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The agency allowed that requirement, which was incorporated into its customer code of conduct, to lapse on July 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">What your local Bay Area transit agency says about masks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Board member Bevan Dufty proposed renewing the mandate because of the highly contagious nature of the currently dominant coronavirus variant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think COVID is at its most transmissible right now, and I think our responsibility is to stay the course and to ensure our riders, many of whom are immunocompromised, are safe and feel welcome in our system,\" Dufty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushback came from board members Robert Raburn of Oakland and Debora Allen of Clayton. Raburn argued that mask mandates are not supported by current guidance from health authorities. Allen questioned the wisdom and effectiveness of having BART police enforce a mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hearing public comment, the board agreed to reinstate the mask requirement through Oct. 1 by a vote of 7-2. The board will consider extending the mandate further at its Sept. 22 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is the only other major Bay Area transit agency currently requiring riders to wear masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFBART/status/1552835835069755393\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Masks on transit: How we got here\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal agencies imposed a mask mandate for passengers on most modes of transportation at the outset of the pandemic. And following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended nationwide mask requirements on planes, buses, trains and ferries through May 3, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 18, a federal judge in Florida \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911526/tsa-will-no-longer-enforce-travel-mask-mandate-after-federal-judge-strikes-it-down\">struck down the CDC mask mandate\u003c/a>. A few hours later, the TSA announced it would no longer enforce mask rules inside airports and airplanes and on public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ruling meant private and public transportation agencies could drop their own mask mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most major airlines, along with the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose international airports, now have made masks optional. Rideshare giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/safety/\">Uber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/update-to-lyfts-health-safety-guidelines\">Lyft\u003c/a> also have dropped their masking requirements for passengers and drivers. And private bus companies, like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FlixBus_USA/status/1516446461671714820\">FlixBus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/megabus/status/1516415898168532992\">Megabus\u003c/a>, have followed suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>BART and AC Transit are the only Bay Area public transit agencies that currently require face masks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several Bay Area transit agencies — including Caltrain and Muni — initially retained their mask rules after the TSA announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 20, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">the state's mask requirements for public transit — and transportation hubs, like stations — also \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">were \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\"> terminated\u003c/a> \"effective immediately.\" The statement nonetheless still \"strongly\" recommended that California residents keep wearing their masks in these settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">Every Bay Area public transit agency subsequently dropped their mask requirements\u003c/a> for riders following the state's announcement. However, AC Transit, which operates in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, announced June 2 that its passengers would once again be required to wear face masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could we see more agencies or regions reintroducing their own mask rules for public transit — regardless of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093927926/mask-mandate-appeal-doj\">the Justice Department's own appeal against the original decision by the Florida judge\u003c/a>? Right now, it's unclear. CDC officials declined to comment on the status of that appeal, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-travel-health-business-3b819aa097b4e642a97d39f606924203\">The Associated Press reports that DOJ officials did not immediately respond\u003c/a> to a request for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 22, \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/los-angeles-county-masks-mandate-bring-back-face-public-transit/11779646/\">Los Angeles County independently introduced a new health order that once again requires masks\u003c/a> on all public transit within the county. LA County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer cited the CDC's continued guidance that masking on public transit remains a key way of preventing the spread of COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, remember: Regardless of whether a transit agency has dropped its mask requirement, you can always choose to keep wearing your mask in whichever setting you please. NPR has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/25/1083046757/coronavirus-faq-im-a-one-way-masker-what-strategy-will-give-me-optimal-protectio\">tips on figuring out whether wearing a mask when others around you are not (aka \"one-way masking\") is the right call\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"maskmandate\">\u003c/a>Face mask requirements of all Bay Area transit agencies\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on BART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rapid transit system, which serves five Bay Area counties, now requires riders to wear masks in all its facilities beyond the fare gates. This includes any waiting areas, platforms and trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFBART/status/1552835835069755393\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART riders are required to wear face masks when waiting at a station and when riding a train. The rule is set to expire Oct. 1. The BART board of directors will review the mask requirement at a meeting on Sept. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Caltrain?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain updated riders Wednesday afternoon that it will no longer require face masks on trains. The agency \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1516926371573866496\">stated on Twitter that while its mandate has ended\u003c/a>, \"guests can and are strongly encouraged to continue wearing them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on AC Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit, which serves both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, brought back its mandate in June. \u003ca href=\"https://www.actransit.org/mask-mandate-policy-restored-june-2022\">Wearing a face mask is required whenever riding an AC Transit bus.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency officials stressed that the return of the mandate is due to the recent spike in new COVID-19 cases in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11911715\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11911715\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers on the F Muni car in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Muni?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which operates Muni, is still \"strongly recommending\" that people who ride Muni continue to wear a mask. The agency emphasizes what it called \"excellent air flow\" on its vehicles, noting that \"the Muni fleet HVAC systems turn the air over once every minute.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>VTA (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on VTA?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County's public transit agency is still \"strongly recommending\" passengers wear masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on SamTrans?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County's public transit system says masks are not required but are still \"strongly encouraged.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Golden Gate Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11911716\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bank of BART turnstiles at 24th Street Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>SMART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on SMART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Santa Cruz METRO\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Santa Cruz METRO?