Advocacy Council Gets SMART

Last week, the Chamber’s Advocacy Council welcomed SMART Train Chief Engineer Bill Gamlen as a guest speaker. Bill provided an update on SMART’s first year of service, highlighting ridership numbers and reflecting on things that surprised SMART staff like the number of riders who bring bikes on the train. He also talked about current and future projects to extend train service, noting that the Larkspur extension project was underway with service expected to start in Q4 of 2019 and the anticipation of an extension project to Windsor. SMART is planning an anniversary celebration, SMARTFEST, on August 18 at the Novato Hamilton Station as well as free train service on August 18 & 19. More information is available at sonomamarintrain.org/SMARTfest.