Lightrail -Sacramento Regional Transit

This lightrail station is one of the worst. It is not clean at all. While i dont expect it to be, they dont even try to keep clean. They are almost always to late or to early. And if you think they would let you stay with 50 cents short, ‘fugget about it’. And it costs too much for the very little sirvice they provide. I do not reccomend this lightrail. If you do go… godspeed.

While there is so much attention directed at building yet another municipal theatre that is meant to somehow rescue Sacramento from desolation, there is a transit system here that has rapidly become a joke rather than a service intended to ease traffic and stimulate our economy by making it possible to work outside the city and bring shopping dollars back home to local businesses. So here are some things about our Public Rail System that I have decided should be better…
Cleaner Stations/​Rail Coaches:
Many of the stations are becoming filthy, with piles of garbage welcoming you as you approach them. And too often, once aboard a rail coach there is more garbage like half eaten fast food boxes, beer/​soda cans, clothing, newspapers and occasionally, even globs of phlem or urine. People smoke, drink, play loud music, rest their feet on the seats or just do whatever they please, in spite of the posted rules of conduct or the G4A Security presence.
Restrooms:
I know that Sacramento generally frowns on the homeless, but am I being prepesterous to suggest public restrooms that actually remain open on weekends, not only on street corners and parks, but even at or near bus/​rail stops and terminals. Would this not be citizen friendly?
On-​board Rail Fare Machines:
In Portland Oregon, the new streetcars have fairboxes inside. That way, if a fare machine is malfunctioning or you dont have the correct change as your train to rapidly approaches, you can simply hop on and buy a ticket from an on-​board machine, thereby avoiding contact with transit cops or being late to, wherever you were headed.
Smart Fare Machines:
Variable payment options are nice. But how about a fare machine or system that also allows you to pay only for your ddestination, rather than a flat fare of $ 2.50 [or eventually $ 3.00?] when you’re only going a few blocks or maybe a couple of stops down the line? Sounds very neighborly to me.
Security:
Yes, even though this might be an area of concern for Gen. Mgr. Mike Wiley, that calls for funds and manpower. But considering the homicides that have occured on the train, a trip after dark, through certain areas can feel a bit spooky when there are criminally or mentally ill people doing any and everything on board. This really should get more attention.
Questions:
Why did they decide to end the Watt/​80 route at Watt Avenue, when there is essentially nothing there like any shopping centers, to make it a resonable destination?
And speaking of shopping centers, why does the said train avoid the Arden Fair Mall?
Why does the northbound Watt/​80 train stop on the right side of the Alkali Flat Station, but opens its left side doors so you step off right into a wheelchair ramp gaurd rail, while there is plenty of room to deboard on the right, where there is a curb and sidewalk?
Why was another station created at 7^th and K less than a block north of the 7^th and Capitol station?
Why was not the Sac Valley Amtrak line originally designated to later become the Airport Service line. It could have just continued northbound on 8^th Street and assumed the Township 9 route at G Street, with line 34 intersecting at F Street to provide an Amtrak Station Shuttle.

Sunrise Station is A-​OK. It can be a little scary if you get stuck here after dark, but it is such a large station that you can choose whether to wait in the huge park and ride area, near Sunrise Blvd, or near Folsom Blvd. There are a few shops within walking distance, and there is a bit of shelter from mild rain. If I am waiting for a Folsom train, I’d rather hop on a Sunrise train and wait for the Folsom train there than at any of the other stops.
This stop has a soda machine and is often attended by security personal during the daytime. It is also a major transition point from train to bus and vice versa. There are plenty of seats between the train area and the bus area. There are also plenty of places to have someone pick you up, as there is a pullout on Folsom Blvd and then of course the whole park and ride lot.
Unfortunately this station does tend to be a bit on the dirtier side, and there are a lot more shady characters than you would find in Folsom, but a lot less than you would find at most of the stops in Sacramento. Overall it is a safe enough place to hang out for a little bit if you have to, and trains come every fifteen minutes, although only half of them keep going to Folsom.

This station is a busy one and it shows. It is very dirty. Trash thrown around plus drinks and food wrappers left at the benches. The station platform could use a power washing if you know what I mean! The train station gets a lot of traffic with trains heading East to Folsom and West to downtown and beyond. Commuters, shoppers, transients, students, drinkers, of all races mixed together. There was the guy smoking weed into the train and trying to desperately put it out as a SACRT officer came on. There was the guy cradling his vodka bottle and snoozing. The old women cursing about one thing or another. Add to it crying babies. The trains themselves need cleaning inside desperately as well. Dirty windows through which you look to see the Dept of Transportation getting their windows of their building professionally done. Oh the irony.