Our Streets need to be safe for everyone to use, including our children.
Confessions of a Lead Foot Driver
What can we do right now to help make our streets safer for everyone to walk and bike?
Save the Roaring Camp Railroads Beach Train
Action Alert: Everyone Loses with Adverse Abandonment
We support Roaring Camp’s right to operate and agree that abandonment of the Felton and Santa Cruz to Watsonville rail lines will hurt our local economy and our mobility options.
Anti-transit organization Greenway tries to stop Projects with local ballot measure
We Oppose the Greenway Initiative
The Greenway initiative is an attack on future rail transit and on rail trail construction.
Just the Facts: Why Does Coast Connect Include Rail Transit?
Sometimes people ask why it's important to work for passenger rail transit next to the Santa Cruz Rail Trail. The Coast Connect Vision includes building the Coastal Rail Trail; running…
A Look at Local Gentrification and Displacement
How can we provide better services in our neighborhoods without causing displacement? We believe that communities should have influence over planning decisions that impact them. We advocate for policies that can mitigate the adverse impacts of gentrification and displacement.
Summer Rail Trail Reading List
Recommended reading and podcasts on housing, social justice, the environment and transportation Books and articles we're reading now How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Professor Kendi uses…
On Getting Around while Disabled
Officially, my disability is deafness, one that arrived suddenly, accompanied by severe vertigo. Since the deafness, though not complete, means that I can’t locate the source of sounds, and the vertigo kicks in whenever there’s any sudden motion near my face, I concluded that it was unsafe for me to drive.
Greenway Petition: 5 Reasons Not to Sign
The Greenway petition would delay the Rail Trail, kill rail transit in Santa Cruz County, harm the environment, and isolate the county.
6 Reasons to Support both Zero-Emissions Rail and the Rail Trail
Rail and Trail are better together! Here are 6 reasons why the RTC should be pursuing both the rail trail and passenger rail public transportation in Santa Cruz County.