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Letter to Congressman Huffman re: Rehabbed Rail Line to Willits
Jan. 7, 2025 Dear Congressman Huffman, I am most pleased to see your stated belief that “the redwood trail and restored rail line could...
Friends of Smart
Jan 101 min read
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SMART awarded $81M by State of California to extend passenger rail service to northern Sonoma County
From SMART October 25, 2024 Petaluma, CA — The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) District is pleased to announce an $81 million...
Friends of Smart
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Sonoma Co. Transportation & Land-Use Coalition: In support of Extending SMART to Healdsburg
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Attn: Plan Bay Area 2050 Comments 375 Beale Street, Suite 800San Francisco, CA 94105 Re: Plan Bay...
Friends of Smart
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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The Case for Extending SMART to Healdsburg
Letter to Metropolitan Transport Commission From Jack Swearengen, PhD Chair, Friends of SMART Dear Colleagues at MTC: The local cities of...
Friends of Smart
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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Larkspur Shuttle: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit
The SMART Connect Larkspur shuttle serves the SMART Larkspur station, the Golden Gate Ferry Larkspur Terminal, and the surrounding...
Friends of Smart
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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Letter to Surface Transport Board re. Mendocino Railway
May 19, 2024 Cynthia T. Brown Chief of the Section of Administration Office of Proceedings Surface Transport Board Re. Great Redwood...
Friends of Smart
May 22, 20241 min read
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Letter in Support of Highway 101 Pedestrian and Bicycle Overcrossing Federal Funding
Read Jack Swearengen's letter from Friends of Smart to the U.S. Department of Transportation re. Support for the City of Santa Rosa's...
Friends of Smart
Apr 27, 20241 min read
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Mendocino Railway: Letter to Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
From: Robert Jason Pinoli President MENDOCINO RAILWAY April 6, 2024 Members of the Board: I wanted to call your attention to two very...
Friends of Smart
Apr 10, 20242 min read
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Lucy Kortum
All of us at Friends of SMART were very sad to hear of the recent passing of fervent Sonoma County environmentalist and our good friend,...
Friends of Smart
Dec 28, 20221 min read
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Best Things to Eat, Drink and Do Close to SMART Stations (Sonoma Magazine)
Published by: Sonoma Magazine By Sofia Englund August, 2022 If you’re not a commuter to Santa Rosa, Petaluma or one of the other towns...
Friends of Smart
Sep 23, 20221 min read
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Friends of SMART welcome Eddy Cummins as the new SMART General Manager!
The Friends of SMART would like to formally welcome Mr. Eddy Cumins as the newly installed General Manager of the Sonoma Marin Area Rapid...
Friends of Smart
Jan 18, 20221 min read
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