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. Slide 10 (starting 39:20) is about the Watt/I-80 Station improvements. … Continue reading STAR responses to Hinz 2025-07-28 presentation #5
Tag: Watt/I-80
Avoid Watt/I-80?
Due to construction on Watt Avenue, and the Watt/I-80 Blue Line light rail station, it is awkward to access bus Route 1 Greenback, Route 26 Fulton, Route 84 Watt, and Route 93 Hillsdale in the southbound direction. From light rail, you must use the east stairs or elevator, then walk south along a narrow sidewalk … Continue reading Avoid Watt/I-80?
light rail to American River College
There have been several proposals to extend Blue Line light rail beyond the Watt/I-80 station, to American River College (ARC), and to further destinations such as Citrus Height, Roseville, or Folsom. This extension of the 'Northeast Corridor' was at the top of the list for SacRT years ago, but it seems to have been dropped. … Continue reading light rail to American River College
More Watt/I-80 opportunities
The Re-Imagine Watt/I-80 planning effort has a new opportunity to comment. For the open house on January 10, the various ideas were organized into four options, A to D, which are now on the Virtual Open House page. At the bottom is a comment box and "which do you prefer" question. Note: This is not … Continue reading More Watt/I-80 opportunities
Move Watt/I-80?
Today is the first Re-Imagine Watt/I-80 meeting, at the Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave. We hope that you can attend. SacRT is considering improvements to the station that would improve safety and make the station easier to use. Also being considered, though not obvious on the Re-Imagine page, is dropping the Watt/I-80 station completely, and … Continue reading Move Watt/I-80?
Re-Imagine Watt/I-80
Users of the Blue Line light rail station at Watt/I-80, you know that there are significant problems with the station. The elevators are slow, almost always dirty or soaked with urine, and often broken down. The east elevator has been out of service for months, while SacRT provided a bus shuttle between the Watt Avenue … Continue reading Re-Imagine Watt/I-80
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 