May 24, 2021
Today SMART will be expanding service and significantly reducing fares. The agency will be adding four morning trips and six afternoon trips to its current weekday schedule starting today. Fares will also be slashed by 40 percent and these changes will last through May of 2022. This is being done in an effort to kickstart ridership as the North Bay starts to recover from the pandemic. At its peak in February of last year, ridership numbers were at about 3,000 weekday trips. Last month, average ridership was around 430 trips per day. More information can be found at SonomaMarinTrain.org.
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Officials say a pedestrian is dead after being hit by a SMART train. The accident happened near West Robles Avenue in Santa Rosa yesterday afternoon. No further
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February 17, 2021
State grant money along with private matching funds are enabling SMART to plan freight operation upgrades. The Press Democrat reports that SMART has secured $2.9 million for the upgrades which will be used to takeover freight operations from the region’s lone hauler, Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company. $400,000 will go towards repairing the Black Point Bridge along the Lower Petaluma River as well as adding federally-mandated safety equipment enhancements. The remaining $2.59 million will go towards renovating a pair of freight spurs as well as adding a new spur in Windsor’s industrial area. These upgrades could begin as soon as this summer.
January 21, 2021
It looks like the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit will have some new leadership. Yesterday, Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt was selected to lead the 12-member body for the North Bay’s rail line. Rabbitt, who has been a SMART director for eight years, was chosen in a 10-0 vote. He will have a two-year term as chair. Officials also voted to appoint Barbara Pahre for another term as vice chair.
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