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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
- Nov 28
- 3 min
New Advocacy Brings In 34M
2023 has been an exciting year because we were able to do something we've wanted to do for a long time: successfully advocate for public...
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Risks and Opportunities for the Rail & Trail Projects
Updated 8/7/2023 by Friends of the Rail & Trail The 2024 Supervisorial Election presents both a risk and an opportunity for any Rail and...
- 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 23
- 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 21
- 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...
- Jul 31, 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 10, 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 13, 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...
- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min
Santa Cruz City Council Opposes Abandoning Freight Lines
Good Times By Aiyana Moya The Santa Cruz City Council unanimously voted to oppose the potential abandoning of freight service on the...
- Feb 10, 2022
- 7 min
The ‘Rail Trail’ Movement, Explained—and What it Means For Rail in Santa Cruz County
California Local By Jonathan Vankin Sometime in 1865, 15 years after Santa Cruz became one of California’s original 27 counties, a group...
- Feb 9, 2022
- 6 min
Schiffrin: Freight Abandonment Could Kill Rail for Good
Transcript by California Local Andy Schiffrin, who served for 40 years as an administrative analyst for the Santa Cruz County Board of...
- 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...
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
Roaring Camp’s Future in Question: Transportation Commission Considers Forced Abandonment
SLV Post By Jayme Ackemann In January, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that thanks to surplus budget revenues and a massive federal...
- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Speak For Change With Thomas Sage Pedersen
​Ep.113: Faina Segal | Why Santa Cruz County Needs a Rail & Trail ICYMI: Here’s a download of what’s going on with the Rail & Trail...
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
Accusations Abound as Electric Streetcar Demo Rolls Out
San Lorenzo Valley Post By Jayme Ackemann A private excursion train operator is hosting a demonstration project for one vision of rail...
- Jun 2, 2021
- 1 min
The Rail Trail: How to Move Forward
KSQD On June 3 Pauline Seales interviewed Barry Scott, a volunteer for Friends of the Rail trail known as FORT. ​ They discussed many...
- Apr 27, 2021
- 5 min
Rail and Trail Advocates Rally in Aptos Village
Santa Cruz Sentinel By Melissa Hartman APTOS — Wednesday morning, members of Friends of the Rail and Trail ]rallied along the rail...
- Apr 27, 2021
- 4 min
Rail Trail coming to a head: Supporters make big push to keep rail on track into key vote next week
Lookout Santa Cruz By Isabella Cueto, Patrick Riley The decades-long Rail Trail debate is headed into a second battle next week, as...
- Jul 15, 2020
- 3 min
Building Support for Rail Trail
Good Times By Todd Guild A group of local transportation organizers is hoping that, within the span of a decade, a passenger rail will...
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