Comments on: County shifts $6.6 million to SMART

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:09:54 +0000

What an absolute scam. Bicyclists get the shaft again.

I voted for the tax increase but I didn’t know I’d get half of the train, no bike/pedestrian lanes and that I’d inadvertently supported the Smart Director’s salary of $300k.

Not to mention the shortsightedness of those involved, the mis management of funds, and the apparent ego-lovefest for a train that will be hardly used, yet fully subsidized by us.

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By: homegirl

homegirl — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:35:52 +0000

The station proposed for my neighborhood will not have parking, the feeder bus line does not exist and it is too far to walk. If, by some miracle I do get to the station, wait less than 30 minutes for a train and take the ferry (how long is the ferry ride?, what will the ticket cost and how many hours will it take? We certainly bought a pig in a poke.
A better deal would have been to lease the track right of way and run express buses in a reserved 101 lane onto the GG Bridge.

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By: Snarky

Snarky — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:57:30 +0000

You all quit your whining, now.

There are plenty of public employees and bureaucrats who are quite happy with the train that guarantees lifetime employment… even if it never rolls.

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By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:10:48 +0000

Just a little going away gift to us peasants from Valerie Brown.
“Ever get the feeling you’ve been had?” – Johnny Rotten/Sex Pistols…last words from the stage at their final show, Winterland, SF.

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By: MOCKINGBIRD

MOCKINGBIRD — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:19:50 +0000

They need to shift at least $500,000 to the Santa Rosa City Bus so they don’t have to eliminate and cut services to the poor, the disabled, the elderly and students WHO HAVE NO OTHER WAY OF TRAVELING.

This is pretty stupid, and that’s the only word for it, to cut city bus services when commuters on the SMART train will need to come downtown to CATCH THAT TRAIN. There is no parking downtown for commuters. They should be encouraged to use the bus. The city council should be using some of the SMART funds to upgrade services and buy new, energy efficient buses like the Sonoma County Transit has. VERY POOR OVERALL PLANNING FOR YEARS FROM THE CITY MANAGERS. They have a nice new transit mall but broken down buses that are expensive to repair and unreliable and inaccessible buses for commuters who are likely to be driving after February when the cut down services are to begin.

But “managers” are managing this and it’s all about productivity, not about needs, the needy, the poor, the elderly, students and the disabled. Just numbers on charts. It’s not about common sense, future transit needs for the city and surrounding areas, and encouraging more ridership of working people.

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By: Just Me

Just Me — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:48:43 +0000

Maybe its just me but I cant see that anyone will ride this thing….

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By: Phil Maher

Phil Maher — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:44:59 +0000

And the parasite feeds a little more. Hey SCBC, you could’ve had it all, but instead, you’re only just beginning to understand that you’re nothing more than SMART’s once useful idiots. Get used to it, because it’s now bikes vs trains, and you’re standing in the way of a “vision” that clearly doesn’t include you.

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By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:39:43 +0000

Can you say Black Hole! $$$$$$$>>>>>>>>>>O

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By: Critic at Large

Critic at Large — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:54:39 +0000

The bike riders who have supported this fisaco have waited years for their first train ride on this Rolls Royce of trains.

What is a few more years so they can wait an hour for that late train coming out of Cloverdale?

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By: elephant

elephant — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:56:57 +0000

The 1/4% on our sales tax won’t pay for even half of DUMB train costs and their own figures prove this. This money grab is the tip of the iceberg. DUMB is a money canyon.

The ultimate goal of DUMB has nothing to do with trains or trails anyway. It’s all about the housing that we have neither the need nor the infrastructure for to be built around the train stations.

Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition – Have you opened your eyes to this travesty yet? I would love to read a response here from one of your people. It’s not too late to see the truth

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By: GAJ

GAJ — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:08:23 +0000

Did those voting for this money pit realize that the proposed wait times between trains was well over 30 minutes unless money was stolen from bicyclists and pedestrians?

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By: Grapevines

Grapevines — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:13:35 +0000

The only choo-choo we’ll be hearing from our little train to nowhere is the CHEW-CHEW of it eating more and more funds, and going nowhere.

Hey Cloverdale, has anyone thanked you for supporting this fiasco? Just think, you can travel 25 miles south (by car or bus) and you’ll get to ride it.

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