Golden Gate Transit – Enviro Updates

Adrian Rodriguez, MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL

A North Bay transportation committee proposed significant changes to transit along Highway 101, aiming to improve service in Marin and Sonoma counties by reducing redundancies and enhancing connections.

A North Bay transportation committee is proposing some major changes to transit, including bus and train, along the Highway 101 corridor to improve service in Marin and Sonoma counties.

The committee representing six transit operators and three funding agencies wants to eliminate redundancies while improving connections among operators and increasing services where rider demand is highest.

“All the agencies involved in transportation in Sonoma and Marin got together and we said, if one company ran all this based on what’s going on today, what would it look like? It probably would look different,” said Denis Mulligan, general manager of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. The district operates Golden Gate Transit and Golden Gate Ferry.

Mulligan said the task of the committee, called the Marin Sonoma Coordinated Transit Service, is to restructure and coordinate transit to provide the best service to riders.

Adrian Rodriguez, NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL

A fledgling bike-share program in Marin and Sonoma counties has more than doubled in ridership since launching six months ago, and the numbers are projected to keep climbing.

Marin transportation planners said they hope that means the service can extend beyond the two-year pilot period and expand to more cities.

A six-month update on Redwood Bikeshare, which started in October, was presented to the Transportation Authority of Marin recently. The program is funded by a $826,000 grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area’s transportation planning agency.

“I’m so thrilled about this program,” Sausalito Councilmember Melissa Blaustein, a member of the agency board, said at the May 22 meeting. “I love this and it’s so exciting for the community.”

The Transportation Authority of Marin is overseeing the program with the Sonoma County Transportation Authority. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District — which manages Golden Gate buses and ferries — are also partners on the program.

Environmental Center of Sonoma County

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Marin, Sonoma propose transit overhaul along Highway 101