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	BayRail Alliance: External Links page
		Bay Area Transit Watch...proposals and maps for new South Bay and Dumbarton Bridge rail service, former SamTrans service prior to 1999 "restructuring"
		Architecture 21...Bay Area regional rail plan emphasizing conventional and high speed rail, Altamont high speed rail routing; articles on the Caltrain electrification and history of the Transbay Terminal are found in A21 Design.
		Modern Transit Society...promotes rail ("guideway") transit, transportation, land use policies favorable to non-motorists, and free-market solutions to traffic problems.
	bayrailalliance.org /home/links.html (619 words)

	m000619.txt
		Sonoma and Marin Board members discussed the linkages between bus, bicycle and rail transit, the connection between land use patterns and rail transportation and discussions in Marin and Sonoma cities regarding coordinated development.
		Marin and Sonoma Board members agreed to direct staff to draft letters to be signed by both Boards in support of legislation to provide additional transportation funding and to amend the State Constitution to change the two- thirds majority requirement for passage of a transportation sales tax.
		Sonoma Board members advised that they and the North Coast Rail Authority are committed to continuing to operate freight services and that any commuter service must be operationally consistent with the freight use.
	www.co.marin.ca.us /depts/bs/main/bosagmn/minsags/m000619.txt (1394 words)

	San Francisco CITYSCAPE :: the online journal of bay area urban design [ Transit: Regional Transportation Plan ]
		In 2001, Sonoma officials decided to delay a 2003 vote after a poll found Marin taxpayers still unwilling to cover their share of a rail line — which is perhaps unsurprising, since so many residents live south of the proposed new terminus in San Rafael.
		Meanwhile, in Marin and Sonoma counties, the HOV lane gap in San Rafael and Corte Madera is being closed, HOV lanes will be added to the "Novato Narrows" between Novato and Petaluma and parts of the expressway upgraded to freeway status, and carpool lanes are being built between Petaluma and Santa Rosa.
		In 1998, half-cent county sales taxes for transportation in Marin and Sonoma were rejected after the city of Larkspur refused to let passenger trains on the Northwestern Pacific tracks paralleling Highway 101 connect to its ferry landing, which in turn would've linked riders to San Francisco.
	www.sfcityscape.com /transit/MTC_plan.html (3443 words)

	LWVBA Hub Paper #1
		Reestablishment of rail hubs and service in Marin and Sonoma has been sought with sales tax measures but as yet there is not the 2/3 majority required for a project thought to allow more growth.
		As the Colma station area is partially in the County, the San Mateo County transit agency (Samtrans) worked on land use plans to complement station use.
		The urban design of a new town in Holland might include an urban limit line centered on the transit hub with a waterway axis and a rail axis intercepting near an "eyecatcher" tower at the station.
	www.lwvba-ca.org /lwvba/issues/hubs.html (7122 words)

	Countywide Plan
		a) Enact rail transportation in Marin and Sonoma by 2010.
		b) The cities need to be united in planning for areas around rail stations.
		sensitive areas to urban areas near jobs and transit.
	home.comcast.net /~marininfo/CountywidePlan.htm (3878 words)

	Greenbelt Alliance Bay Area Wide
		Implementation will be key to its success: over $8 billion in new transit projects will be conditioned by this policy - including the eastern Contra Costa County BART extension, Sonoma Marin Rail, BART to San Jose, Bus Rapid Transit through Berkeley, Oakland and San Leandro, the Dumbarton Rail, and ferries across the Bay.
		Putting homes around transit increases the number of riders; people who live within a half-mile of transit stations are five times more likely to ride than others living further away.
		This Regional Transit Oriented Development Policy says new transit projects will not be funded until cities plan for homes in a pedestrian- and bike-oriented design around new stations.
	www.greenbelt.org /regions/bayarea/camp_transit.html (519 words)

