Friends Of The Rail & Trail
@railandtrail.bsky.social
Advocating since 2002 for a 32-mile trail & rail system along the Santa Cruz coast—supporting traffic-free commutes, climate action, and equitable access to opportunity & nature.
https://www.railandtrail.org/
#RailAndTrail
https://www.railandtrail.org/
#RailAndTrail
Greenway's strategy is simple: repeat claims that are completely false, but that they wish were true, and count on those claims being treated as a legitimate "competing perspective."
Just like we see on the national stage, there's a difference between fabricated information and actual facts.
Just like we see on the national stage, there's a difference between fabricated information and actual facts.
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Greenway's strategy is simple: repeat claims that are completely false, but that they wish were true, and count on those claims being treated as a legitimate "competing perspective."
Just like we see on the national stage, there's a difference between fabricated information and actual facts.
Just like we see on the national stage, there's a difference between fabricated information and actual facts.
Once the rail is gone, it's gone forever.
Losing the rail line means fewer options, longer commutes, higher costs, and fewer chances to stay in Santa Cruz County.
Transportation isn't abstract. It's whether people can live where they work.
That's why we're organizing to build both Rail & Trail.
Losing the rail line means fewer options, longer commutes, higher costs, and fewer chances to stay in Santa Cruz County.
Transportation isn't abstract. It's whether people can live where they work.
That's why we're organizing to build both Rail & Trail.
February 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Once the rail is gone, it's gone forever.
Losing the rail line means fewer options, longer commutes, higher costs, and fewer chances to stay in Santa Cruz County.
Transportation isn't abstract. It's whether people can live where they work.
That's why we're organizing to build both Rail & Trail.
Losing the rail line means fewer options, longer commutes, higher costs, and fewer chances to stay in Santa Cruz County.
Transportation isn't abstract. It's whether people can live where they work.
That's why we're organizing to build both Rail & Trail.
Santa Cruz County wants to hear what matters to you.
Town halls are happening across all five districts this month. If you support transit, rail, and trail, this is your chance to say so.
Come on out and let's make some noise!
#RailAndTrail
Town halls are happening across all five districts this month. If you support transit, rail, and trail, this is your chance to say so.
Come on out and let's make some noise!
#RailAndTrail
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Santa Cruz County wants to hear what matters to you.
Town halls are happening across all five districts this month. If you support transit, rail, and trail, this is your chance to say so.
Come on out and let's make some noise!
#RailAndTrail
Town halls are happening across all five districts this month. If you support transit, rail, and trail, this is your chance to say so.
Come on out and let's make some noise!
#RailAndTrail
$6.3 trillion on highways over the next 20 years. That's what U.S. governments are projected to spend. More than it would cost to build world-class public transit nationwide.
We already have the infrastructure.
The question is whether we use it.
www.governing.com/transportati...
We already have the infrastructure.
The question is whether we use it.
www.governing.com/transportati...
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
$6.3 trillion on highways over the next 20 years. That's what U.S. governments are projected to spend. More than it would cost to build world-class public transit nationwide.
We already have the infrastructure.
The question is whether we use it.
www.governing.com/transportati...
We already have the infrastructure.
The question is whether we use it.
www.governing.com/transportati...
This is Lenox Street. Tracks down the middle, cars parked alongside, people biking through.
It's called a streetcar track. Having rail, cars, cyclists, and pedestrians all share the same space is more common than you'd think. And it works.
#RailAndTrail
It's called a streetcar track. Having rail, cars, cyclists, and pedestrians all share the same space is more common than you'd think. And it works.
#RailAndTrail
February 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This is Lenox Street. Tracks down the middle, cars parked alongside, people biking through.
It's called a streetcar track. Having rail, cars, cyclists, and pedestrians all share the same space is more common than you'd think. And it works.
#RailAndTrail
It's called a streetcar track. Having rail, cars, cyclists, and pedestrians all share the same space is more common than you'd think. And it works.
#RailAndTrail
Know the Facts About Rail & Trail
Greenway's strategy is simple: repeat claims that are completely false, but that they wish were true, and count on those claims being treated as a legitimate "competing perspective."
Greenway's strategy is simple: repeat claims that are completely false, but that they wish were true, and count on those claims being treated as a legitimate "competing perspective."
February 2, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Know the Facts About Rail & Trail
Greenway's strategy is simple: repeat claims that are completely false, but that they wish were true, and count on those claims being treated as a legitimate "competing perspective."
Greenway's strategy is simple: repeat claims that are completely false, but that they wish were true, and count on those claims being treated as a legitimate "competing perspective."
