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"3 SURVEYS SAY THAT 5,000 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RIDE THE TRAIN EVERY DAY AT STARTUP"
2006 INTERVIEW
BOB JEHN
DIRECTOR - SCTA (SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY)
DIRECTOR - SMART
DIRECTOR - NCRA
DIRECTOR - HUMBOLDT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
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PRIOR TO THE DEFEAT OF THE SMART TAX MEASURE IN 2006, MR. BOB JEHN WAS VERY OUTSPOKEN IN HIS SUPPORT OF BOTH FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS. BECAUSE HE IS A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL WITH INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANS AND OPERATIONS OF MULTIPLE TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES WE CONSIDER HIM TO BE NOT JUST AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT THE MOST EXPERT ON TRANSPORTATION MATTERS AMONG ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN BOTH SONOMA AND MARIN COUNTIES. WE HAVE NEITHER ANY REASON TO SUSPECT OR BELIEVE THAT MR. JEHN HAS EVER ACTED WITH A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS.
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SMART will remove 5,300 car trips per day. |
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| SMART’s environmental studies project that 5,300 passengers per day will ride the train. The rail project will take more than 1.3 million car trips off Highway 101 annually.
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| In 2005, transportation accounted for over 60% of Marin's GHG emissions. SMART will directly reduce GHG's by about 124,000 pounds per day by shifting an estimated 5,300 daily trips away from automobiles and onto the train.
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WOW - SMART WILL ELIMINATE 5,300 CAR TRIPS A DAY. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT!
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5,300 DAILY TRIPS x 238 WORK DAYS
= 1,261,400 ANNUAL TRIPS
HOWEVER, THEY NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT 5,300 TRIPS REPRESENTS ROUND TRIPS, (TO WORK AND BACK HOME), FOR ONLY 2,500 PEOPLE. FURTHERMORE, THEIR STUDIES ASSUMED THAT EVERY COMMUTER TRIP ELIMINATED BY THE TRAIN REPRESENTS THE ELIMINATION OF A CAR TRIP CONTAINING A SINGLE OCCUPANT. NO CAR POOL OR GOLDEN GATE BUS CONVERTS WERE CONSIDERED.
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THEREFORE, THE BASIC PURPOSE OF SMART, (TRANSPORTATION) IS TO PROVIDE REGULAR COMMUTER TRAIN SERVICE FOR 2,500 PEOPLE ANNUALLY, (NOT THE 5,000 THAT MR. JEHN AND MANY, MANY OTHERS TOLD US). 1.3 MILLION ANNUAL TRIPS (THEY ROUNDED UP 1,261,400) ILLUSTRATES THE COST TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR ONLY 2,500 PEOPLE.
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OF THE MORE THAN 544,000 (YEAR 2,000 COUNT), DAILY TRIPS TAKEN REGULARLY ON THE CLOVERDALE TO LARKSPUR CORRIDOR OF 101, ONLY 5,000, (1%), ARE EXPECTED TO BE ELIMINATED BY THE SMART TRAIN.
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FINALLY, IF YOU LIVE ON A STREET NEAR A TRAIN STATION, YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO THINK THAT TRAFFIC HAS BEEN REDUCED!
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| WILL SMART RELIEVE ENOUGH TRAFFIC TO EARN YOUR VOTE? |
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