"I live in Santa Rosa, the county seat of Sonoma County, which is 55 miles north of San Francisco and is a reasonably affordable place to live. In observance of A Week Without Driving (Sept. 28-Oct.4) I decided to experience the most controversial proposals in the Marin-Sonoma Coordinated Transit Service Plan, aka MASCOTS, (summary below): the elimination of the Route 101 bus, operated by Golden Gate Transit."
"The draft MASCOTS plan proposes to extend the hours of our beloved SMART train which now leaves its northernmost stop (Windsor) at 4:35 a.m. and makes its last trip north from Larkspur at 8:50 pm, where it is somewhat aligned with the ferry to San Francisco. I wanted to find out how it would feel to combine bus and rail if the 101 bus is eliminated."
"Midday on Monday I caught the 101 at the Santa Rosa Transit Mall, which has been nicely remodeled and reopened during the past year with good signage and covered bus benches. I helped several other people find the right place to wait for our bus, and it was right on time with a friendly driver who helped each of us pay for our ticket using a Clipper card, cash, or a bus transfer."
Santa Rosa sits 55 miles north of San Francisco and remains a relatively affordable community. The Marin-Sonoma Coordinated Transit Service Plan (MASCOTS) proposes eliminating the Route 101 bus that currently serves the San Francisco–Santa Rosa corridor seven days a week with very early and late service. The draft plan would extend SMART train hours, but current schedules begin at 4:35 a.m. northbound from Windsor and end northbound from Larkspur at 8:50 p.m. A combined bus-and-rail trip was undertaken to simulate impacts. The Santa Rosa Transit Mall has been remodeled, and the 101 serves stops in Rohnert Park, Cotati, and Petaluma, picking up students, tourists, and workers.
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