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No — but this only applies to vaccinated people.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz METRO — which serves both Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties — announced on Tuesday it will no longer require individuals fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to wear face masks in agency vehicles and transit centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unvaccinated passengers are still required to wear face masks on Santa Cruz METRO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on the San Francisco Bay Ferry?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, which oversees the Bay Ferry network, says masks are still \"strongly recommended,\" though not required. The agency also urges patrons: \"Be kind to fellow ferry passengers whether they choose to wear a mask or not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED's Carly Severn and the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Now that the federal travel mask mandate has been removed, what's your local Bay Area transit agency enforcing? From BART to Muni and Caltrain, check our list.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1659464229,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":45,"wordCount":1228},"headData":{"title":"BART's Mask Mandate Reinstated — Which Other Bay Area Transit Agencies Still Require Masks? | KQED","description":"Now that the federal travel mask mandate has been removed, what's your local Bay Area transit agency enforcing? 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The agency allowed that requirement, which was incorporated into its customer code of conduct, to lapse on July 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">What your local Bay Area transit agency says about masks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Board member Bevan Dufty proposed renewing the mandate because of the highly contagious nature of the currently dominant coronavirus variant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think COVID is at its most transmissible right now, and I think our responsibility is to stay the course and to ensure our riders, many of whom are immunocompromised, are safe and feel welcome in our system,\" Dufty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushback came from board members Robert Raburn of Oakland and Debora Allen of Clayton. Raburn argued that mask mandates are not supported by current guidance from health authorities. Allen questioned the wisdom and effectiveness of having BART police enforce a mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hearing public comment, the board agreed to reinstate the mask requirement through Oct. 1 by a vote of 7-2. The board will consider extending the mandate further at its Sept. 22 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is the only other major Bay Area transit agency currently requiring riders to wear masks.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1552835835069755393"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Masks on transit: How we got here\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal agencies imposed a mask mandate for passengers on most modes of transportation at the outset of the pandemic. And following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended nationwide mask requirements on planes, buses, trains and ferries through May 3, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 18, a federal judge in Florida \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911526/tsa-will-no-longer-enforce-travel-mask-mandate-after-federal-judge-strikes-it-down\">struck down the CDC mask mandate\u003c/a>. A few hours later, the TSA announced it would no longer enforce mask rules inside airports and airplanes and on public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ruling meant private and public transportation agencies could drop their own mask mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most major airlines, along with the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose international airports, now have made masks optional. Rideshare giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/safety/\">Uber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/update-to-lyfts-health-safety-guidelines\">Lyft\u003c/a> also have dropped their masking requirements for passengers and drivers. And private bus companies, like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FlixBus_USA/status/1516446461671714820\">FlixBus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/megabus/status/1516415898168532992\">Megabus\u003c/a>, have followed suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>BART and AC Transit are the only Bay Area public transit agencies that currently require face masks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several Bay Area transit agencies — including Caltrain and Muni — initially retained their mask rules after the TSA announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 20, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">the state's mask requirements for public transit — and transportation hubs, like stations — also \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">were \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\"> terminated\u003c/a> \"effective immediately.\" The statement nonetheless still \"strongly\" recommended that California residents keep wearing their masks in these settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">Every Bay Area public transit agency subsequently dropped their mask requirements\u003c/a> for riders following the state's announcement. However, AC Transit, which operates in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, announced June 2 that its passengers would once again be required to wear face masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could we see more agencies or regions reintroducing their own mask rules for public transit — regardless of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093927926/mask-mandate-appeal-doj\">the Justice Department's own appeal against the original decision by the Florida judge\u003c/a>? Right now, it's unclear. CDC officials declined to comment on the status of that appeal, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-travel-health-business-3b819aa097b4e642a97d39f606924203\">The Associated Press reports that DOJ officials did not immediately respond\u003c/a> to a request for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 22, \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/los-angeles-county-masks-mandate-bring-back-face-public-transit/11779646/\">Los Angeles County independently introduced a new health order that once again requires masks\u003c/a> on all public transit within the county. LA County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer cited the CDC's continued guidance that masking on public transit remains a key way of preventing the spread of COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, remember: Regardless of whether a transit agency has dropped its mask requirement, you can always choose to keep wearing your mask in whichever setting you please. NPR has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/25/1083046757/coronavirus-faq-im-a-one-way-masker-what-strategy-will-give-me-optimal-protectio\">tips on figuring out whether wearing a mask when others around you are not (aka \"one-way masking\") is the right call\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"maskmandate\">\u003c/a>Face mask requirements of all Bay Area transit agencies\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on BART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rapid transit system, which serves five Bay Area counties, now requires riders to wear masks in all its facilities beyond the fare gates. This includes any waiting areas, platforms and trains.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1552835835069755393"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>BART riders are required to wear face masks when waiting at a station and when riding a train. The rule is set to expire Oct. 1. The BART board of directors will review the mask requirement at a meeting on Sept. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Caltrain?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain updated riders Wednesday afternoon that it will no longer require face masks on trains. The agency \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1516926371573866496\">stated on Twitter that while its mandate has ended\u003c/a>, \"guests can and are strongly encouraged to continue wearing them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on AC Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit, which serves both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, brought back its mandate in June. \u003ca href=\"https://www.actransit.org/mask-mandate-policy-restored-june-2022\">Wearing a face mask is required whenever riding an AC Transit bus.