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Loud or sleeping people will soon be asked to leave buses and light rail trains in Sacramento under new rules approved by transportation officials Monday night. The proposals come as Sacramento enjoys a downtown building boom that will eventually add a high-end basketball arena and a soccer stadium, amenities that officials hope will draw fans to the area by light rail, bus or train. "If we can make it more attractive or make it more enjoyable to use the light rail or bus, then people are more apt to use it," said Alane Masui, spokeswoman for the Sacramento Regional Transit District. Like many American cities, Sacramento fans out toward its suburbs in an extensive road network, which was built more for automobiles than public transit in most areas, and has struggled to win middle-class riders to its bus and light rail system. Criticism abounds. Last year, nearly 7,000 customers contacted the public transit system's customer complaints department and transit officials also reported 318 crimes, according to transit system data. The system, which serves the City and County of Sacramento, has about 98,000 boardings on weekdays. Under the regulation, passengers will no longer be allowed to get on a bus or train unless they are covered "above and below the waist" and wearing shoes. They will also be banned from playing sound equipment that is audible to other passengers and will be banned from sleeping on a train that has reached the end of the line. Those who refuse to comply could be kicked off by authorities, the regulation says. A separate measure that would have barred people who let off noxious odors was removed from the rules, Masui said. Supporters of disadvantaged Sacramentans said that this particular rule would have been a blow for homeless people, who have a right to ride buses and trains. The rules will be implemented once officials finalize remaining details and customers are notified of the changes.