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Re: Brown Signs SB 1029 that Begins Process of Dissolving NCRA
Author: synonymouse
Date: 10-01-2018 - 10:33
"SMART control of the rail line could generate revenue for the agency by expanding commercial freight operations and extending passenger rail service north from Sonoma County to Mendocino County, McGuire said."
Reality check: GGT bus service has never been able to get beyond Santa Rosa.
AFAIk even River Rock casion gave up on their Sonoma Co. buses. The level of public transit use in the Northbay is disappointing.
What's necessary is a focus on magnet destinations, say for instance the big Kaiser Hospital and clinics in Santa Rosa, not on the SMART line. There is patronage potential here but SMART has to figure out how to connect. You need to move to light rail transit thinking and away from from 19th century fantasies of the iron horse showing up at the jerkwater station with the horses and carriages greeting the train steaming in.
Reality check: GGT bus service has never been able to get beyond Santa Rosa.
AFAIk even River Rock casion gave up on their Sonoma Co. buses. The level of public transit use in the Northbay is disappointing.
What's necessary is a focus on magnet destinations, say for instance the big Kaiser Hospital and clinics in Santa Rosa, not on the SMART line. There is patronage potential here but SMART has to figure out how to connect. You need to move to light rail transit thinking and away from from 19th century fantasies of the iron horse showing up at the jerkwater station with the horses and carriages greeting the train steaming in.
