The City of Sacramento provided SacRT with $1 million, as well as additional funds from other cities and school districts to counter revenue loss for the year-long RydeFreeRT program.
The new route operates seven days a week every 20 to 30 minutes combined with two Yolobus downtown/airport routes.
METRO asked some of the top execs in the nation what they are doing to improve their offerings for ridership.
He was named APTA’s 2019 Outstanding Public Transportation Manager Award.
RydeFreeRT waives youth fares on bus, light rail, and SmaRT Ride microtransit service across SacRT’s service area.
As part of the new initiative, new system maps and bus stop signs have been put up across the region.
In addition, the agency will increase weekend light rail service frequency from 30 minutes to 15 minutes starting in January 2019.
The grant funding is expected to cover operational costs for the next two-and-a-half years.
Top transit officials from Sacramento, Calif., to Wilmington, Del., provide their feedback.
The agency implemented the first phase of SmaRT Ride in February and its resounding success was the catalyst for service expansion beginning sooner than anticipated on Monday, April 23.
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