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The preliminary 2020 data shows SMART is now carrying over 3,000 passengers a day.  Approximately 72,000 people a month are opting to leave their car at home and hop aboard a SMART train—that’s thousands of cars taken off traffic congested Highway 101 and local roads.

The Golden Gate Larkspur Ferry will operate on the holiday schedule. Visit their website to view the schedule.

SMART carried 72,000 riders in January 2020 alone, which signals that North Bay commuters are increasingly opting for the comfort and ease of SMART as opposed to sitting in a car idling in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Highway 101 generating tons of greenhouse gases. To put it into perspective, in one month alone, these 72,000 riders prevented 690,000 pounds of C02 from going out into the environment, compared to having completed the same trip in car.

Since the launch of passenger service in 2017, the SMART Board of Directors has directed staff to investigate ways to provide fare discounts to low-income riders. Now, an opportunity has arisen with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC) Clipper START Low Income Fare Program, which will launch as a pilot in Spring 2020. At Wednesday’s meeting the Board authorization staff to submit a formal request to MTC to participate in the Clipper START Program.

People who ride SMART reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 33% compared to completing the same trip in a car.  To-date, SMART riders have prevented 8.1 million pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from being released into the environment—equivalent to 4,770 acres of forest carbon sequestration.

Please note that the Larkspur Ferry will be running on a modified schedule. 

To access the December 2019 General Manager's Report, click here.