This is what FORT is all about. Talking with neighbors about how rail and trail can work for a community like ours. You learn what people need by showing up.
#RailAndTrail
#RailAndTrail
January 26, 2026 at 11:58 PM
This is what FORT is all about. Talking with neighbors about how rail and trail can work for a community like ours. You learn what people need by showing up.
#RailAndTrail
#RailAndTrail
January 23, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Should Santa Cruz have to settle for bad design and no rail?
A streetcar rail-with-trail design is feasible, affordable, and delivers the full trail length expected by the grants within the required timeline.
A streetcar rail-with-trail design is feasible, affordable, and delivers the full trail length expected by the grants within the required timeline.
Trail Updates: Streetcar Style Rail-With-Trail Will Work in Mid-County
Streetcar Rail-With-Trail design is feasible, affordable, and delivers the full trail length in the grants within the required timeline.
www.railandtrail.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Should Santa Cruz have to settle for bad design and no rail?
A streetcar rail-with-trail design is feasible, affordable, and delivers the full trail length expected by the grants within the required timeline.
A streetcar rail-with-trail design is feasible, affordable, and delivers the full trail length expected by the grants within the required timeline.
Woah! The RTC has gone off the rails!
Thursday night, the RTC made a late-night announcement that they decided in closed session to:
→ End the contract with Progressive Rail
→ Divide the rail line into two parts
Thursday night, the RTC made a late-night announcement that they decided in closed session to:
→ End the contract with Progressive Rail
→ Divide the rail line into two parts
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Woah! The RTC has gone off the rails!
Thursday night, the RTC made a late-night announcement that they decided in closed session to:
→ End the contract with Progressive Rail
→ Divide the rail line into two parts
Thursday night, the RTC made a late-night announcement that they decided in closed session to:
→ End the contract with Progressive Rail
→ Divide the rail line into two parts
A place to walk that feels safe. Space to share with others. A route you can count on, day or night.
That's what the trail means for the people who use it most.
#RailAndTrail
That's what the trail means for the people who use it most.
#RailAndTrail
January 19, 2026 at 8:57 PM
A place to walk that feels safe. Space to share with others. A route you can count on, day or night.
That's what the trail means for the people who use it most.
#RailAndTrail
That's what the trail means for the people who use it most.
#RailAndTrail
Our rail line is more than infrastructure. It is a shared public asset that connects Santa Cruz County’s communities to jobs, schools, housing, and public space.
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Our rail line is more than infrastructure. It is a shared public asset that connects Santa Cruz County’s communities to jobs, schools, housing, and public space.
As we honor civil rights leaders whose work shaped transportation justice and our communities, we continue the work they began.
Friends of the Rail & Trail will march alongside the NAACP to affirm that access, mobility, and dignity are civil rights.
Friends of the Rail & Trail will march alongside the NAACP to affirm that access, mobility, and dignity are civil rights.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
As we honor civil rights leaders whose work shaped transportation justice and our communities, we continue the work they began.
Friends of the Rail & Trail will march alongside the NAACP to affirm that access, mobility, and dignity are civil rights.
Friends of the Rail & Trail will march alongside the NAACP to affirm that access, mobility, and dignity are civil rights.
Great public spaces are built at a human scale. Art, transportation, and streets designed for people create places where community life can happen. When walking, rolling, and gathering are prioritized, public space becomes somewhere you want to be, not just pass through.
January 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Great public spaces are built at a human scale. Art, transportation, and streets designed for people create places where community life can happen. When walking, rolling, and gathering are prioritized, public space becomes somewhere you want to be, not just pass through.
Rail, trail, and transit help connect people to public spaces and to each other.
When people can walk, roll, bike, or ride together, public space becomes part of daily life, not something you just drive past.
#RailAndTrail
When people can walk, roll, bike, or ride together, public space becomes part of daily life, not something you just drive past.
#RailAndTrail
January 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Rail, trail, and transit help connect people to public spaces and to each other.
When people can walk, roll, bike, or ride together, public space becomes part of daily life, not something you just drive past.
#RailAndTrail
When people can walk, roll, bike, or ride together, public space becomes part of daily life, not something you just drive past.
#RailAndTrail
This comic gets at a simple idea: when we design streets only around driving, we end up with more traffic and fewer choices.
Rail & Trail is about adding options in Santa Cruz County so not every trip has to be by car, and so streets work better for everyone.
Rail & Trail is about adding options in Santa Cruz County so not every trip has to be by car, and so streets work better for everyone.
