Please tell the world that you are not seriously considering a deal with a freight – oriented rail road company to operate freight and eventually passenger service on the U P line. As I have explained many times before, a TRAIN with locomotives pulling freight or passenger cars simply wouldn’t work: there is hardly enough freight volume to bother with; and a TRAIN cannot make enough stops and starts in the heavily populated area to pick up or discharge enough riders to make it pay. There is, however, an alternative that can be put into operation sooner, and at far less startup cost, with none, repeat none, of these safety problems, and with the ability to put public transit within reach of practically the entire population of the county. So, do this. Tell the people of Santa Cruz two things: 1. A TRAIN is out and 2. The trail people can proceed with their plans without factoring in fences and walls for safety purposes. If the RTC decides to start passenger service with self powered trolley cars, the safety factor is eliminated.
Howard F. Sosbee 1400 Weston Ridge Road Scotts Valley CA, 95066 831, 335, 8401 hfs@sosbee.com <mailto:hfs@sosbee.com>
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