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Re: SMART In Larkspur: Ferry-Related?
Author: Al Stangenberger
Date: 12-14-2015 - 10:22
mook Wrote:
> SMART to Southern Marin: while also unlikely to
> happen in any of our lifetimes, it makes more
> sense than BART for local transit and could
> (theoretically, but at huge cost) be done. Much of
> the old NWP r/w is still there, though it's a bike
> lane in many places that would trigger vocal and
> possibly violent opposition.
You're right about local opposition. Years ago, Mill Valley built a middle school on the old city dump site next to the bike path (former NWP ROW across from the Alto powerhouse). When rail transit was suggested the complaints about train noise disturbing the new school could be heard all the way to Mars.
> SMART to Southern Marin: while also unlikely to
> happen in any of our lifetimes, it makes more
> sense than BART for local transit and could
> (theoretically, but at huge cost) be done. Much of
> the old NWP r/w is still there, though it's a bike
> lane in many places that would trigger vocal and
> possibly violent opposition.
You're right about local opposition. Years ago, Mill Valley built a middle school on the old city dump site next to the bike path (former NWP ROW across from the Alto powerhouse). When rail transit was suggested the complaints about train noise disturbing the new school could be heard all the way to Mars.
