Plan Bay Area 2050+ is the latest long-range plan to guide growth and investment across the region’s nine counties and 101 cities. The plan seeks to advance an integrated vision for a Bay Area that is affordable, connected, diverse, healthy and vibrant for all by 2050. After more than two years of public discussion, technical analysis and refinement, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) have released Draft Plan B

SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION Docket No. FD 36868 MENDOCINO RAILWAY—PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER Digest:1...

What is MASCOTS? Collaborative comprehensive analysis of transit services in Highway 101 corridor Focused on regional services Grounded...

July 14, 2025   Supervisor James Gore Great Redwood Trail Agency James.gore@sonoma-county.org   Re: Great Redwood Trail   Dear Supervisor...

Friends of SMART (FoS) Freight Group recommends that the following items be added to the Freight section of the 2025 SMART draft budget. ...

Jan. 7, 2025 Dear Congressman Huffman, I am most pleased to see your stated belief that “the redwood trail and restored rail line could...

From SMART October 25, 2024 Petaluma, CA — The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) District is pleased to announce an  $81 million...

Metropolitan Transportation Commission Attn: Plan Bay Area 2050 Comments 375 Beale Street, Suite 800San Francisco, CA 94105 Re: Plan Bay...

Letter to Metropolitan Transport Commission From Jack Swearengen, PhD Chair, Friends of SMART Dear Colleagues at MTC: The local cities of...

The SMART Connect Larkspur shuttle serves the SMART Larkspur station, the Golden Gate Ferry Larkspur Terminal, and the surrounding...

May 19, 2024 Cynthia T. Brown Chief of the Section of Administration Office of Proceedings Surface Transport Board Re. Great Redwood...

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...

From: Robert Jason Pinoli President MENDOCINO RAILWAY April 6, 2024 Members of the Board: I wanted to call your attention to two very...

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,...

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...

The Friends of SMART would like to formally welcome Mr. Eddy Cumins as the newly installed General Manager of the Sonoma Marin Area Rapid...