	Decision Makers: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
		A regional transportation district established to oversee the development and implementation of passenger rail service in Sonoma and Marin counties.
		12, five each appointed by Marin and Sonoma counties, and two members by the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District.
		SMART Vice Chair - Marin County Board of Supervisors
	dm.lwvba-ca.org /pages/smart.html (67 words)

	Updates: Transportation Taxes and Joint Planning (June/July 2004 Monitor)
		The counties where such measures could be put before voters include San Mateo, Contra Costa, Marin and Napa, as well as a two-county measure by the Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit (SMART) which would need to be voted on in both of the participating counties.
		Marin cities are struggling with the debate over whether a tax for SMART's commuter rail, which has a high level of support in polls, would help or hurt Marin's tax to fund other transportation modes if the two go on the same ballot.
		The bill includes the structure and purpose of the Joint Policy Committee, adds the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to the membership, and requires both the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments to provide reports to the committee by January 1, 2006 on functional integration of the two agencies.
	www.bayareamonitor.org /june04/update.html (317 words)

	trolley050525.html
		The railroad right-of-way, including the trestle, is the property of SMART, the Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit agency formed to create a North Bay commuter rail system.
		Freight cars -- often full of Sonoma County's agricultural bounty-- off-loaded their wares onto the steamers Gold and Petaluma, which ferried the goods down river to San Francisco Bay.
		"Imagining that Steamer Gold Landing area without the trestle hurts."
	www.arguscourier.com /efriend/eprint.cfm?elink=/news/news/trolley050525.html (828 words)

	ELECTION 2004:Transportation Measure 2 / The Bay Area's Big Decision / Bridge toll boost would fund mass transit
		The Bay Area needs transit, Hambrick said, but Regional Measure 2 devotes too much money to public transportation and not enough to maintaining and improving roads and highways."People are not going to get out of their cars no matter how much you spend on transit,'' he said.
		But other transit agencies also had their eye on that dollar, and after a series of legislative hearings on the Bay Area's transportation system, state Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland, decided to put together a congestion relief bill.
		About 12 percent of Bay Area residents use transit to commute to work or school, compared to 81 percent who drive - either alone or in a carpool, according to a 2003 study by Rides for Bay Area Commuters, a group that encourages carpooling.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/22/MNGBR55J7U1.DTL&type=printable (1320 words)

	FRBSF: Transportation
		Golden Gate Transit Serving Marin and Sonoma counties with buses to and from San Francisco.
		Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - BART serves San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties through for inter-connected rail lines and 36 stations.
		AC Transit buses arrive and depart from the San Francisco Transbay terminal located at First and Mission Streets.
	www.frbsf.org /federalreserve/visit/trans.html (244 words)

	Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit
		The "SMART" (Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit) is a proposed commuter rail system in Northern California intended to connect Sonoma and Marin counties to each other and to the city of San Francisco via a ferry connection.
		The proposed railway lies along a publicly-owned right-of-way that extends from southern Marin County through Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County that roughly parallels US Highway 101.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Sonoma-Marin-Area-Rapid-Transit.htm (141 words)

	Assemblymember Joe Nation - 6th Assembly District
		Currently, the Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit District (SMART) is authorized to provide rail service only.
		AB 372 grants SMART the authority to also offer bus service to its patrons in the counties of Sonoma and Marin.
		The Community Redevelopment Law, set forth in statute, authorizes a redevelopment agency with the power of eminent domain to condemn property upon a determination that the area is blighted.
	democrats.assembly.ca.gov /members/a06/legislation.htm (2233 words)

	San Francisco CITYSCAPE :: the online journal of bay area urban design [ Transit: Northern California Regional Rail Map ]
		In the North Bay, another DMU line, Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit or SMART, would return service to the old Northwestern Pacific right-of way in the Highway 101 corridor.
		San Francisco CITYSCAPE :: the online journal of bay area urban design [ Transit: Northern California Regional Rail Map ]
		The so-called Monterey Peninsula Fixed Guideway might consist of bus rapid transit, DMU service on the old Monterey Branch line, or even an extension of Caltrain; but not only is it unfunded, it's opposed by track-side residents and the city of Monterey, which may turn its old rail depot, ironically, into a rail museum.
	www.sfcityscape.com /transit/rail_maps/regional.html (821 words)