Hadn’t seen this one before. The good news is that we have many smart solutions to address the surrendering of cities to cars that don’t involve tire spikes. But they DO involve actual political will, strengthened by public understanding of the serious need to act. Via @xkcd.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
This comic gets at a simple idea: when we design streets only around driving, we end up with more traffic and fewer choices.
Rail & Trail is about adding options in Santa Cruz County so not every trip has to be by car, and so streets work better for everyone.
Rail & Trail is about adding options in Santa Cruz County so not every trip has to be by car, and so streets work better for everyone.
The truth about Rail & Trail:
• Voters have repeatedly approved rail and trail together
• Most transportation funding comes from state and federal grants
• The trail is already successful
• Rail expands access, resilience, and safety
• Voters have repeatedly approved rail and trail together
• Most transportation funding comes from state and federal grants
• The trail is already successful
• Rail expands access, resilience, and safety
January 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The truth about Rail & Trail:
• Voters have repeatedly approved rail and trail together
• Most transportation funding comes from state and federal grants
• The trail is already successful
• Rail expands access, resilience, and safety
• Voters have repeatedly approved rail and trail together
• Most transportation funding comes from state and federal grants
• The trail is already successful
• Rail expands access, resilience, and safety
New year, same goal.
A safer, more connected Santa Cruz County through Rail & Trail. Thanks for being part of the journey.
#RailAndTrail
A safer, more connected Santa Cruz County through Rail & Trail. Thanks for being part of the journey.
#RailAndTrail
January 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
New year, same goal.
A safer, more connected Santa Cruz County through Rail & Trail. Thanks for being part of the journey.
#RailAndTrail
A safer, more connected Santa Cruz County through Rail & Trail. Thanks for being part of the journey.
#RailAndTrail
“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
That’s true, and that’s the point. Rail & Trail is about giving people real transportation options so not every trip has to be by car. In Santa Cruz County,
That’s true, and that’s the point. Rail & Trail is about giving people real transportation options so not every trip has to be by car. In Santa Cruz County,
January 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
That’s true, and that’s the point. Rail & Trail is about giving people real transportation options so not every trip has to be by car. In Santa Cruz County,
That’s true, and that’s the point. Rail & Trail is about giving people real transportation options so not every trip has to be by car. In Santa Cruz County,
Over a 30-year period, it’s reasonable for roughly 20% of transportation funding to support Rail & Trail, while most still goes toward road repair. More cars equal more wear and higher costs. Without alternatives, traffic increases and maintenance expenses continue to climb.
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Over a 30-year period, it’s reasonable for roughly 20% of transportation funding to support Rail & Trail, while most still goes toward road repair. More cars equal more wear and higher costs. Without alternatives, traffic increases and maintenance expenses continue to climb.
How the anti-transit lobby tries to destroy the Rail & Trail project
Their claims follow the familiar anti-transit playbook:
Their claims follow the familiar anti-transit playbook:
December 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
How the anti-transit lobby tries to destroy the Rail & Trail project
Their claims follow the familiar anti-transit playbook:
Their claims follow the familiar anti-transit playbook:
Did you know Friends of the Rail & Trail is run entirely by volunteers and community members like you? There’s no big budget or paid staff behind this work. Just people who care deeply about safer streets, cleaner air, and better ways to get around Santa Cruz County.
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Did you know Friends of the Rail & Trail is run entirely by volunteers and community members like you? There’s no big budget or paid staff behind this work. Just people who care deeply about safer streets, cleaner air, and better ways to get around Santa Cruz County.
As we close out the year, we have genuinely good news to share about the Rail & Trail, and it’s the kind of progress that only happens because of sustained community support like yours.
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
As we close out the year, we have genuinely good news to share about the Rail & Trail, and it’s the kind of progress that only happens because of sustained community support like yours.
Rails and trails from all over — faster than traffic, right next to a bike trail.
📍Rio de Janeiro
#RailAndTrail
📍Rio de Janeiro
#RailAndTrail
December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rails and trails from all over — faster than traffic, right next to a bike trail.
📍Rio de Janeiro
#RailAndTrail
📍Rio de Janeiro
#RailAndTrail
Trail construction is taking shape near Wilder, with views looking both north and south along the corridor.
This is what turning plans into reality looks like.
#railandtrail
This is what turning plans into reality looks like.
#railandtrail
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Trail construction is taking shape near Wilder, with views looking both north and south along the corridor.
This is what turning plans into reality looks like.
#railandtrail
This is what turning plans into reality looks like.
#railandtrail