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Sacramento RT Light Rail
Sacramento RT Light Rail
Overview
Locale	Sacramento, CA
Transit type	Light rail, bus
Daily ridership	110,600
Website	http://www.sacrt.com/
Operation
Began operation	March 12, 1987
Operator(s)	Sacramento Regional Transit District
Technical
System length	37.42 mi (60.22 km) (light rail)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)
Electrification	Overhead lines
System map

Sacramento Regional Transit District
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
Hubs	25 transit centers; 18 park and ride lots
Stations	47 (light rail)
Fleet	272 buses; 76 LRVs
Daily ridership	32 million (annually)
Fuel type	CNG, Diesel-electric hybrid
Operator	RT
Website	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).

Fares[edit]

As of January 1, 2009, bus fares are $2.25 for Adults (Ages 18–65) and $1.10 for Discount prices (Children Ages 5–18, Seniors 65+). Discount fares apply to passengers with a proper ID. Transfers are $0.50 for Adults, and $0.25 for discount passengers. 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. There is also a discount fare for the Neighborhood Ride/ Central City buses (The price for adults are $1.10, discount is $0.55). Seniors that are 75 years or up can obtain a free lifetime pass, which never expires and has the same effect as a monthly pass.

Bus service[edit]

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]

Bus fleet (February 2008)[edit]

235 40-foot (12,192 mm) long
15 31-foot (9,449 mm) long
1 40-foot (12,192 mm) long, Holiday Bus

8 tourist trolleys
16 shuttle vans
274 Total

Most popular bus routes[edit]

The numbers provided are average weekday boardings.

Route 51 Broadway/Stockton 3,750^[6]
Route 81 Florin/65th 3,400^[6]
Route 67/68 Florin/Arden 3,300^[6]

Route List[edit]

Regular Service[edit]

1 Greenback
2 Riverside
5 Meadowview-Valley Hi
6 Land Park
11 Truxel Road
13 Northgate
14 Norwood
15 Rio Linda-O Street
19 Rio Linda
21 Sunrise-Citrus Heights
22 Arden
23 El Camino
24 Madison-Greenback
25 Marconi
26 Fulton
28 Fair Oaks-Folsom
30 J Street
31 J Street-River Park
34 McKinley

38 P Street-Q Street
51 Broadway-Stockton
54 Center Parkway
55 Scottsdale
56 Elk Grove-Pocket
61 Fruitridge
62 Freeport
65 Franklin South
67 Franklin
68 44th Street
72 Rosemont-Lincoln Village
74 International
75 Mather Field
80 Watt Avenue-Elkhorn
81 Florin-65th Street
82 Howe-65th Street
84 Watt Avenue-North Highlands
86 San Juan-Silver Eagle
87 Howe
88 West El Camino
93 Hillsdale

The Neighborhood Ride[edit]

16 Del Paso Heights-Norwood Avenue
33 Dos Rios
47 Phoenix Park

Peak Only Routes[edit]

3 Riverside Express
7 Pocket Express
29 Arden-California Avenue
85 McClellan Park
103 Auburn Boulevard
109 Hazel Express

Supplemental School Service[edit]

205 Fruitride Drive-Freeport Boulevard
206 12th Avenue-Sutterville Road
211 College Greens
212 14th Avenue-21st Avenue
213 Fruitridge Road-Stockton Boulevard
214 Broadway-Stockton Boulevard
227 South Land Park Drive-Greenhaven Drive
230 Gloria Drive-River Rush Drive
246 Meadowview Road-Greenhaven Drive
247 21st Street-Florin Road
248 Meadowview Road-Rush River Drive
252 Freeport/Fruitridge via ML King Parkway
255 La Riviera Drive-College Greens

Light rail[edit]

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.

Most popular light rail stations[edit]

Numbers provided are average weekday "on & offs"

St. Rose of Lima Park 10,100^[9]
16th Street 6,500^[10]
Watt/I-80-29th Street 4,600^[11]

Blue Line - Watt/I-80-Downtown-Meadowview Line[edit]

Gold Line - Downtown-Sunrise Folsom Line[edit]

Future projects[edit]

Future plans include a light rail line from the Sacramento Valley Station to the Sacramento International Airport via the neighborhood of Natomas. 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.

Meadowview to Cosumnes River College extension began fall 2007[edit]

Construction on the Phase 2 plan for the South line extension has begun. It will go as far south as Cosumes River College. Construction began ahead of schedule and could be finished as soon as 2009. Originally a planned extension all the way to the city of Elk Grove, the line will end at the college due to 4 costly changes made by public demand. 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.

Paratransit[edit]

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.

The Neighborhood Ride[edit]

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
Reservations must be made at least one day in advance. To request a route deviation on The Neighborhood Ride, please call the NEW Phone # (916) 556-0250. The reservation line is open Sunday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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.