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The RTC is not applying for Rail Grants that are available

The RTC’s Rail Funding Paradox

With an unprecedented amount of federal and state funding available for implementing passenger rail service, why do we still keep...

May 9, 2022

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...

January 22, 2022

Pedestrians need public transit

Mission Pedestrian Opposes Greenway

This article was originally sent to the Mission Pedestrian email list on Wed, Aug 11, 2021. By Debbie Bulger of...

January 20, 2022

California State Rail Plan Vision for Connected Regional Rail

How We Benefit From the California State Rail Plan

There's a lot to love in the California State Rail Plan (CSRP). Not only will the CSRP connect the entire...

January 7, 2022

Anti-transit organization Greenway Delays Trail

We Oppose the Greenway Initiative

The Greenway initiative is an attack on future rail transit and on rail trail construction.

January 6, 2022

Rail & Trail volunteer pictures

2021 Year in Review

This is one all-volunteer team that I am extremely proud of.

December 9, 2021

Photo of the Coast Futura rail vehicle on Maple Street in Santa Cruz.

Coast Futura: Our Path to the Future

This fall, we were delighted to experience the Coast Futura demonstration. It gave us the opportunity to witness what zero-emission...

December 9, 2021

View of the ocean from the northern Santa Cruz mountains.

North Coast Trails Update

Progress on two important trail projects on the North Coast: the Coastal Rail Trail and the Cotoni-Coast Dairies trail network.

December 9, 2021

Electric low-floor tram on a grassy rail line in the city.

Clean Electric Streetcars in the Santa Cruz Plan

Lower-Cost Options for the Santa Cruz Branch Line 2021 was the first time that the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation...

October 7, 2021

Media Coverage

Good Times: Coast Connect Project Aims to Build Support for Rail Trail

A group of local transportation organizers is hoping that a passenger rail will run from Watsonville to Santa Cruz, making stops ...

July 16, 2020

Press Banner: FORT’s Newest Campaign: Coast Connect

Six months ago, I spoke with Sally Arnold, the Friends of the Rail and Trail Board Chair, about their vision for Santa Cruz County.

July 10, 2020

Light Rail vehicle on grassy track

KSQD: Santa Cruz Rail and Trail Update

In this segment of Talk of the Bay, Rachel Anne Goodman talks with Sally Arnold, board chair of Friends of the Rail and Trail, a nonprofit advocating for public use of the...

June 26, 2020

Trestle

City Beat: Rail Trail Award, Celebration and New Directions

January has been a momentous month for the Coastal Rail Trail in Santa Cruz. We began construction of Segment 7 – Phase I

January 28, 2020

Press Banner: Real Change Takes Real Time

Santa Cruz County’s Friends of the Rail and Trail is accomplishing big feats this week! A large segment (Segment 7, connecting Natural

January 24, 2020

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