Apparently it wasn&#x27;t really killed by the local populace. There is narrative about how it would have caused sprawl-like development (certainly a conservative mindset in context). I couldn&#x27;t find any references to that for Marin though. It seems what did it in for Marin at least was a campaign from the GG Bridge district, fearing a loss of power and money; there was strong support in Marin for BART (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=z56Ui3QFYPgC&amp;lpg=PA136&amp;ots=FvOprjIghn&amp;dq=marin%20bart%20opposition&amp;pg=PA136#v=onepage&amp;q=marin%20bart%20opposition&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=z56Ui3QFYPgC&amp;lpg=PA136&amp;ots...</a>).<p>Edit: diction