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency officials stressed that the return of the mandate is due to the recent spike in new COVID-19 cases in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11911715\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11911715\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers on the F Muni car in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Muni?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which operates Muni, is still \"strongly recommending\" that people who ride Muni continue to wear a mask. The agency emphasizes what it called \"excellent air flow\" on its vehicles, noting that \"the Muni fleet HVAC systems turn the air over once every minute.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>VTA (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on VTA?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County's public transit agency is still \"strongly recommending\" passengers wear masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on SamTrans?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County's public transit system says masks are not required but are still \"strongly encouraged.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Golden Gate Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11911716\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bank of BART turnstiles at 24th Street Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>SMART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on SMART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Santa Cruz METRO\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Santa Cruz METRO?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No — but this only applies to vaccinated people.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz METRO — which serves both Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties — announced on Tuesday it will no longer require individuals fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to wear face masks in agency vehicles and transit centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unvaccinated passengers are still required to wear face masks on Santa Cruz METRO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on the San Francisco Bay Ferry?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, which oversees the Bay Ferry network, says masks are still \"strongly recommended,\" though not required. The agency also urges patrons: \"Be kind to fellow ferry passengers whether they choose to wear a mask or not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED's Carly Severn and the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11911549/mask-mandate-bart-bay-area-transit","authors":["11708","222"],"categories":["news_457","news_28250","news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_2505","news_269","news_510","news_2493","news_21010","news_320","news_1764","news_1533","news_3636","news_20887","news_30958","news_21108","news_20675"],"featImg":"news_11911714","label":"news"},"news_11804544":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11804544","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11804544","score":null,"sort":[1583307816000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"smart-train-sales-tax-extension-headed-for-defeat-in-sonoma-and-marin","title":"Voters Reject SMART Train Sales Tax Extension in Sonoma and Marin","publishDate":1583307816,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>The long-term future of the North Bay’s ambitious SMART train system has been thrown into doubt after the resounding defeat of a sales tax measure that would have extended the service’s funding for 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure I, which asked voters to continue a quarter-cent sales tax that supports Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART, needed 66.67% to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With 100% of precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, the measure fell far short of that level, with just 49.8% support in Sonoma County and 53.5% in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For up to date vote counts see \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results\">KQED's election result page\u003c/a>. County election officials generally officially announce whether the measures passed a month after the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Arnold, a Novato economist and treasurer of the NotSoSMART campaign that opposed the tax, said Tuesday that the measure's defeat was predictable given what he called the rail agency's \"dysfunction,\" its relatively high operating costs and modest ridership numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The story is not that complicated,\" said Arnold, who has opposed the rail system since its inception and fought the successful sales tax measure funding the transit agency in 2008. He pointed to federal government data that shows SMART, which has about 3,000 riders per weekday, spends about $37.60 for each passenger trip. That compares to $5 per trip for BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s an incredible amount to be spending on something that doesn’t deliver very much,\" Arnold said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two months, the battle over the sales tax extension became the most expensive ballot measure campaign in North Bay history. With a total of more than $3 million spent on the issue, Measure I was also by far the costliest 2020 local ballot fight anywhere in the Bay Area, with a total more than five times higher than the No. 2 big-dollar race, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11805061/contentious-open-space-measure-in-danville-too-close-to-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danville's Measure Y\u003c/a> development proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County developer Molly Gallaher Flater donated nearly $2 million to fund the effort to defeat the SMART measure, campaign finance records show. The measure’s supporters raised more than $1.1 million, with about 90% of that cash coming from the Native American tribe that owns the Graton Casino in Rohnert Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Measure I result is not the end of the SMART rail story. The current quarter-cent sales tax that funds the system runs through March 2029, and the agency will have to go to voters before then to get the levy extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NotSoSMART's Mike Arnold said the vote should be a wake-up call for the agency's appointed 12-member board, made up mostly of Marin and Sonoma elected officials. He argued that the board has failed to rein in \"incredibly risky\" operating decisions made by SMART managers. He and other opponents have accused SMART of not being transparent about how the agency is run, noting, for instance, that it only recently began releasing ridership reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to require quite a reform of the agency for them to win back the trust of the voters,\" Arnold said. One step in that direction would be to dismiss General Manager Farhad Mansourian, whose leadership SMART opponents have long criticized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were a lot of accusations leveled against SMART, some more factual than others,\" said Chris Rogers, a SMART board member and Santa Rosa City Council member. He acknowledged that the board must make strides to become more transparent and to demonstrate to voters that it's in control of SMART's budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were accusations we have no oversight over agency funding,\" Rogers noted. \"That’s categorically untrue. We need to do a better job of showing what that oversight is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday's vote \"doesn’t change the need for us to get people out of single occupancy vehicles and do a better job of explaining why SMART is something we need,\" Rogers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Lucan, a member of the Novato City Council now serving as the SMART board chair, argued as the first votes were being counted that SMART is on track to providing an effective commute service — citing, for instance, newly released data that shows weekday ridership in the first two months of 2020 rising about 30% compared to the previous year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he conceded that the agency has work to do to win wider public support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a young agency, we're always collecting feedback and trying to deliver the best possible service we can,\" Lucan told KQED's Mina Kim in an on-air interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Bay voters approved the quarter-cent SMART sales tax in November 2008 by a vote of 69.6% yes. Strong support in Sonoma County, where Measure Q won a 73.7% yes vote, was