Future public transit should welcome well-behaved pets with conscientious owners, so that those who travel with their dog don’t have to drive private automobiles.

Public transit stations including train and bus stops offer tons of potential for placemaking projects. Green roofs, flowers & trees, street vendors, and comfortable seating among many other fun ideas can all contribute to making transit stops places people want to be AND help all users of public transit feel like the heroes they truly are! And give each neighborhood the ability to design and build some of these features which will allow for ownership and pride as well as cultural relevancy.

As I said in my comment to unit one of this section, towns ought to be set up to be inaccessible to automobiles except for emergency vehicles. For rural residents who need transport to a rail line, park and ride lots can be set up in strategic places around the county. For purposes of tourism, we need to coordinate with other communities throughout the bay area to connect SMART to BART and Amtrak.

We need to integrate the various transit agencies that operate within Sonoma County, so that it's seamless to transfer from one to another--eg from SMART to CityBus to Sonoma County Transit--all with the clipper card (or its successor); schedules and routes should coordinate. Jitneys should be considered; alternatives to fixed route buses should be considered.