One of the most divisive issues in Santa Cruz County today is what to do with the Santa Cruz Branch Line Rail Corridor. The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is about to vote on it’s “preferred scenario” for the rail corridor (and a number of other transportation projects) at its meeting on January 17, 2019 – where it is quite likely to approve $1+ billion in spending over the next 30 years, which will likely include the creation of passenger rail service along the corridor.
There’s a competing, and much more compelling, vision for the future, which is advocated by Santa Cruz County Greenway. The folks from Greenway want to establish a multi-mode pedestrian / bicycle / e-bike etc. trail. The Greenway folks feel that their vision can be achieved much more quickly, with significantly less expense, and with far better results than what’s being proposed by the Santa Cruz RTC.
In this episode of the Podcast, Manu discusses many of the issues surrounding the future of the rail corridor, and will be very useful for anyone interested in informing themselves about the debate.
Greenway Web Site
Email Manu directly at manu.koenig@sccgreenway.org
Email the Santa Cruz RTC: info@sccrtc.org – comments due by Wednesday 1/16/19 @ noon