	San Francisco Bay Area
		It is the only section of the Bay Area that is not served by a commuter rail transit service, though Sonoma-Marin service has entered the planning phase.
		The areas near the Pacific Ocean are generally characterized by relatively small temperature variations during the year, with cool foggy summers and mild rainy winters.
		This area consists of a series of small cities and suburban communities along the Bay such as Palo Alto and Stanford University, San Mateo, Foster City as well as various towns along the Pacific coast such as Pacifica and Half Moon Bay.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/San-Francisco-Bay-Area.htm (2242 words)

	raildepot050330.html
		The city is leasing the depot from the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Authority, soon to be taken over by the Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit agency, for 25 years at $1,000 a month.
		The program will eventually share the depot area with a rail stop for a planned North Bay commuter train and a transit hub for the city.
		The Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the visitors program, welcomes the new location.
	www.arguscourier.com /efriend/eprint.cfm?elink=/news/news/raildepot050330.html (571 words)

	Regional Measure 2 traffic relief projects
		-- Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District ext.
		-- I-580 rapid transit corridor improvements in Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore, 2010
		-- AC Transit improved bus service (International Boulevard/Telegraph Avenue corridor), 2005
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/04/BAGL65DSS61.DTL (210 words)

	rshsdepot-digest.archive.200408
		Of the dozen or so railroad buildings once present in the yard area, the depot is the only remaining structure and is the oldest remaining depot in the state.
		The South Dakota Rapid Transit and Railroad Company began June 1890, making it one of the earliest traction lines in the World.
		Restrictions on photographing transit installations were, I believe, common in Europe during WW II and in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
	www.railfan.net /lists/rshsdepot-digest/rshsdepot-digest.archive.200408 (13484 words)

	Federal Transit Administration - Appendix B Section
		Ellsworth, ME/Calais Branch Rail Line Regional Transit Program
		Grand Rapids, MI/Grand Rapids Area Major Corridor Study
	www.fta.dot.gov /grant_programs/transportation_planning/major_investment/annual_reports/2003/11023_ENG_HTML.htm (443 words)

	MCBC - Rails with Trails
		Here in the North Bay, the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit Commission is planning a rail line that would span from Cloverdale in the north to the ferry to San Francisco in the south.
		There are currently 62 rails with trails in the United States, with 150 more planned for the future.
		On September 13, 2000 the SMART Commission officially made it a goal to have a "rail with trail" where ever feasible, along the 68 mile length of the proposed light rail corridor.
	www.marinbike.org /Campaigns/Infrastructure/RailsTrails/RailsTrails.htm (400 words)

	FRBSF: Transportation
		Golden Gate Transit Serving Marin and Sonoma counties with buses to and from San Francisco.
		Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - BART serves San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties through for inter-connected rail lines and 36 stations.
		AC Transit buses arrive and depart from the San Francisco Transbay terminal located at First and Mission Streets.
	www.frbsf.org /federalreserve/visit/trans.html (244 words)

	FRBSF: Transportation
		Golden Gate Transit Serving Marin and Sonoma counties with buses to and from San Francisco.
		Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)- BART serves San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties through for inter-connected rail lines and 36 stations.
		AC Transit buses arrive and depart from the San Francisco Transbay terminal located at First and Mission Streets.
	www.frbsf.org /federalreserve/visit/trans.html (244 words)

	Marin Independent Journal - Home
		Two Marin members of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Board questioned the adequacy of a report Saturday that outlines how the train system would work and suggested it might have to be revised, a move that could delay a planned November ballot measure on the plan.
		In response, the Redwood High School senior next month hopes to establish the Marin County Teen Mental Health Board, a student-led group that aims to make suicide prevention programs available in all of Marin's public high schools.
		For most Marin women, an abortion remains relatively easy to get.
	www.marinij.com (628 words)

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