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The reality is that Capitola has no authority over the rail corridor through Capitola, or the trestle, as they are controlled solely by the RTC,” writes Barry Scott in a Guest ...
The Santa Cruz Branch Line has been hotly contested for years. The debate now focuses on a looming Capitola City Council decision that may allow the rail trail to detour out of the corridor ...
The portion of the Coastal Rail Trail running 32 miles through Santa Cruz County is often referred to as the “spine” of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Network, a 50-mile bicycle and ...
Greenway founder and rail trail opponent Bud Colligan made incorrect claims in a March op-ed, asserts Matt Farrell, board ...
SANTA CRUZ — Planners at Santa Cruz County’s most powerful transportation agency have unveiled a vision for a passenger rail service capable of shuttling commuters from Watsonville to Santa ...
(Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local file) SANTA CRUZ >> This fall, transportation leaders are set to weigh millions in loans to complete Coastal Rail Trail and Highway 1 widening projects. The loans ...
Two months after the Capitola City Council put off a decision to approve a rail trail project on Park Avenue, council members ...
A list of possible station locations, along with potential ridership rankings, for the Santa Cruz County RTC’s Zero Emission Passenger Rail and Trail Project. (PK Hattis – Santa Cruz Sentinel ...
“The county is able to bring the trail closer to neighborhoods and on a level, parallel with the with the streets with better views and at a lower cost," said Scott Barry with Santa Cruz County ...
In the late 1960s he taught at an alternative high school in the Santa Cruz Mountains ... and pedestrians streamed by us on the trail. The rail line had always been a physical barrier that ...