decisive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NotSoSMART's Arnold said that the rail project's opponents lacked funds in 2008 to mount a campaign in Sonoma County, which in 2008 had about 70,000 more voters than Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the $2 million war chest provided by Molly Gallaher Flater allowed the \"No on I\" forces to target Sonoma voters this time around. Returns showed Measure I with notably less support in Sonoma County than in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure Q in 2008 envisioned a roughly 70-mile rail system that would include at least 14 stations and stretch from Cloverdale, at the northern edge of Sonoma County, to the Marin County town of Larkspur. The plan also included a cycling and pedestrian path that would parallel the rail line. [aside tag=\"election2020\" label=\"Election 2020\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But from the beginning, SMART struggled to deliver on those initial promises. Due in part to a shortfall in funding because of the Great Recession, the agency scaled back the initial schedule of the project's completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SMART opened in 2017, running its two-car diesel electric trains between Charles M. Shulz-Sonoma County Airport and downtown San Rafael. The rail line, which has now been completed southward to Larkspur, covers about 45 miles and includes a dozen stations. The accompanying bike/pedestrian route has gone mostly uncompleted — a fact that led the major bicycling advocacy groups in the North Bay to withhold support for Measure I.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SMART board of directors sought the sales tax extension to fund system expansion and a list of future capital needs, including buying new cars and building a new maintenance facility.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A sales tax measure that would extend the North Bay’s rail transit system's funding through the year 2059 is falling far short of the required two-thirds vote needed for approval. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1583959362,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1067},"headData":{"title":"Voters Reject SMART Train Sales Tax Extension in Sonoma and Marin | KQED","description":"A sales tax measure that would extend the North Bay’s rail transit system's funding through the year 2059 is falling far short of the required two-thirds vote needed for approval. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Voters Reject SMART Train Sales Tax Extension in Sonoma and Marin","datePublished":"2020-03-04T07:43:36.000Z","dateModified":"2020-03-11T20:42:42.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11804544 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11804544","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/03/03/smart-train-sales-tax-extension-headed-for-defeat-in-sonoma-and-marin/","disqusTitle":"Voters Reject SMART Train Sales Tax Extension in Sonoma and Marin","source":"Election 2020","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/elections","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","justInHeadline":"SMART Train sales tax extension headed for defeat","justInDateAndTime":1583307780,"path":"/news/11804544/smart-train-sales-tax-extension-headed-for-defeat-in-sonoma-and-marin","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The long-term future of the North Bay’s ambitious SMART train system has been thrown into doubt after the resounding defeat of a sales tax measure that would have extended the service’s funding for 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure I, which asked voters to continue a quarter-cent sales tax that supports Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART, needed 66.67% to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With 100% of precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, the measure fell far short of that level, with just 49.8% support in Sonoma County and 53.5% in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For up to date vote counts see \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results\">KQED's election result page\u003c/a>. County election officials generally officially announce whether the measures passed a month after the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Arnold, a Novato economist and treasurer of the NotSoSMART campaign that opposed the tax, said Tuesday that the measure's defeat was predictable given what he called the rail agency's \"dysfunction,\" its relatively high operating costs and modest ridership numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The story is not that complicated,\" said Arnold, who has opposed the rail system since its inception and fought the successful sales tax measure funding the transit agency in 2008. He pointed to federal government data that shows SMART, which has about 3,000 riders per weekday, spends about $37.60 for each passenger trip. That compares to $5 per trip for BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s an incredible amount to be spending on something that doesn’t deliver very much,\" Arnold said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two months, the battle over the sales tax extension became the most expensive ballot measure campaign in North Bay history. With a total of more than $3 million spent on the issue, Measure I was also by far the costliest 2020 local ballot fight anywhere in the Bay Area, with a total more than five times higher than the No. 2 big-dollar race, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11805061/contentious-open-space-measure-in-danville-too-close-to-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danville's Measure Y\u003c/a> development proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County developer Molly Gallaher Flater donated nearly $2 million to fund the effort to defeat the SMART measure, campaign finance records show. The measure’s supporters raised more than $1.1 million, with about 90% of that cash coming from the Native American tribe that owns the Graton Casino in Rohnert Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Measure I result is not the end of the SMART rail story. The current quarter-cent sales tax that funds the system runs through March 2029, and the agency will have to go to voters before then to get the levy extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NotSoSMART's Mike Arnold said the vote should be a wake-up call for the agency's appointed 12-member board, made up mostly of Marin and Sonoma elected officials. He argued that the board has failed to rein in \"incredibly risky\" operating decisions made by SMART managers. He and other opponents have accused SMART of not being transparent about how the agency is run, noting, for instance, that it only recently began releasing ridership reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to require quite a reform of the agency for them to win back the trust of the voters,\" Arnold said. One step in that direction would be to dismiss General Manager Farhad Mansourian, whose leadership SMART opponents have long criticized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were a lot of accusations leveled against SMART, some more factual than others,\" said Chris Rogers, a SMART board member and Santa Rosa City Council member. He acknowledged that the board must make strides to become more transparent and to demonstrate to voters that it's in control of SMART's budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were accusations we have no oversight over agency funding,\" Rogers noted. \"That’s categorically untrue. We need to do a better job of showing what that oversight is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday's vote \"doesn’t change the need for us to get people out of single occupancy vehicles and do a better job of explaining why SMART is something we need,\" Rogers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Lucan, a member of the Novato City Council now serving as the SMART board chair, argued as the first votes were being counted that SMART is on track to providing an effective commute service — citing, for instance, newly released data that shows weekday ridership in the first two months of 2020 rising about 30% compared to the previous year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he conceded that the agency has work to do to win wider public support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a young agency, we're always collecting feedback and trying to deliver the best possible service we can,\" Lucan told KQED's Mina Kim in an on-air interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Bay voters approved the quarter-cent SMART sales tax in November 2008 by a vote of 69.6% yes. Strong support in Sonoma County, where Measure Q won a 73.7% yes vote, was decisive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NotSoSMART's Arnold said that the rail project's opponents lacked funds in 2008 to mount a campaign in Sonoma County, which in 2008 had about 70,000 more voters than Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the $2 million war chest provided by Molly Gallaher Flater allowed the \"No on I\" forces to target Sonoma voters this time around. Returns showed Measure I with notably less support in Sonoma County than in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure Q in 2008 envisioned a roughly 70-mile rail system that would include at least 14 stations and stretch from Cloverdale, at the northern edge of Sonoma County, to the Marin County town of Larkspur. The plan also included a cycling and pedestrian path that would parallel the rail line. