RT Service Improvements

Effective Sunday, January 5, 2014, Sacramento Regional Transit will implement service improvements that will extend service on 10 bus routes and restructure one bus route.  Here are some of the changes in our business district:

Route 51: Broadway - Stockton
(Saturday Schedule Changes)

Extended night service will be added on Saturdays. The last trip from the Florin Towne Centre Transit Center will depart at 9:14 p.m. and arrive at 8th and K streets at 9:53 p.m. Three additional trips will depart from 8th and F streets at 6:38 p.m., 9:08 p.m. and 10:08 p.m., and arrive at the Florin Towne Centre Transit Center at 7:18 p.m., 9:48 p.m. and 10:48 p.m.

Route 67: Franklin

(Weekday Schedule Changes)

Extended night service will be added on weekdays. The last trip from the Arden Fair Mall Transit Center will depart at 9:20 p.m. and arrive at the Florin Towne Centre Transit Center at 10:20 p.m.

Route 68: 44th St.

(Weekday Schedule Changes)

Extended night service will be added on weekdays. The last trip from the Arden Fair Mall Transit Center will depart at 9:50 p.m. and arrive at the Florin Towne Centre Transit Center at 10:49 p.m.

Route 81: Florin - 65th St.

(Saturday Schedule Changes)

Extended night service will be added on Saturdays. The last trip from Florin Road and Riverside Boulevard will depart at 9:50 p.m. and arrive at the University/65th Street light rail station at 10:35 p.m. The last trip from the University/65th Street light rail station will depart at 9:47 p.m. and arrive at Florin Road and Riverside Boulevard at 10:34 p.m.

Visit www.sacrt.com for more information. Printed copies of the schedule changes will be available at the RT Customer Service and Sales Center located at 1225 R Street, Sacramento (adjacent to the 13th Street light rail station) beginning Friday, December 27.  

Aug. 29th FREE Chamber Workshop & Mixer

Your Input Needed! Upcoming Public Transportation Service Hearings

You're invited to participate in an upcoming hearing on unmet needs for public transportation services in Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties and the Sacramento Regional Transit District. The hearings will be held:

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:00 PM
Sacramento Regional Transit District Auditorium
1400 29th Street, Sacramento, CA

Transit Access: RT Routes 30, 38, 67, 68, and RT Light Rail (Gold Line)

 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 2:00 PM
Folsom-Hilton Garden Inn, Natoma Room A
221 Iron Point Road, Folsom, CA

Transit Access: Folsom Stage Line Route 10 and RT Light Rail (Gold Line)

 

Monday, February 27, 2012, 4:00 PM
Yuba County Government Center, Marysville Room
915 8th Street, Marysville, CA

Transit Access: Yuba-Sutter Transit Routes 1 and 4

 

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 2:00 PM
City of Galt Council Chambers
380 Civic Drive, Galt, CA

Transit Access: SCT/Link General Public - Dial-a-Ride and Highway 99 Express

 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6:00 PM
City of Davis Council Chambers
23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA

Transit Access: Yolobus Route 42 and Unitrans Routes M & Q

 

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 9:00 AM
SACOG Board Room
1415 L Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA

Transit Access: RT Routes 30, 31, 62, RT Light Rail; Yolobus Route 42; and Yuba-Sutter Transit Arrive - Highway 70 or 99 Commuter Route, Return - Midday Route

 

 

Each year the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), the regional transportation planning agency, seeks feedback on local transit services [including those offered by Regional Transit, e-tran and e-van, Folsom Stage Line, Paratransit, Inc., SCT/Link (South Sacramento County Transit), Yolobus and Yolo Special (paratransit), and Yuba-Sutter Transit]. 

 

SACOG asks if people need to make trips by transit but have difficulty because of issues like where transit goes or doesn't go, the schedule or cost. SACOG accepts unmet transit needs comments from any area in the counties of Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba.  They want to know the transit needs that are most important to the public and about suggested changes that could provide improved public transportation services if/when funds become available.

For questions or more information, check out http://www.sacog.org/transit/unmet.cfm
or contact Barbara VaughanBechtold at SACOG at 916-340-6275 or bvaughanbechtold@sacog.org.

Bus Driver, Move That Bus!

Pending Congressional funding, the Sacramento Regional Transit District may restore some night service beginning in April 2012.  In preparation for this, RT is recruiting bus operators for a wait list. 

Job applications are available online at http://www.sacrt.com/ and at RT's human resources department, 2830 G Street, Sacramento.  The recruitment period will last through November 16, 2011.  For more information, call RT's 24-hour jobline at 916-321-3806.

Your Input Needed for Regional Transit's "TransitRenewal" Survey

The community is invited to participate in Sacramento Regional Transit's "TransitRenewal" survey.  This is a comprehensive analysis of the RT bus and light rail system to develop recommendations on how to restore, restructure and "renew" transit service over the next five years in the Sacramento region.

Stop by RT's TransitRenewal booth to receive more information about the project and to fill out a survey.  All surveys completed onsite will be entered into a prize drawing for an RT monthly pass (one entry per person).  For more information about the project or to fill out a survey online, visit www.sacrt.com/transitrenewal. 

Visit the booths:

Wednesday, August 17, 2011
3:30 pm to 6:00 pm at the Meadowview light rail station
3:30 pm to 6:00 pm at the Florin light rail station

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Florin Mall Transit Center

The Midnight Train to Georgia?

While it’s not possible to take a midnight Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) light-rail train all the way to Georgia, it may soon be possible to once again ride the trains locally late at night. 

As reported in the June 27^th edition of The Sacramento Bee, transit officials are considering extending light-rail service to around 12:30 am.  Currently, the trains end at 9:30 pm.  RT is also looking at restoring bus line service on Florin Road and Stockton Boulevard.  These proposed changes are the result of an upswing in sales-tax revenue which makes up nearly half of RT’s operating budget.  RT cautions, though, that it could take until 2017 for service levels to match those of 2009.