Bolinas residents will be able to take a shuttle from Bolinas to Olema to get their mail as early as June 1. This week, Marin Transit approved a two-year pilot project that will bring back a coastal route cancelled in 2012. The service will run one to two days a week from Stinson Beach to Point Reyes Station and back, with stops in Bolinas and Olema. Surveys by Marin Transit over the last several years emphasized the need for travel within West Marin for critical access to grocery stores and health care, especially for elderly and low-income residents. Most recently, surveys have underscored the need for Bolinas residents to access their mail, which has been sent either to Olema or Stinson Beach since early last year, when the Bolinas Post Office was shuttered. “What we heard through our survey is that people in West Marin really desire to travel within West Marin,” said Joanna Huitt, a senior planner for Marin Transit. “This would really facilitate north-south travel within the communities. We want to make sure we’re serving West Marin’s elderly and disabled populations, and the post office in Olema is a place people really want to travel to.” Decades ago, Greyhound had a bus route from Point Reyes Station to San Francisco. The route was taken over by Golden Gate Transit in the 1970s, but the agency stopped serving that section of coast in 1996. In 2007, Marin Transit established a coastal route with federal funding, but over the next several years, funding was cut by more than 80 percent, and in 2012, the route was nixed. The agency cited high costs and low ridership—at most 250 people a month. The pilot will rely on $80,000 from the Marin Access Innovation Incubator Program, funded by Measure B, and $375,000 from the Federal Transit Administration. In the next month, Marin Transit will determine the route’s days, times and pickup locations. If the pilot is considered a success, the agency will consider renewing it in 2025. Currently, Marin Transit has a shuttle on the first and third Mondays from Point Reyes Station to shopping centers in Novato, and on Wednesdays from Dillon Beach to Petaluma. Both shuttles require advance reservations. Dogtown resident Anne Sands, who has advocated for the return of the route, called the pilot shuttle a good start. “People that don’t drive or that are older and don’t feel comfortable driving on the windy road from Bolinas to Point Reyes could really benefit from this route to do shopping or see a doctor,” she said. Ms. Sands, who is 82, hopes the route will return on Tuesdays so she and others can shop on the Palace Market’s senior discount day.