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"election2020","label":"Election 2020 "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But from the beginning, SMART struggled to deliver on those initial promises. Due in part to a shortfall in funding because of the Great Recession, the agency scaled back the initial schedule of the project's completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SMART opened in 2017, running its two-car diesel electric trains between Charles M. Shulz-Sonoma County Airport and downtown San Rafael. The rail line, which has now been completed southward to Larkspur, covers about 45 miles and includes a dozen stations. The accompanying bike/pedestrian route has gone mostly uncompleted — a fact that led the major bicycling advocacy groups in the North Bay to withhold support for Measure I.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SMART board of directors sought the sales tax extension to fund system expansion and a list of future capital needs, including buying new cars and building a new maintenance facility.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11804544/smart-train-sales-tax-extension-headed-for-defeat-in-sonoma-and-marin","authors":["222"],"categories":["news_1397"],"tags":["news_27370","news_3729","news_2077","news_21108","news_4981","news_5964"],"featImg":"news_11540138","label":"source_news_11804544"},"news_11612632":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11612632","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11612632","score":null,"sort":[1503079574000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"smart-train-is-really-happening-for-real","title":"SMART Train Is Really Happening ... For Real","publishDate":1503079574,"format":"standard","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Mark your calendars, North Bay commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The long-awaited Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART train, will finally launch full passenger service on Friday, Aug. 25, after receiving approval from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the agency announced on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 43-mile system will stretch from the Sonoma County Airport to downtown San Rafael. An extension to Larkspur is expected to be completed by 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been a long road for North Bay commuters to get to this point. Voters approved a sales tax to pay for the train in 2008, but the financial crisis delayed the project. A design flaw and the need for more testing pushed a scheduled 2016 launch date into this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People have been working seven days a week for years for this day,\" said Debora Fudge, the mayor of Windsor and chair of the SMART Board of Directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/08/00127269.mp3\" title=\"SMART Train Is Really Happening ... For Real\" program=\"KQED News\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final holdup was an FRA review of the SMART train's positive train control safety system, which is designed to automatically stop trains and avoid collisions. An FRA spokeswoman said while SMART is not yet PTC-certified, it has \"revenue service demonstration (RSD) approval, which means it can test and run trains with PTC and report to FRA all anomalies, at real time, so that we can determine whether they can continue with their PTC system in service.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PTC uses GPS technology to track where trains are and how fast they're going. If something goes wrong, PTC alerts the train operator and can automatically slow a train if the operator doesn't respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It doesn't completely automate the operation of the train,\" said James Moore, director of the transportation engineering program at the University of Southern California. \"The goal is to automate the decisions that have to be made to avoid a collision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All passenger and freight trains in the U.S. are required to have PTC installed by the end of 2018. Congress passed a law requiring its implementation after a head-on collision between a commuter train and a freight train in Chatsworth, California, killed 25 people and injured more than 100 in 2008. Moore said PTC could have prevented that crash and other recent deadly train collisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SMART could have started service without PTC and installed it before the deadline of Dec. 31, 2018, but SMART General Manager Farhad Mansourian said they wanted to have the latest safety system installed from the beginning, making SMART one of the first rail systems in the country to have PTC fully operational from its inception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Positive train control will prevent all speed-related and speed-related human error accidents, which are a common cause of train accidents,\" Mansourian said. \"It will save a lot of lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hope is that SMART will also save North Bay commuters a lot of time, freeing them from the constant congestion on Highway 101.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is really going to increase the quality of life for people who live up here,\" Fudge said. She pointed to the certainty that the SMART train schedule will provide, as well as the community that she's seen grow on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/30/a-ride-on-the-smart-train-finally/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preview rides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are visiting with each other on the train,\" Fudge said. \"They're having coffee or a beer or a snack, and they're really communicating with each other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mansourian said SMART expects to have around 3,000 riders a day at the beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now that they have an option, people are going to start asking themselves, 'Do I want to take this and cut my commute in half, or do I want to be stuck on 101?' \" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SMART train will be free on opening day, and fares will be half price through Labor Day.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The North Bay commuter train system will begin full service on Friday Aug. 25.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1503102729,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":664},"headData":{"title":"SMART Train Is Really Happening ... 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For Real","path":"/news/11612632/smart-train-is-really-happening-for-real","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Mark your calendars, North Bay commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The long-awaited Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART train, will finally launch full passenger service on Friday, Aug. 25, after receiving approval from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the agency announced on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 43-mile system will stretch from the Sonoma County Airport to downtown San Rafael. An extension to Larkspur is expected to be completed by 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been a long road for North Bay commuters to get to this point. Voters approved a sales tax to pay for the train in 2008, but the financial crisis delayed the project. A design flaw and the need for more testing pushed a scheduled 2016 launch date into this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People have been working seven days a week for years for this day,\" said Debora Fudge, the mayor of Windsor and chair of the SMART Board of Directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/08/00127269.mp3","title":"SMART Train Is Really Happening ... 