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Construction Ahead! Rail Trail News and Updates
Check back here for all of the news and updates about construction on the Rail Trail now! Bike and Pedestrian Bridge Added to North Coast...
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Featured News & Updates
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
TRAIL FUNDED! $103M Awarded for Rail Trail Construction
We’re so excited to announce that the latest Coastal Rail Trail grant applications have been a huge success. Both the City of Santa Cruz...
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
RTC Approves Electric Rail Next Step!
- Updated December 5th 2022 Moving Forward with Rail Planning Thanks to community support for expanding our transportation system to...
Recent Posts
- May 9
- 3 min
Art on the Rail Trail
We were fortunate to have a chance to talk with artist Jenni Ward and learn about the planned installation of her artwork on the Westside...
- Apr 24
- 3 min
New Santa Cruz Bus and Rail State Grant Funding
We are thrilled to share that Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties have been awarded three state grants to advance our regional sustainable...
- Mar 22
- 4 min
Everything You Need to Know About the Rail & Trail Projects in Santa Cruz County
In 2022, after the citizens defeated an anti-transit ballot measure calling for ripping out out the tracks, Santa Cruz County moved...
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Why do EIRs include Discredited Alternatives
Alternative Scenarios in EIRs Many folks have been wondering why there is still discussion of the ‘interim trail’ in the Draft...
- Mar 22
- 6 min
Construction Ahead! Rail Trail News and Updates
Check back here for all of the news and updates about construction on the Rail Trail now! Bike and Pedestrian Bridge Added to North Coast...
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
TRAIL FUNDED! $103M Awarded for Rail Trail Construction
We’re so excited to announce that the latest Coastal Rail Trail grant applications have been a huge success. Both the City of Santa Cruz...
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
RTC Approves Electric Rail Next Step!
- Updated December 5th 2022 Moving Forward with Rail Planning Thanks to community support for expanding our transportation system to...
- Aug 1, 2022
- 3 min
Where’s my Stop? Planning the Next Step for Electric Rail!
Have you ever wanted to know ‘where will my rail stop be?’ or ‘How often will the trains run?’ or even ‘Who is going to be in charge of...
- Jul 11, 2022
- 4 min
NO on D Election Landslide: Next Steps for Rail & Trail
On June 7 2022, the Santa Cruz County electorate came together with an outpouring of support for keeping the current plan to have both...
- Apr 27, 2022
- 6 min
20 Years of Progress Blocked by Anti-Transit Organization Greenway
In 2002, over 20 years ago, the Santa Cruz County Friends of the Rail & Trail was established with the mission of manifesting a paved...
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
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...
- Mar 14, 2022
- 9 min
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...
- May 9
- 3 min
Art on the Rail Trail
We were fortunate to have a chance to talk with artist Jenni Ward and learn about the planned installation of her artwork on the Westside...
- Jul 11, 2022
- 4 min
NO on D Election Landslide: Next Steps for Rail & Trail
On June 7 2022, the Santa Cruz County electorate came together with an outpouring of support for keeping the current plan to have both...
- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 4, 2021
- 8 min
Case Against Greenway in Santa Cruz. Or… DO NOT SUPPORT THE GREENWAY FRAUD!
Jim Weller, expert land title consultant, sent the following report about Rail and Trail and Greenway to a few outlets including...
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
A Rail Transit and Trail Vision for our Community’s Future
by Joseph Haenlein, Aurelio Gonzales, Greg Larson, Faina Segal, John Caletti, Gina Cole, and Sally Arnold, Board Chair of Friends of...
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
Where Trail Only Advocates are Wrong
By Jim Weller The original published Santa Cruz Sentinel Op-Ed can be found here. Re: the Oct. 15 op-ed by Craig Wilson. Craig, now...
- Sep 5, 2020
- 3 min
Local Actions Matter in Battle with Climate Change
By Felipe Hernandez The original published Pajaronian Op-Ed can be found here. We face a sobering reality. For those of us who came of...
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
Major Decision
Letter to the editor by Santa Cruz City Councilmember Donna Meyers, Watsonville City Councilmember Felipe Hernandez, Watsonville...
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
The Future of Santa Cruz
By Sally Arnold The original published Growing Up in Santa Cruz article can be found here. Clean, Quiet, Modern Rail Can Connect...
- Feb 8, 2020
- 3 min
Exploring Options of Rail Corridor
By Ross Clark The original published Santa Cruz Sentinel article can be found here. Walt Disney doesn’t get enough credit for being an...
- Apr 21, 2016
- 6 min
Retain the Rail
By the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce The original published Chamber of Commerce article can be found here. The vision that motivated...
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