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Re: SMART (Ain;t it just awful?) Update
Author: fkrock
Date: 11-23-2013 - 09:51
KRK Wrote:
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> You know something folks, I don't cry about a
> bunch of rich Marin County whiners who have to
> fight the traffic on U.S. 101 every day. They had
> a GREAT system that was paid-in-full that worked
> well that most of their grandparents rode.
If you look at the schedules it's very easy to see why Marin County commuters drove or rode busses on the Golden Gate Bridge after 1937. The train-ferry trip usually took over twice as long. Passengers had to change from train to ferryboat in Sausalito. Many trains met the ferryboat but if a passenger missed the ferryboat, wait was over one hour for the next NWP boat. Then if the passenger were not going to a destination a short walk from the Ferry Building, then a ride on SF Muni or Market Street Railway was required. It's no surprise that the service was abandoned in 1940 with almost no opposition.
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> You know something folks, I don't cry about a
> bunch of rich Marin County whiners who have to
> fight the traffic on U.S. 101 every day. They had
> a GREAT system that was paid-in-full that worked
> well that most of their grandparents rode.
If you look at the schedules it's very easy to see why Marin County commuters drove or rode busses on the Golden Gate Bridge after 1937. The train-ferry trip usually took over twice as long. Passengers had to change from train to ferryboat in Sausalito. Many trains met the ferryboat but if a passenger missed the ferryboat, wait was over one hour for the next NWP boat. Then if the passenger were not going to a destination a short walk from the Ferry Building, then a ride on SF Muni or Market Street Railway was required. It's no surprise that the service was abandoned in 1940 with almost no opposition.
