CLIMATE
&
TRANSPORTATION
2 Community
and Personal
Health
Source: JIBE
Jackrabbit Trail, North Natomas
Education
Source: SacRT
RydeFreeRT
Local
Business
Source: Oto’s Social Media
Oto’s
Marketplace
Access to
Jobs,
Income,
Opportunity
Source: Zocalo, used
with permission
Zocalo Team
Family and
Friends
Source: Sandbox Sistahs, used with permission
Sandbox Sistahs Podcast, Sacramento
Climate
Urgency
Transportation
56%
19%
Commercial and
Industrial Energy
19%
Residential
Energy
1%
Wastewater
4%
Generated Waste
How do we reduce
GHGs from
Transportation?
Reduce
Driving Miles
Replace
Remaining
Miles Driven
with EVs
Building a Low Carbon
Transportation System: Lessons
from Seattle
Sam Zimbabwe
Sacramento City Council Workshop
February 8, 2022
Overview
• Setting context
• We know what works
• Progress depends on multiple actions, multiple
sectors
• Measure progress
• Urgent need for continued action
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 11
Context
• Similar population trajectories
• Legacies of auto-oriented
investment with disparate racial
outcomes
• Western cities with a complicated
transit history
0 100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
City Populations
Seattle Sacramento
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 12
1890 1912
1960s 1980s
What works:
plans, projects, programs, policies
Modal/citywide
plans
Transformational
investments
Services and
Access
Policies to guide
public and private
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 13
What works:
plans, projects, programs, policies
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 14f
Citywide Multimodal Transit Corridor Vision Service and capital investment partnerships What works:
plans, projects, programs, policies
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 15
Citywide and Downtown Bike Vision Reallocation of road space to build connected network
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 16
What works:
plans, projects, programs, policies
• Scale up proven
strategies to make
the city more
people-focused
• Slower speeds
• Pedestrian-first
intersections
• ADA ramps and
sidewalks
• Urban forestry
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 17
What works:
plans, projects, programs, policies
• Scale up proven
strategies to make
the city more
affordable
• Low-cost transit
• Housing and
transportation
coordination
• Equitable
approaches to
shared mobility
What progress looks like
More people have good access More people walk, bike & ride Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 18
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 19
What progress looks like
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 19
Photo: Green Lane Project Photo: SDOT
Measure and report on progress
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 20
Multiple funding tools are needed
REJECTED Funding Measures
• 1968/1970 “Forward Thrust” transit
measures
• 1995 Sound Move
• 2007 Sound Transit 2
• 2014 King County ”Prop 1”
APPROVED Funding Measures
• 1996 Sound Move
• 2000 King County .2% sales tax
• 2006 “Bridging the Gap” Levy
• 2007 King County .1% sales tax
• 2008 Sound Transit 2
• 2014 Seattle “Prop 1”
• 2015 ”Move Seattle” Levy
• 2016 Sound Transit 3
• 2020 Seattle “Prop 1” renewal
approved
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 21
Urgent need for continued action
Building a Low Carbon Transportation System 22
Thank you!
25 Sacramento City Council
February 8, 2022
Snapshot of
SacRT
26 • 440-sq mile service area
• Operate bus, light rail,
paratransit and microtransit
services
• 3 light rail lines/53 light rail
stations
• 22 park-and-ride lots
• 43 miles of light rail
• 82 bus routes
• 4,000+ bus shelters/stops
• Annual Ridership 22 million
(pre-COVID-19)
• 1,300 employees
• $200+M operating budget
Y
27 Service Integration
Y
28 SmaRT Ride Microtransit Service Zones
Y
SacRT Zero Emission Transition
29 Y
30 Existing System
Bus Routes by Headway
Service Area Coverage
To Davis
Population Jobs
SacRT Service Area (a) 1,453,300 637,500 1/2 Mile Basic Catchment (b) 1,101,800 513,700 1/2 Mile Frequent Catchment (c) 270,100 243,600
Service Area Coverage (b / a) 76% 81%
Frequent Service Coverage (c / a) 19% 38%
Frequent-to-Basic Ratio (c / b) 25% 47%
M-F Sat Sun
15m or better 4 0 0
30 minutes 24 12 4
45 minutes 2 10 9
60+ minutes 9 10 15
Total Regular Routes 39 32 28
Average Headway 36.2 44.1 50.9
Frequent Bus
Core Bus
45 minutes
60+ minutes
Service Types
Rapid
Light Rail, Bus Priority, Bus Lanes, etc.
15m all week
15m weekday, 30m weekend headways
30m weekday, 45-60m weekend headways
Supporting and lower-productivity bus routes
Rural, low-density suburban, and intercity bus
Map excludes SmaRT Ride and peak-only bus routes
SacRT’s Existing Service Network
Y
31 +85% Expansion
Bus Routes by Headway
Service Area Coverage
To Davis
Population Jobs
SacRT Service Area (a) 1,453,300 637,500 1/2 Mile Basic Catchment (b) 1,092,800 513,700 1/2 Mile Frequent Catchment (c) 728,300 426,500
Service Area Coverage (b / a) 75% 81%
Frequent Service Coverage (c / a) 50% 67%
Frequent-to-Basic Ratio (c / b) 67% 83%
M-F Sat Sun
15m or better 23 4 4
30 minutes 10 20 18
45 minutes 0 2 0
60+ minutes 7 6 6
Total Regular Routes 40 32 28
Average Headway 26.6 34.7 34.3
Frequent Bus
Core Bus
45 minutes
60+ minutes
Service Types
Rapid
Light Rail, Bus Priority, Bus Lanes, etc.
15m all week
15m weekday, 30m weekend headways
30m weekday, 45-60m weekend headways
Supporting and lower-productivity bus routes
Rural, low-density suburban, and intercity bus
Map excludes SmaRT Ride and peak-only bus routes
SacRT’s Envisioned Network of the Future
Y
SacRT’s Environmental Benefits
32 Realizing Mode Shift
33 Y
34 Thank you!
Bikeway
Super
Highways
Ideas to Advance
Sustainability in Transportation
6. Low-stress
bikeways within
4 miles of the
grid
1. Jackrabbit Trail
2. Niños Parkway
3. Two Rivers Trail
4. Morrison Creek Trail
5. Sacramento River
Parkway
1 2
6 5
7 4
7. Stockton Blvd Bus
LanesTransit
Support
Regional
Employment &
Entertainment
Center
3 7 Big Ideas
for Climate:
$200 million
7 Big Ideas
for Climate:
$200 million
Hwy 50
Sacramento HOV
Lanes:
$150 million
I-5 Sacramento
HOV Lanes:
$600 million
Capital
Southeast
Connector:
$588 million
We’ve seen transformational efforts
before.
Video by @SegregationbyDesign
Video by @jamesdestafford
And we can be transformational again.
2012 2020
Thank you!
Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Transportation Planning Manager
Hector Barron, Assistant City Manager
Jennifer Venema, Climate Action Lead City Manager’s Office Ryan Moore, Dept. of Public Works Director
Dave Edrosolan, City Traffic Engineer
Lucinda Willcox, Public Works Funding and Policy Manager