8562 at yahoo.com. These will also be posted here when we remember, … Continue reading Transit 101 Budget Workshop (2 of 2) →