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Re: San Rafaelian: San Rafael is Railroading Itself For SMART's Benefit
Author: East San Rafael resident
Date: 12-03-2016 - 15:33
Mike Pechner Wrote:
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> One other note,
> downtown traffic in San Rafael has not materially
> changed since the 1980's. I can say that because
> I am in SRF at least once if not twice a week
> during the day since the 1960's.
You're wrong Mike. I've lived in east San Rafael since 1980 and can tell you that downtown traffic has gotten much worse. If I leave my house at 7:30-8:30 on a weekday morning for a drive into the city, driving to downtown and entering the freeway south will take at least 40 minutes or more. This used to take 15 minutes at most. Since I've been here, the traffic in the morning has dramatically increased with more cars on both the freeway and surface streets. This is only going to get worse with SMART.
I'm glad to see the NWP back in business but not at all happy with SMART.
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> One other note,
> downtown traffic in San Rafael has not materially
> changed since the 1980's. I can say that because
> I am in SRF at least once if not twice a week
> during the day since the 1960's.
You're wrong Mike. I've lived in east San Rafael since 1980 and can tell you that downtown traffic has gotten much worse. If I leave my house at 7:30-8:30 on a weekday morning for a drive into the city, driving to downtown and entering the freeway south will take at least 40 minutes or more. This used to take 15 minutes at most. Since I've been here, the traffic in the morning has dramatically increased with more cars on both the freeway and surface streets. This is only going to get worse with SMART.
I'm glad to see the NWP back in business but not at all happy with SMART.
