1. Public Transit in Sacramento
Jeffrey Damon, AICP
Director, Long Range Planning
Sacramento Regional Transit District
May 4, 2015

2. Regional Overview What is “Transit” in Sacramento?
Bus Service: RT, Amador Transit, El Dorado Transit, e-tran, Folsom Stage Line, Placer County Transit, Placer Co., Roseville Transit, San Joaquin Regional Transit, South County Transit, UniTrans, Yolobus and Yuba-Sutter Transit
Light Rail: Blue Line, Gold Line and Green Line
Paratransit Service: ADA and medical
Commuter Rail: Capitol Corridor
Intercity Rail: Amtrak and San Joaquins
In the SACOG region, transit accounts for about 1.2 percent of all trips and 2.6 percent of commute trips (not including paratransit services)

3. 15 million 26 million 103 million 42 million 239 million 85 million
Population & Unlinked Transit Trips
Sacramento million
Tampa 1.3 million
15 million
26 million
Portland 1.4 million
Salt Lake City 1.8 million
Population in the primary transit agency service area. Source for US transit agencies unlinked trips statistics American Public Transit Association, 2014 Public Transportation Fact Book, “Appendix B: Transit Agency and Urbanized Area Operating Statistics”
103 million
42 million
Vancouver 2.5 million
San Diego 3.2 million
239 million
85 million
Chris Collacot
Aaron Chang

4. Sacramento Regional Transit District
1800’s: Horse Drawn
: PG&E Trolleys
: Sacramento City Lines Operates Streetcars and Buses
: Sacramento Transit Authority Operates Buses (only)
1973: Sacramento Regional Transit District Established
1987: Light Rail Service Starts (18.3 Miles)
1998: Extend Gold Line to Mather Field/Mills
2003: South Line Phase 1(to Meadowview) Light Rail Extension Opens (6.3 miles)
2004: Entire Bus Fleet CNG-Powered
2005: Extend Gold Line to Folsom (10.7 Miles)
2006: Extend Gold Line to Sacramento Valley Station (0.5 Miles)
2012: Green Line to the River District Light Rail Extension Opens (1.1 Miles)
2015: Blue Line to Cosumnes River College Light Rail Extension to Open
2018: Downtown/Riverfront Streetcar to Open
????: Green Line to the Airport to Open

5. RT Operations & Fares Operations:
69 Fixed Routes and One General Public Dial-a-Ride
418 Square-Mile Service Area
27.8 Million Annual Passenger Trips
3,100 Bus Stops
212 CNG Standard Buses
38.6 Miles of Light Rail
50 Light Rail Stations
15/30 Minute Headways
- 97 Light Rail Vehicles (76 Active)
Fares:
- Basic Single Ride: $2.50 (16% of Users)
- Basic Daily Pass: $6 (23% of Users)
- Basic Monthly Pass: $100 (29% of Users)
- Discount Tickets/Passes/Other: Varies (32%)

6. Average Weekday Ridership: 91.4K
48.5K on Buses /\
42.9K on Rail \/
Fare Recovery Ratio – 23 Percent \/
Cost/Pax: $6.51(Bus) & $4.62 (Light Rail)

8. Summary of Funding Funding Source FY 2015 Operating ($M)
FY 2016 Capital ($M)
Fares
$28.8 $0
Other Operating Rev & Other Revenues
10.4
3.0
Local and State Assistance
77.6
23.1
Federal Assistance
30.2
9.0
System Expansion
Fleet
$23.1
7.5
Infrastructure
Security
Other
0.04
1.5
Total Total
$146.9 mil
$35.14 mil

9. What Role Does Transit Play in the Sacramento Region?
Transit accounts for about 1.2 percent of all trips and 2.6 percent of commute trips
Sacramento region faces on-going air quality challenges
A one percent increase in transit usage equals a 5 percent decrease in commute congestion
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Race, Color, National Origin, Gender, Age, Disability, Income)
Environmental Justice – 1994 Executive Order #12898 (Minority and Low Income Communities)

10. Future of Transit in Sacramento

11. Future Light Rail Extensions?
Green Line to the Airport

13. Thank You! jdamon@sacrt.com
Questions?
Thank You!