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Regional Transit responds to Fix50

Illustration by Geraldine Centinaje.
Illustration by Geraldine Centinaje.

Sacramento Regional Transit line has added four additional trip routes to lessen the impact on commuters affected by the Fix50 construction project, which is a resurfacing of Highway 50 that will continue through June 25.

Seeking alternative transportation is recommended on the Fix50 informational website to “alleviate congestion and avoid traffic delays.”

Regional Transit has added supplemental light rail trips on both the Blue Line (Meadowview and Watt/I-80) and the Gold Line (Folsom and Sunrise).

Fix50 is a major construction project that started April 22. The first phase is focused on eastbound lanes from the 16th Street entrance ramp to X Street. The construction has pushed all eastbound traffic into one lane.

Though westbound construction doesn’t start until May 27, which is after the City College spring semester ends, construction will still affect a majority of people who work in downtown Sacramento and students attending summers classes starting June 9.

Many state workers, commuters and City College students are already feeling the affects of the project, including Samantha Harris, a state employee who makes her way down Highway 50 from Rancho Cordova to get to job, located off Freeport Boulevard.
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“I’m not sure how to get to work once [construction] starts cutting off the onramps,” said Harris.

According to the Ride RT website, Sacramento RT has added two additional trips to the Blue Line. One departs the Meadowview station at 6:51 a.m. and arrives at the Marconi/Arcade station at 7:34 a.m. The other departs the Watt/I-80 Station at 4:43 p.m. and arrives at the Meadowview Station at 5:31 p.m.

For the Gold Line there is another train departing the Sunrise station at 7:05 a.m. and arriving at the Sacramento Valley station at 7:51 a.m. An additional afternoon trip departs the Sacramento Valley station at 4:30 p.m. and arrives at the Sunrise station at 5:16 p.m.

Two evening trips have also been added, one departing at 6:53 p.m. and another departing at 7:23 p.m., heading eastbound.

RT security officer Noah Campbell shared a positive outlook for both the Fix50 project and the economic boost for RT.

“I think the Fix50 project will help out commuters once it’s all done,” Campbell said. “And the extra people taking RT will help funds and operations.”

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