History of the Rail & Trail Project: Progress VS Obstruction
Last Updated: 9/5/2022 The Vision In 2002, a small group of citizen activists recognized the potential for the Santa Cruz Branch Rail...
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Mar 13, 20229 min read
Bay Area Transit Org Issues Scathing Greenway Statement
TRANSDEF: County Analysis Fails to Address Greenway Harms The Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund, known as TRANSDEF, is...
Feb 12, 20225 min read
RTC Meeting Shocker
The February 3 Regional Transportation Commission meeting turned into a proxy battle surrounding the June “trail only” Greenway ballot...
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Rail Transit is Feasible
Some recent press coverage has stated that rail transit is unfeasible. The data shows otherwise. All of the past studies conducted by...
Feb 10, 20223 min read
Railbanking Sleight of Hand
Guest Post by Paul Schoellhamer Railbanking is a real thing, but some of the claims being made about it here in Santa Cruz County have...
Jan 26, 20222 min read
SLV Fire Officials Respond to RTC: Oppose Forced Abandonment of the Felton Branch Line
Dear Supervisor McPherson and members of the SCCRTC: We write you today to urge you not to proceed with any efforts to abandon freight...
Jan 22, 20222 min read
"Adverse Abandonment": Felton Branch
Last week during the January RTC meeting, it became clear that the rumors we had heard about the RTC seeking “adverse abandonment” were...
Nov 12, 20213 min read
Clean energy Coast Futura rail demo met with excitement, hope for the future
Spanning two weekends — one each in Watsonville and Santa Cruz — the clean-energy, all-electric light rail vehicle gave the community a ...
Mar 16, 20213 min read
74% County Support Electric Rail in Public Transit Survey
Over the past years despite negative messaging from public transportation opponents we continued to believe that Santa Cruz County ...
Feb 3, 20213 min read
Our Stand Against Misinformation in Our Community
On February 3rd, 2021 we wrote to the RTC over concern of a misleading infographic being circulated by Greenway. This was our letter....
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