Sacramento Regional Transit District
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| Founded | April 1, 1973 |
| Headquarters | 1225 R Street |
| Locale | Sacramento, California |
| Service area | Sacramento and Sacramento County |
| Service type | Bus and light rail |
| Routes | 93 (bus) 2 (light rail) |
| Stops | 3,674[1] |
| Hubs | 25 transit centers 18 park and ride lots[2] |
| Stations | 47 (light rail)[3] |
| Fleet | 272 buses 76 LRVs |
| Daily ridership | 32 million (annually)[4] |
| Fuel type | CNG, Diesel-electric hybrid |
| Operator | RT |
| Web site | http://www.sacrt.com |
The Sacramento Regional Transit District, commonly referred to as the RT, is the agency responsible for public transportation in the Sacramento, California area. It was established on April 1, 1973, as a result of the acquisition of the Sacramento Transit Authority.
The RT operates a large light rail system and connecting bus service in the Sacramento area, covering 418 sq mi (1,082.6 km2).
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[edit] History
RT began operations on April 1, 1973, with the acquisition of the Sacramento Transit Authority. Later that year RT completed a new maintenance facility and purchased 103 buses.
Over the next decade RT continued to expand bus service to the growing Sacramento Region while a cooperative effort emerged among city, county and state government officials to develop a light rail system. In 1987 the 18.3-mile light rail “starter line” opened, linking the northeastern (Interstate 80) and eastern (Highway 50) corridors with Downtown Sacramento. As light rail ridership increased, RT continued to expand the light rail system. RT completed its first light rail expansion along the Highway 50 corridor in September 1998 with the opening of the Mather Field/Mills Station. Five years later (September 2003) RT opened the first phase of the South Line, a 6.3-mile extension to South Sacramento. In June 2004, light rail was extended from the Mather Field/Mills station to Sunrise Boulevard, and on October 15, 2005 a 7.4-mile extension from the Sunrise station to the city of Folsom was opened.
In December of 2006, the final leg of the Amtrak/Folsom project was extended .7 mile to the downtown Sacramento Valley Station, connecting light rail with Amtrak inter-city and Capitol Corridor services as well as local and commuter buses. Within the next several years, RT plans to extend light rail beyond Meadowview in South Sacramento to Cosumnes River College and north to Sacramento International Airport. RT currently operates 97 bus routes in a 418 square mile service area.
RT is governed by an eleven-member Board of Directors composed of members of the Sacramento, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, and Folsom City Councils as well as members of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. The fiscal year 2006 operating budget is $148.54 million, with a capital budget of $15.4 million.
RT employs a work force of approximately 1,163 people, 80 percent of whom are dedicated to operations and maintenance of the bus and light rail systems. RT operates three maintenance and operations facilities – one for buses at 29th and N Streets, one for the Community Bus Service at McClellan Park, and one for the light rail system at 2700 Academy Way in North Sacramento.
[edit] Fares
As of September 1, 2009, bus fares are $2.50 for Adults (Ages 18–65) and $1.25 for Discount prices (Children Ages 5–18, Seniors 65+). Discount fares apply to passengers with a proper ID. Monthly passes allow a passenger to ride unlimited times on the bus and light rail for that month only. The price for a Monthly Pass for an adult is $100. The price for a Monthly Pass for a discount passenger is $50. Light rail fares are the same as bus fares. Seniors that are 75 years or up can obtain a Super Senior Monthly Sticker for $40 has the same effect as a monthly pass.
[edit] Bus service
Since 2004, with the exception of some neighborhood shuttle vans (see The Neighborhood Ride below), the bus fleet has consisted exclusively of Orion V standard-floor and Orion VII low-floor coaches powered by compressed natural gas. The RT system operates 97 bus routes, as of 2008, with service between 5:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. daily. Frequencies range between every 15 and 80 minutes (some express buses run only a few times a day). Since light rail has opened, buses have generally acted as feeders to light rail routes.
The RT system does not provide service to Sacramento International Airport. Service between downtown Sacramento and the airport is instead provided on an hourly basis by the Yolobus system.[5]
[edit] Bus fleet (February 2008)
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[edit] Most popular bus routes
The numbers provided are average weekday boardings.
[edit] Light rail
| Sacramento RT Light Rail | |||
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| Locale | Sacramento, CA | ||
| Transit type | Light rail, bus | ||
| Daily ridership | 110,600[7] | ||
| Website | http://www.sacrt.com/ | ||
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| Began operation | March 12, 1987 | ||
| Operator(s) | Sacramento Regional Transit District | ||
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| System length | 37.42 mi (60.22 km) (light rail) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) (standard gauge) | ||
| Electrification | Overhead lines, 750 V DC | ||
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RT operates a 37.42-mile (60.22 km) light rail system, with two lines, 45 stations, and 76 vehicles (Siemens AG Duewag U2A vehicles and more modern CAF Light Rail Vehicles (LRV)).[8] There are 76 vehicles in the entire fleet. Lines on the system operate from 4:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. daily, with service every 15 minutes in the day and every 30 minutes at night. The light rail system, with 58,700 daily boardings, is the tenth busiest in the United States.