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If something goes wrong, PTC alerts the train operator and can automatically slow a train if the operator doesn't respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It doesn't completely automate the operation of the train,\" said James Moore, director of the transportation engineering program at the University of Southern California. \"The goal is to automate the decisions that have to be made to avoid a collision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All passenger and freight trains in the U.S. are required to have PTC installed by the end of 2018. Congress passed a law requiring its implementation after a head-on collision between a commuter train and a freight train in Chatsworth, California, killed 25 people and injured more than 100 in 2008. Moore said PTC could have prevented that crash and other recent deadly train collisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SMART could have started service without PTC and installed it before the deadline of Dec. 31, 2018, but SMART General Manager Farhad Mansourian said they wanted to have the latest safety system installed from the beginning, making SMART one of the first rail systems in the country to have PTC fully operational from its inception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Positive train control will prevent all speed-related and speed-related human error accidents, which are a common cause of train accidents,\" Mansourian said. \"It will save a lot of lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hope is that SMART will also save North Bay commuters a lot of time, freeing them from the constant congestion on Highway 101.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is really going to increase the quality of life for people who live up here,\" Fudge said. She pointed to the certainty that the SMART train schedule will provide, as well as the community that she's seen grow on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/30/a-ride-on-the-smart-train-finally/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preview rides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are visiting with each other on the train,\" Fudge said. \"They're having coffee or a beer or a snack, and they're really communicating with each other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mansourian said SMART expects to have around 3,000 riders a day at the beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now that they have an option, people are going to start asking themselves, 'Do I want to take this and cut my commute in half, or do I want to be stuck on 101?' \" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SMART train will be free on opening day, and fares will be half price through Labor Day.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11612632/smart-train-is-really-happening-for-real","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_6615","news_21108"],"featImg":"news_11540140","label":"news_6944"},"news_11539532":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11539532","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11539532","score":null,"sort":[1498842808000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-ride-on-the-smart-train-finally","title":"A Ride on the SMART Train -- Finally","publishDate":1498842808,"format":"image","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>As soon as the \u003ca href=\"http://sonomamarintrain.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)\u003c/a> train doors slid shut and it edged away from the station during preview rides on Thursday, a giant cheer rose up from the crowd packed in the train car's seats and aisles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is historic,\" said Tony Brown from Sausalito, as the car moved down the tracks, blowing its train whistle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday's soft opening of SMART marked the first public opportunity to ride the long-awaited train connecting Sonoma and Marin counties. In 2008, voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax to fund the train. And after many delays, people are understandably curious to see what they've finally gotten. Hundreds of train enthusiasts, prospective commuters and residents came out for the free round-trip rides between Rohnert Park and San Rafael. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/smart-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The free preview rides\u003c/a> continue on Saturday, July 1, and Tuesday, July 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials had previously aimed for “late spring 2017” as a launch date for the train, after \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/10/15/delay-launch-smart-train/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a design flaw delayed the 2016 launch\u003c/a> and a downturn in the economy left the agency with insufficient funds to hit the original 2014 launch date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now it's finally here -- though only in preview mode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11540141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11540141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers board a SMART Train car for a preview ride during a stop in Petaluma on June 29, 2017.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-800x585.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-1020x746.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-960x703.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-240x176.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-375x274.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-520x381.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers board a SMART train car for a preview ride during a stop in Petaluma. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some passengers wore conductor hats or train-themed shirts; many of them are hobbyists or historians. \"I'm a train buff,\" said Brown. \"I love trains, and to have one coming to Marin County? I had to be here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the round-trip ride between Rohnert Park and San Rafael was marked with old-fashioned hallmarks of train travel. Scenic vistas scrolled past, offering views of wooden barns in Penngrove, old boats in Petaluma and wide-open marshland near San Rafael. Strangers struck up conversations: Two Deadheads discussed Olompali State Park as we passed it. Sports fans debated the NFL draft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"5lQruhlihAbRiRtNzm5uEFtltoV8l4nR\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ride was smooth, if a little hot. One nun taking the trip in full wardrobe took pictures with her phone. Children sat cross-legged on the floor and played games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was his children, said Micah Carlin-Goldberg of Petaluma, that brought him out for Thursday's ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're train-crazy,\" said the schoolteacher. \"All three of them. Their favorite thing to do on the way home from school is to go by the train tracks to see the train.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A conductor estimated the ridership was at its maximum capacity of 300. While those riders seemed to anticipate full service soon along the 43 miles between the Sonoma County Airport and downtown San Rafael, an official opening date has still not been announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11540139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11540139\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis Finley and Tony Brown (L–R) ride the SMART Train on a preview ride, June 29, 2017.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-800x529.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-1020x674.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-960x634.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-520x344.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtis Finley and Tony Brown (L–R) ride the SMART train on a preview ride. \u003ccite>(Liz Seward)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We hope it helps relieve the traffic,\" said Curtis Finley, from Marin City. \"And this is great for recreation. I would love to bring bikes and explore Sonoma County.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finley echoed a common sentiment among some in the North Bay: that it was \"a fatal error\" to reject BART service to Marin County in the 1970s. The SMART train, he hoped, will begin to make up for the oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the train does ultimately launch regular service, it will stop at 10 stations between Santa Rosa and San Rafael during this first phase. One-way fares will cost between $3.50 and $11.50, with senior and youth discounts. Subsequent phases are scheduled to include service next to Larkspur, where riders will be able to connect to ferry service, and eventually north to Cloverdale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11540140\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11540140\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers depart at the Rohnert Park station during a preview ride for the SMART Train, June 29, 2017.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers depart at the Rohnert Park station during a preview ride for the SMART train. