Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit

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The "SMART" (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit) is a proposed commuter rail system in Northern California, USA, 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.

A funding proposal for this system was put to Sonoma and Marin voters in November 2006. Designated "Measure R," it called for a 0.25% increase in sales tax in both counties. In order for the project to go forward, Measure R needed to be approved by a two-thirds majority in both counties. In Sonoma County, 70.1% of those voting supported the measure[1]. In Marin, however, only 57.51% supported the measure[2], so the measure was defeated.

[edit] Route

The planned route would take SMART from Cloverdale, in Sonoma County to Larkspur, in Marin County. The stations would be as follows:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Final Official Canvass: Sonoma County Consolidated General Election of November 7, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  2. ^ Marin County Gubenatorial General Election November 7, 2006 Official Final Results. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.

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