tcduffJun 1
Chris Espinosa

As of this weekend, you can travel from central Windsor, CA in Sonoma County through Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties to Gilroy entirely on transit (SMART, Golden Gate Ferry, BART/MUNI, CalTrain).

https://www.sonomamarintrain.org/windsor

Windsor Station

The Windsor SMART station opens on Saturday, May 31! Join us for the Grand Opening of the Windsor station and pathway Join us on Friday, June 13, 2025, at 1:45 p.m. at the Windsor SMART station to celebrate the opening of this exciting new connection into the heart of Windsor. Located just steps from the Windsor Town Green, the new station enhances access to one of Sonoma County’s most beloved community gathering places—making it easier than ever to enjoy Windsor’s shops, restaurants, and events by train.

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit
Jun 1 at 10:07pmopenvibe
Show threadWiley MillerJun 1
@Cdespinosa
The original plan for BART was to go all the way to Santa Rosa. Too bad that never happened.
Show threadD2Jun 2

@Cdespinosa This is cool — does it bug you at all how intentionally-split the Bay Area transit frameworks are. Needing a ferry ride to go from SMART to BART, for example. Or the hiccups needed to go from Stanford to San Jose to Berkeley or Oakland. The bay area’s suboptimal connection points for Amtrak.

Am told Livermore pushed their rail station to a couple miles north of downtown.

Show threadChris EspinosaJun 2

@InkomTech LWindsor’s new station is literally in the middle of old downtown. It’s been 58 years since a train stopped there.

And yes, Bay Area multimodal transfers are pathetic. It’s 10-minute walk from the train to the ferry in Larkspur, same for SF ferry terminal to BART

Show threadD2Jun 2

@Cdespinosa thx. I’ve had just 4 yrs experience (with a brother in Santa Rosa and a kid in San Jose) and the gaps remind me of how the NYC subway seems willfully unaware that NJ exists right… over… 🌊… there.

… whyyyy does SR to SJ neeed a ferry?!

Show threadChris EspinosaJun 4
@InkomTech Because there are no rail bridges across the Bay except way the hell over in Benecia, 35 miles east.