[edit] Most popular light rail stations
Numbers provided are average weekday "on & offs"
[edit] Blue Line - Watt/I-80-Downtown-Meadowview Line
[edit] Gold Line - Downtown-Sunrise Folsom Line
[edit] Future projects
Future plans include a light rail line from the Sacramento Valley Station to the Sacramento International Airport via the neighborhood of NorthNatomas. A planned extension to Roseville, once a top priority, has been on the back burner for years. Extensions to Davis, Elk Grove, Woodland and other locations are shown on the 20-year plan. In December 2007, Regional Transit committed to completing the extension from the Sacramento Valley Station to Richards Blvd by 2010 which would take it through the planned Railyards project and extend it to the also planned Township 9 development.
[edit] Meadowview to Cosumnes River College
Construction on the Phase 2 plan for the South line extension is currently planned to begin in Spring 2010.[12] It will go as far south as Cosumes River College. Originally a planned extension all the way to the city of Elk Grove, the line will end at the college due to four changes to address feedback from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on land use and station accessibility. These changes include a new station at Morrison Creek (half-way between Meadowview and Franklin), improved pedestrian access to Franklin and Center Parkway stations, the elimination of certain design options, and a 2000 car parking structure to replace previously planned surface parking at Cosumnes River College. California's current financial crisis also contributed to the decision to terminate the line at the college. The line might be extended further as part of a possible Phase 3.[13]
[edit] Paratransit
To meet the requirements of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, the RT established a Paratransit service in 1993, which is a door-to-door service for the disabled.
[edit] The Neighborhood Ride
In 2006, RT created a new division internally known as "Community Bus Service". Known to the ridership as "The Neighborhood Ride"
- The Neighborhood Ride shuttles are smaller buses (approximately 35 feet or less in length) that offer residents greater mobility and new transit options on local intra-community trips.
- The Neighborhood Ride shuttles have regular, pre-designated, pre-scheduled routes, but offer special curb-to-curb service (not to be confused with ADA/paratransit door-to-door service). The shuttles are able to "deviate" travel off route up to ¾ of a mile to pick up and drop off seniors, age 62 and older, and disabled passengers who have a valid ADA/paratransit pass
- Passengers pay only $1.10 per trip (55 cents for passengers paying a discount fare). RT monthly passes, daily passes, and transfers are also accepted. Passengers with valid ADA/paratransit passes ride free.
- All passengers (except for Lifetime Pass holders), including those with valid ADA/paratransit passes, must pay an additional $1.10 for a route deviation.
- Marked bus stops are located along the route and printed schedules are available at several locations around Sacramento and on Regional Transit's Web site.
- Each shuttle can transport 12-17 passengers and up to two wheelchairs.
[edit] Fleet Images
 At Archives Plaza Station |
 At Archives Plaza Station |
 A CAF LRV Interior |
 A Watt/I-80 Bound |
 A Watt/I-80 Bound |
 A Downtown bound train at Sacramento Valley Station |
 Orion V |
 Orion VII |
 Tourist trolleys |
 Sacramento Transit Bus at Mather Field/Mills LRT Station |
 Siemens Duewag U2A Interior |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sacrt.com/documents/RT%20Fact%20Sheets/RT%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
- ^ http://www.sacrt.com/documents/RT%20Fact%20Sheets/RT%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
- ^ http://www.sacrt.com/documents/RT%20Fact%20Sheets/RT%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
- ^ http://www.sacrt.com/documents/RT%20Fact%20Sheets/RT%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
- ^ Yolobus.com Sacramento Airport Routes and Schedules
- ^ a b c RT Fact Sheets - Sacramento Regional Transit
- ^ "RT at a Glance" (stm). Combined 43,600 light rail and 67,000 bus. http://www.sacrt.com/rtataglance.stm. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
- ^ "Sacramento Regional Transit Light Rail FACT SHEET" (pdf). http://www.sacrt.com/documents/RT%20Fact%20Sheets/Light%20Rail%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
- ^ RT Fact Sheets - Sacramento Regional Transit
- ^ RT Fact Sheets - Sacramento Regional Transit
- ^ RT Fact Sheets - Sacramento Regional Transit
- ^ South Sacramento Corridor Phase 2 Project
- ^ South Sacramento Corridor Phase 2 Project
[edit] External links
- Sacramento Regional Transit District official website
- Friends of Light Rail, a Sacramento light rail advocacy group
- Sacramento Regional Transit on the Sacramento Wiki
- Pictures of LRT System at NYC Subway
- System Map of the Sacramento Regional Transit
- List of RT bus routes and descriptions
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