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aubri Lane and Caroline Rausch of Santa Rosa had been \"looking forward to this for years,\" said Rausch, and had already made plans for recreational outings on the train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And not to take the car!\" added Rausch. \"Did you see all those cars on the freeway? Oh my God, just sitting there!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing on the Rohnert Park platform after the ride, Lane singled out the scenery as a highlight. \"Between Petaluma and Novato, you can see all the wetlands. It's gorgeous. Herons, egrets, starlings, jackrabbits, ducks. Everyone should try it.\"\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Hundreds of passengers turned out Thursday for the first chance to ride the long-awaited SMART train.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1498860960,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":726},"headData":{"title":"A Ride on the SMART Train -- Finally | KQED","description":"Hundreds of passengers turned out Thursday for the first chance to ride the long-awaited SMART train.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"A Ride on the SMART Train -- Finally","datePublished":"2017-06-30T17:13:28.000Z","dateModified":"2017-06-30T22:16:00.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11539532 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11539532","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/30/a-ride-on-the-smart-train-finally/","disqusTitle":"A Ride on the SMART Train -- Finally","path":"/news/11539532/a-ride-on-the-smart-train-finally","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As soon as the \u003ca href=\"http://sonomamarintrain.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)\u003c/a> train doors slid shut and it edged away from the station during preview rides on Thursday, a giant cheer rose up from the crowd packed in the train car's seats and aisles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is historic,\" said Tony Brown from Sausalito, as the car moved down the tracks, blowing its train whistle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday's soft opening of SMART marked the first public opportunity to ride the long-awaited train connecting Sonoma and Marin counties. In 2008, voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax to fund the train. And after many delays, people are understandably curious to see what they've finally gotten. Hundreds of train enthusiasts, prospective commuters and residents came out for the free round-trip rides between Rohnert Park and San Rafael. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/smart-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The free preview rides\u003c/a> continue on Saturday, July 1, and Tuesday, July 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials had previously aimed for “late spring 2017” as a launch date for the train, after \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/10/15/delay-launch-smart-train/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a design flaw delayed the 2016 launch\u003c/a> and a downturn in the economy left the agency with insufficient funds to hit the original 2014 launch date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now it's finally here -- though only in preview mode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11540141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11540141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers board a SMART Train car for a preview ride during a stop in Petaluma on June 29, 2017.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-800x585.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-1020x746.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-960x703.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-240x176.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-375x274.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMARTTrain.Inside-520x381.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers board a SMART train car for a preview ride during a stop in Petaluma. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some passengers wore conductor hats or train-themed shirts; many of them are hobbyists or historians. \"I'm a train buff,\" said Brown. \"I love trains, and to have one coming to Marin County? I had to be here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the round-trip ride between Rohnert Park and San Rafael was marked with old-fashioned hallmarks of train travel. Scenic vistas scrolled past, offering views of wooden barns in Penngrove, old boats in Petaluma and wide-open marshland near San Rafael. Strangers struck up conversations: Two Deadheads discussed Olompali State Park as we passed it. Sports fans debated the NFL draft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ride was smooth, if a little hot. One nun taking the trip in full wardrobe took pictures with her phone. Children sat cross-legged on the floor and played games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was his children, said Micah Carlin-Goldberg of Petaluma, that brought him out for Thursday's ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're train-crazy,\" said the schoolteacher. \"All three of them. Their favorite thing to do on the way home from school is to go by the train tracks to see the train.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A conductor estimated the ridership was at its maximum capacity of 300. While those riders seemed to anticipate full service soon along the 43 miles between the Sonoma County Airport and downtown San Rafael, an official opening date has still not been announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11540139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11540139\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis Finley and Tony Brown (L–R) ride the SMART Train on a preview ride, June 29, 2017.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-800x529.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-1020x674.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-960x634.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.CurtisTony-520x344.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtis Finley and Tony Brown (L–R) ride the SMART train on a preview ride. \u003ccite>(Liz Seward)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We hope it helps relieve the traffic,\" said Curtis Finley, from Marin City. \"And this is great for recreation. I would love to bring bikes and explore Sonoma County.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finley echoed a common sentiment among some in the North Bay: that it was \"a fatal error\" to reject BART service to Marin County in the 1970s. The SMART train, he hoped, will begin to make up for the oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the train does ultimately launch regular service, it will stop at 10 stations between Santa Rosa and San Rafael during this first phase. One-way fares will cost between $3.50 and $11.50, with senior and youth discounts. Subsequent phases are scheduled to include service next to Larkspur, where riders will be able to connect to ferry service, and eventually north to Cloverdale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11540140\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11540140\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers depart at the Rohnert Park station during a preview ride for the SMART Train, June 29, 2017.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SMART.RohnertPark-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers depart at the Rohnert Park station during a preview ride for the SMART train. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aubri Lane and Caroline Rausch of Santa Rosa had been \"looking forward to this for years,\" said Rausch, and had already made plans for recreational outings on the train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And not to take the car!\" added Rausch. \"Did you see all those cars on the freeway? Oh my God, just sitting there!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing on the Rohnert Park platform after the ride, Lane singled out the scenery as a highlight. \"Between Petaluma and Novato, you can see all the wetlands. It's gorgeous. Herons, egrets, starlings, jackrabbits, ducks. Everyone should try it.