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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 sqmi.

Fares
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
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.

Bus fleet (February 2008)

 * 235 40 ft long
 * 15 31 ft long
 * 1 40 ft long, Holiday Bus


 * 8 tourist trolleys
 * 16 shuttle vans
 * 274 Total

Most popular bus routes
The numbers provided are average weekday boardings.
 * Route 51 Broadway/Stockton 3,750
 * Route 81 Florin/65th 3,400
 * Route 67/68 Florin/Arden 3,300

Route List
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Regular Service

 * 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
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 * 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
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The Neighborhood Ride

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

Peak Only Routes

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

 * 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
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Light rail
RT operates a 37.42 mi light rail system, with two lines, 45 stations, and 76 vehicles (Siemens AG Duewag U2A vehicles and more modern CAF Light Rail Vehicles (LRV)). 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
Numbers provided are average weekday "on & offs"
 * St. Rose of Lima Park 10,100
 * 16th Street 6,500
 * Watt/I-80-29th Street 4,600

Future projects
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
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
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
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.