Sally Arnold describes Friends of Rail & Trail, recent opening of new trail serving the Westside, actions yet to come on Santa Cruz Voice's Community Matters podcast.

Much is being made of the recent estimate that bridge replacements along the community-owned Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line could cost $980,000 each, or close to $1 billion. In the context of our daily lives, $1 billion certainly does sound like a lot. But in terms of transportation projects, it’s not an unusual amount.

By Michael Guth | Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel The Sierra Club is a steadfast advocate of active transportation that fosters...

Santa Cruz County is undergoing a wave of major transportation improvements aimed at creating a more connected, efficient, and resilient network. The Murray Street Bridge seismic retrofit is underway, the Highway One multimodal project continues, the Regional Transportation Commission is considering intercity passenger rail, and the METRO Transit District continues to develop long-term countywide transit solutions.

We did the research so you don't have to. Fact checking claims made by Greenway and Trail Now about 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...

On June 7 2022, the Santa Cruz County electorate came together with an outpouring of support for keeping the current plan to have both...

Dear Supervisor McPherson and members of the SCCRTC: We write you today to urge you not to proceed with any efforts to abandon freight...

Jim Weller, expert land title consultant, sent the following report about Rail and Trail and Greenway to a few outlets including...

by Joseph Haenlein, Aurelio Gonzales, Greg Larson, Faina Segal, John Caletti, Gina Cole, and Sally Arnold, Board Chair of Friends of...

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...

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...

Letter to the editor by Santa Cruz City Councilmember Donna Meyers, Watsonville City Councilmember ​Felipe Hernandez, Watsonville...

By Sally Arnold The original published Growing Up in Santa Cruz article can be found here. Clean, Quiet, Modern Rail Can Connect...

By Ross Clark The original published Santa Cruz Sentinel article can be found here. Walt Disney doesn’t get enough credit for being an...

By the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce The original published Chamber of Commerce article can be found here. The vision that motivated...