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11539532/a-ride-on-the-smart-train-finally","authors":["185"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_3729","news_5963","news_21108","news_4981"],"featImg":"news_11540138","label":"news_6944"},"news_11502198":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11502198","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11502198","score":null,"sort":[1497305158000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"smart-train-to-launch-soon-in-north-bay","title":"SMART Train to Launch 'Soon' in North Bay","publishDate":1497305158,"format":"standard","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, nicknamed \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SMART\u003c/a>, is entering its final stages of testing this week before an expected soon-to-come soft opening. SMART officials say they just need the OK from a federal audit that begins today, but they were hesitant to set a firm launch date \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20170607/news/170609829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at a media event last week\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Bay’s first passenger train in nearly 60 years, SMART will initially run 43 miles between the Sonoma County Airport and downtown San Rafael. Two more phases will later complete the full route from Larkspur to Cloverdale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This final audit by the Federal Railroad Administration, which begins today and will run until Thursday, will test the train operations and ensure the service is safe to ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system will also be tested for positive train control, or \u003ca href=\"http://www.up.com/media/media_kit/ptc/about-ptc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PTC\u003c/a>, which will be required by all passenger train services by 2018. PTC is a safety mechanism that notifies conductors if their train exceeds a set speed limit, and will automatically stop the train if the conductor doesn’t jump into action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SMART officials say they are planning a soft launch of service soon, possibly as early as June 16, though they have not settled on dates and times. During the soft launch period, rides will be free, but passengers shouldn't expect a fully fleshed-out commute schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A full SMART launch is expected within the next two months, possibly by late July. At that point, the train will make stops at\u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/stations\"> all the stations\u003c/a> along the initial route, including in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park and Novato. Officials had previously aimed for \"late spring 2017\" as a launch date for the train, after \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/10/15/delay-launch-smart-train/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a design flaw delayed the planned 2016 launch\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fares are expected to be half-price until Labor Day, as the service gets up to speed. Eventually, one-way \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/fares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tickets \u003c/a>will cost between $3.50 for the shortest trip and $11.50 for the longest trip, with senior and youth discounts, as well as Clipper Card compatibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A preliminary schedule was also released last month and was then \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/schedules-fares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revised\u003c/a>, following \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomacountygazette.com/sonoma-county-news/smart-train-is-ready-to-roll-with-passenger-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticisms \u003c/a>about gaps during commute times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This first phase of the project -- the 43-mile stretch of train and some of the accompanying bike paths -- cost around $500 million, according to spokeswoman Jeanne Mariani-Belding. In 2008, voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax to fund the train and bike and pedestrian paths, but a downturn in the economy left the agency with insufficient funds to launch the train by the original 2014 date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariani-Belding said the agency has already raised the funds for the second phase and will begin construction this summer. That phase will extend the service 2 miles south to Larkspur where passengers can catch the ferry into San Francisco. In the meantime, there will be a free shuttle from the downtown San Rafael station to the Larkspur ferry terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third and final phase will complete the 70-mile train system and will extend north into Cloverdale, with stops in Windsor and Healdsburg. The agency is still in the process of finding funds for this final stretch.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit is entering its final federal testing this week, with a possible soft launch to come.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1497311462,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":13,"wordCount":540},"headData":{"title":"SMART Train to Launch 'Soon' in North Bay | KQED","description":"Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit is entering its final federal testing this week, with a possible soft launch to come.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"SMART Train to Launch 'Soon' in North Bay","datePublished":"2017-06-12T22:05:58.000Z","dateModified":"2017-06-12T23:51:02.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11502198 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11502198","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/12/smart-train-to-launch-soon-in-north-bay/","disqusTitle":"SMART Train to Launch 'Soon' in North Bay","path":"/news/11502198/smart-train-to-launch-soon-in-north-bay","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, nicknamed \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SMART\u003c/a>, is entering its final stages of testing this week before an expected soon-to-come soft opening. SMART officials say they just need the OK from a federal audit that begins today, but they were hesitant to set a firm launch date \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20170607/news/170609829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at a media event last week\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Bay’s first passenger train in nearly 60 years, SMART will initially run 43 miles between the Sonoma County Airport and downtown San Rafael. Two more phases will later complete the full route from Larkspur to Cloverdale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This final audit by the Federal Railroad Administration, which begins today and will run until Thursday, will test the train operations and ensure the service is safe to ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system will also be tested for positive train control, or \u003ca href=\"http://www.up.com/media/media_kit/ptc/about-ptc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PTC\u003c/a>, which will be required by all passenger train services by 2018. PTC is a safety mechanism that notifies conductors if their train exceeds a set speed limit, and will automatically stop the train if the conductor doesn’t jump into action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SMART officials say they are planning a soft launch of service soon, possibly as early as June 16, though they have not settled on dates and times. During the soft launch period, rides will be free, but passengers shouldn't expect a fully fleshed-out commute schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A full SMART launch is expected within the next two months, possibly by late July. At that point, the train will make stops at\u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/stations\"> all the stations\u003c/a> along the initial route, including in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park and Novato. Officials had previously aimed for \"late spring 2017\" as a launch date for the train, after \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/10/15/delay-launch-smart-train/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a design flaw delayed the planned 2016 launch\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fares are expected to be half-price until Labor Day, as the service gets up to speed. Eventually, one-way \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/fares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tickets \u003c/a>will cost between $3.50 for the shortest trip and $11.50 for the longest trip, with senior and youth discounts, as well as Clipper Card compatibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A preliminary schedule was also released last month and was then \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomamarintrain.org/schedules-fares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revised\u003c/a>, following \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomacountygazette.com/sonoma-county-news/smart-train-is-ready-to-roll-with-passenger-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticisms \u003c/a>about gaps during commute times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This first phase of the project -- the 43-mile stretch of train and some of the accompanying bike paths -- cost around $500 million, according to spokeswoman Jeanne Mariani-Belding. 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