"Rail consultants have stated that in order to meet the travel time requirements from Watsonville to Santa Cruz, a new passenger train would need to reach speeds of up to 60 mph. However, the topographical challenges of the Branch Line make it difficult to achieve these desired speeds while also accommodating a trail," writes Brian Peoples in a Guest Commentary.
"Don’t be misled by the never-ending cries for the Interim and Trail Only options," write Justin Cummings and Andy Schiffrin in a Guest Commentary. "Any attempts to pursue them will be fruitless and the opportunity for a safe, protected pedestrian and bicycle path through the county will be lost."
Jim Weller’s Dec. 13 condescending response to Jean Brocklebank’s Dec. 7 Guest Commentary on mobile home residents that will be displaced by the Ultimate Trail Plan states “facts” that just aren’t true. Measure D’s defeat in 2022 literally meant that Greenway’s proposed changes to the county’s Transportation Element of the General Plan were not adopted. […]
Jean Brocklebank’s Dec. 7 Guest Commentary about the impacts of the rail and trail plan on mobile home park residents fails to mention several key points. First, the RTC is planning to reclaim our public property from people who built structures on land they do not own (encroachment) no matter what version of the trail […]