Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit (SMART)

On January 1, 2003, a new regional transportation district was established to oversee the development and implementation of passenger rail service in Sonoma and Marin Counties. The new rail district, created with the passage of California State Assembly Bill 2224 (Nation, District 6), holds in public ownership, over seventy miles of railroad right-of-way estimated to be worth more than $1 billion.

The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) District is governed by a 12-member Board consisting of elected officials: two county supervisors each from Marin and Sonoma counties, three appointed City Council members from each county and two representatives from the Golden Gate Bridge District.

The SMART District is charged with planning, engineering, evaluating and implementing passenger train service and corridor maintenance from Cloverdale to a ferry terminal that connects to San Francisco.

MCL performed a financial analysis of the SMART project in 2006 (see below) and did not support the SMART initiative. While MCL is committed to working with the district to ensure it delivers maximum benefit to the community while minimizing impact on the environment, MCL is concerned by changes in management at SMART and growing confusion over the plan's financial feasibility.

2011 Documents and Correspondence

2010 Documents and Correspondence

2008 Documents and Correspondence

2006 Documents and Correspondence
 

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New developments in Marin are closely monitored by the Land Use and Transportation Committee

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Committee members of the North Marin Unit review a map at their monthly meeting

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Pelicans in Point Reyes National Seashore - a park followed by the Parks and Open Space Committee
photo by Bob Grace