The Brief
- The negotiations took nearly 10 years, but this week, Santa Rosa’s city council approved a pedestrian and bike crossing along SMART train tracks near the Coddingtown Mall.
- The unanimous city council vote now needs the SMART board to ratify it in two weeks.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – It’s taken almost an entire decade, but soon, bus riders who live in the community near Santa Rosa’s Coddingtown Mall, will have a pedestrian and bike crossing along the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit train tracks.
The agreement between SMART and Santa Rosa took years to negotiate and is now in the hands of the transit board for final approval.
The Jennings Crossing will allow residents to avoid the current one-mile walk to hop to a bus stop or access shops, services and schools, which, in reality, are just across the SMART train tracks. …