Lil' Debbie Wrote:
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> [www.pressdemocrat.com]
> t-riders-ponder-north-bay-to-san?artslide=0
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> Another interesting article about potential riders
> trying to figure out how to use SMART's trips to
> commute to work or travel around on the weekends.
>
> The gap in the commute schedule will always affect
> someone and this article covers that issue. One
> thing that is curious is that SMART has been
> billed as a Sonoma to Marin commute train. Yet
> many of the people interviewed for these articles
> are expressing serious interest in using a SMART
> trip with a ferry ride to get to San Francisco
> from Sonoma. This is a ridership that was
> underbilled, I feel.
>
> But how long will it take? Up to two hours to get
> from Cotati to San Francisco! But the riders
> interviewed feel that, if feasible, the trip via
> the train and then the ferry will be much more
> comfortable than riding on a bus.
>
> Ironically, this is what the first bus riders said
> as well once they lost their trips (called trains
> back then) and ferry service.
>
>
> Please, to the very active and influential poster:
> no posts telling us to get a life, or that no one
> cares, or posting fake news about why there are
> gaps in the commute service (it's lack of
> engineers, not passing tracks as you keep saying)
> or off-topic posts meant to show off your
> out-dated knowledge about the SMART EIR. Actually,
> I would ask you to stop posting on these threads
> please.

The best quote in the article" the stress of the home-to-train train -to -bus bus -to ferry connections would be too much for me". One missed connection and your out of luck. This relates closely the current thread about the Larkspur ferry connection. With little or no parking at SMART stations most people would have an additional bus - to- train station and a ferry - to- bus to work at SF.
I too dislike all the BS on this website but it's a free website and asking people to please stop posting seems naive.