Category: Transportation Funding

  • Dan Allison

    presentations on transportation sales tax poll

    SacRT offered a presentation on the results public outreach (the Transit Ideas Exchanges) and he transportation sales tax voter polling at the October 27 board meeting. The staff report and extensive presentation are available. The presentation was by Devra Selenis of SacRT and Cherri Spriggs of Meraki Public Affairs. Sacramento Transportation Authority will have a […]

  • Dan Allison

    transportation funding update

    The potential voter poll conducted by Sacramento Transportation Authority will be presented at the October 27 meeting of the SacRT Board, agenda item 5.1. We encourage SacMoves Coalition liaisons and individuals to attend this meeting, online or in-person, and perhaps to speak in support of funding. No transportation sales tax measure has been put forth […]

  • Dan Allison

    funding alternatives

    In 2023, when coalition member SMART and Mayor Darrell Steinberg were developing a potential citizen initiative called Measure C, which would include transportation and housing, perhaps for just the City of Sacramento, or perhaps for the county, a team of people including Emel Wahdwani developed a funding alternatives document to help with planning. SacMoves has […]

  • Dan Allison

    AB 1223

    AB-1223: Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority. (Nguyen and Krell) has passed the state Assembly, and state Senate committees, but has not been scheduled for a floor vote. There does not appear to be any significant opposition. The bill has several features to update Sacramento Transportation Authority’s enabling Public Utilities Code, including […]

  • Dan Allison

    transportation funding

    During the SacMoves Coalition meeting today, a major topic was information and questions about transportation funding. STA (Sacramento Transportation Authority) has a funding committee looking at the idea of a 2026 ballot measure for a half-cent transportation sales tax. SacRT is also participating in this effort. The committee will make a recommendation to the board, […]

  • Dan Allison

    Prop 5 bonding for transportation?

  • Dan Allison

    SacMoves support SMART investment ideas

    SacMoves Coalition supports the investment strategies represented by the Affordable Housing, Clean Transportation, and Climate Action Act of 2026 one-page summary, as developed by SMART (and many partners). SMART has asked that the member organizations and individuals of SacMoves promote the investment ideas to their membership and contacts. SacMoves discussed a text summary of the […]

  • Dan Allison

    SacMoves top three issues

    At the April meeting, the coalition selected three issues that will be the focus of SacMoves for the coming year. Transportation funding: How can money be raised to invest in neglected portions of our transportation system, walking, bicycling and transit. Roadway capacity expansion has received the majority of funding in the past, but that must […]