Rail Banking NOW Santa Cruz CA style? Let’s put in a trail that works as a train will never happen ….Carey Pico comments…

 

rail banking NOW in Santa Cruz CA

“David, that is why rail banking makes sense. Save it until we need to bite the bullet and put in a train. What’s wrong with that?

“If we don’t rail bank now, the County [of Santa Cruz, CA]  will be forced to subsidize freight service by millions each year with infrastructure maintenance (as they did with Iowa Pacific) until the tracks can really be used in a cost-efficient way.

“Right now, the RTC [Regional Transportation Committee]  is discussing spending $30M to upgrade the tracks to Class-2 (30 mph max) to support a freight train with no benefit to the County.

“Think about it, a commuter train needs Class-3 (60 mph), so the tracks would have to be torn out again and replaced whenever the County really needs a train in 30 years. The idiocy of this discussion within the RTC astounds me.

“So why not rail bank it and use it until needed?

written by Carey  Pico  — of Aptos CA

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