The Santa Cruz–Watsonville rail segment is part of the Central Coast Corridor, which was selected for Federal Corridor ID status in 2023. This program gives our Rail project state and federal sponsorship and access to non-competitive grant funding.

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.

Community members, local leaders, and hundreds of Bay View Elementary students packed into La Barranca Park on Bay Street in Santa Cruz Wednesday morning for the official opening ceremony for the Segment 7, Phase II portion of the Coastal Rail Trail.