Public Transit in Sacramento Jeffrey Damon, AICP Director, Long Range Planning Sacramento Regional Transit District April 27, 2016 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) Population & Unlinked Transit Trips Tampa 1.3 million Sacramento 1.4 million 15 million 26 million Portland 1.4 Salt Lake City 1.8 million million 103 million 42 million Vancouver 2.5 million San Diego 3.2 million 239 millionChris Collacot 85 million Aaron Chang Sacramento Regional Transit District • 1800’s: Horse Drawn • 2004: Entire Bus Fleet CNG- • 1906-1943: PG&E Trolleys Powered • 1943-1955: Sacramento City • 2005: Extend Gold Line to Lines Operates Streetcars Folsom (10.7 Miles) and Buses • 2006: Extend Gold Line to • 1955-1973: Sacramento Sacramento Valley Station (0.5 Transit Authority Operates Miles) Buses (only) • 2012: Green Line to the River • 1973: Sacramento Regional District Light Rail Extension Transit District Established Opens (1.1 Miles) • 1987: Light Rail Service • 2015: Blue Line to Cosumnes Starts (18.3 Miles) River College Light Rail • 1998: Extend Gold Line to Extension to Open Mather Field/Mills • 2018: Downtown/Riverfront • 2003: South Line Phase 1(to Streetcar to Open Meadowview) Light Rail • ????: Green Line to the Airport Extension Opens (6.3 miles) to Open 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%) • Average Weekday Ridership: 91.4K • 48.5K on Buses /\ • 42.9K on Rail \/ • Fare Recovery Ratio – 23 Percent \/ • Cost/Pax: $6.51(Bus) & $4.62 (Light Rail) Summary of Funding Funding Source FY 2015 Operating FY 2016 Capital ($M) ($M) Fares $28.8 $0 Other Operating Rev & Other Revenues 3.0 Local and State 77.6 23.1 Assistance Federal Assistance 30.2 9.0 System Expansion $23.1 Fleet 7.5 Infrastructure 0.04 Security 1.5 Other 3.0 Total Total $146.9 mil $35.14 mil 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) Future of Transit in Sacramento Future Light Rail Extensions? Green Line to the Airport Questions? Thank You! [email protected] .