Visit SMART's Rail Safety Website where you can earn your Track SMART Certificate by taking the rail safety quiz in English or Spanish, download resources for all modes of travel, and request a free rail safety presentation to your business, classroom or community group.įor a quick dose of rail safety, download the SMART Safety Activity Book for you child.
Start the conversation now to Build Rail Safe Communities. This is why it is important to only cross at the designated railroad crossing where you see the crossbuck sign, lights and gates which will activate to warn you when the train is coming. Trains are faster, quieter and larger than you think so you cannot always trust your eyes and ears. If you are standing on or near tracks, you may not see, hear or feel the vibration of an approaching train. Recology strives for a world without waste. Fares depend on how far you travel, ranging from 3.50 to 11. In addition to being extremely dangerous, it is illegal to trespass, and you will be subject to citation and fines. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is the San Francisco Bay Area’s newest transportation option for travel, offering passenger rail service in Sonoma and Marin counties. Recology provides collection and processing services for communities in California, Oregon, & Washington. Petaluma, Sonoma County Paying the fare for SMART requires a Clipper card, which can be bought online, or the SMART mobile ticketing app. Trespass is the leading cause of fatalities on railroad tracks, both nationally and in California.Similar to an airplane traveling at 150 mph that appears to float onto the runway, it’s hard to determine a train’s speed and distance from you. An oncoming train is moving faster and is closer to you than it appears.By the time a train operator sees you, it is too late to stop the train in time. Trains cannot stop quickly - a train traveling at 55 mph takes about a mile to stop.It is both dangerous and illegal to enter the railroad right-of-way without permission of the railroad.It is important that you and your family’s activities are conducted in a safe manner. The railroad tracks carry trains, construction equipment and maintenance equipment. As safety is always our first priority, we would like to provide a reminder that the SMART Train is an active railroad and that entering a railroad right-of-way is trespassing.
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