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The "SMART" (Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit) is a proposed commuter rail system in Northern California, USA, intended to connect Sonoma and Marin counties to each other and to the city of San Francisco via a ferry connection. The proposed railway lies along a publicly owned right-of-way that extends from southern Marin County through Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County that roughly parallels US Highway 101. A funding proposal for this system was put to Sonoma and Marin voters in November 2006. Designated "Measure R," it called for a 0.25% increase in sales tax in both counties. In order for the project to go forward, Measure R needed to be approved by a two-thirds majority in both counties. In Sonoma County, 70.1% of those voting supported the measure[1]. In Marin, however, only 57.51% supported the measure[2], so the measure was defeated.
Route
The planned route would take SMART from Cloverdale, in Sonoma County to Larkspur, in Marin County. The stations would be as follows:
- Cloverdale (Asti Rd. south of Citrus Drive)
- Healdsburg (Harmon Street)
- Windsor (Windsor Road and Windsor River Road)
- Santa Rosa (Jennings Avenue and Herbert Street)
- Santa Rosa (Historic depot at Railroad Square)
- Rohnert Park (Golf Course Drive at Roberts Lake Road)
- Cotati (East Cotati Avenue and Industrial Drive)
- Petaluma (Corona Road)
- Downtown Petaluma (Historic depot near Lakeville Highway)
- Novato north (Atherton Avenue and Redwood Boulevard)
- Novato south (U.S. Highway 101 junction with Ignacio Avenue)
- Marin County Civic Center
- Downtown San Rafael (Tamalpais Street, near Transit Center)
- Larkspur Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal, where riders would transfer on to the Larkspur-San Francisco ferry
References
- ^ Final Official Canvass: Sonoma County Consolidated General Election of November 7, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ Marin County Gubenatorial General Election November 7, 2006 Official Final Results. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
External links
- SMART
- Marin Conservation League Assessment of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Project - critique of the rail plan
- SMART Train - promoters' site
- Measure R - archived voter information on Measure R from the League of Women Voters
