Background Ryan Whitelaw 17 Year Resident of SCC Degree in Mathematics Commercial Real Estate Appraiser Bike enthusiast Kona Ute
Timeline Timeline Timeline Rail-With-Trail Timeline Timeline Rail-Trail vs. Rail-With-Trail Timeline
Rail-With-Trail Rail-With-Trail Rail-With-Trail Complications Financial $32 million – Initial Estimate $127 million – MBSST $200+ million – Segment 7
Rail-With-Trail Complications Financial Environmental
Rail-With-Trail Complications Financial Environmental Utility
USDOT Shared Use Path Study Level of Service (LOS) “A” – Over 4.0 – Excellent “B” – 3.5 to 4.0 – Good “C” – 3.0 to 3.5 – Fair “D” – 2.5 to 3.0 – Poor “E” – 2.0 to 2.5 – Very Poor “F” – Less than 2.0 – Failing
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No. System Largest City Served Pop (City) Pop (Metro) Length (miles) 1 Atlanta Streetcar Atlanta 463,878 5,522,942 2.7 2 Baltimore Light Rail Baltimore 620,961 2,797,407 33.0 3 MBTA light rail Boston 667,137 4,628,910 26.0 4 Buffalo Metro Rail Buffalo 258,959 1,134,210 6.4 5 Charlotte Area Transit System Charlotte 809,958 2,380,314 9.6 6 RTA Rapid Transit Cleveland 396,815 2,064,725 15.3 7 DART Dallas 1,300,092 7,102,796 90.0 8 Dallas Streetcar Dallas 1,300,092 7,102,796 1.6 9 Denver RTD Denver 600,158 2,814,330 48.0 10 METRORail Houston 2,099,451 6,313,158 22.7 11 Hudson–Bergen Jersey City / Newark City 541,430 23,723,696 23.3 12 KC Streetcar Kansas City 459,787 2,159,159 2.2 13 Metro Streetcar Little Rock 193,524 724,385 3.4 14 Metro Rail light rail Los Angeles 4,030,904 13,131,431 87.7 15 MATA Trolleys Memphis 646,889 1,341,746 6.3 16 METRO Light Rail Minneapolis-St. Paul 382,578 3,524,583 21.8 17 RTA Streetcars New Orleans 389,617 1,262,888 22.3 18 Tide Light Rail Norfolk 245,428 1,672,319 7.4 19 SPRINTER Oceanside-Escondido 143,911 3,095,313 22.0 20 SEPTA light rail Philadelphia 1,567,442 6,051,170 68.4 21 Valley Metro Rail Phoenix 1,445,632 4,574,531 26.0 22 The T Pittsburgh 304,391 2,360,867 26.2 23 MAX Light Rail Portland 632,309 2,389,228 60.0 24 Portland Streetcar Portland 632,309 2,389,228 7.4 25 Sacramento RT Light Rail Sacramento 466,488 2,149,127 42.9 26 TRAX (UTA) Salt Lake City 186,440 1,153,340 44.8 27 S Line (UTA) Salt Lake City 186,440 1,153,340 2.0 28 San Diego Trolley San Diego 1,394,928 3,095,313 53.5 29 Muni Metro San Francisco 864,816 4,656,132 35.7 30 San Francisco cable cars San Francisco 864,816 4,656,132 5.2 31 Santa Clara VTA Light Rail San Jose 1,015,785 1,976,836 42.2 32 Seattle Streetcar Seattle 608,660 3,733,580 3.8 33 Link Light Rail Seattle/Tacoma 608,660 3,733,580 20.4 34 MetroLink St. Louis 315,685 2,811,588 46.0 35 TECO Line Streetcars Tampa 347,645 2,824,724 2.7 36 River LINE Trenton 84,913 6,034,678 34.0 37 Sun Link Tucson 520,116 1,010,025 3.9 38 DC Streetcar Washington, D.C. 672,228 6,097,684 2.4 Averages 743,981 4,088,111 25.8 - - Santa Cruz 59,946 262,382 - Light Rail Projects - Population City Metro Average 743,981 4,088,111 Santa Cruz 59,946 262,382
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Railbanking “Railbanking is a method by which corridors that would otherwise be abandoned can be preserved for future rail use through interim conversion to a trail.” – Rails to Trails Conservancy The RTC wants to ensure that this corridor is preserved for the community’s transportation purposes.
Conclusion Urban planning based on the car Need to shift motorists to cleaner, healthier travel Critical to shift, is high quality infrastructure Urban planning based on the car Conclusion Need to shift motorists to cleaner, healthier travel Critical to shift, is high quality infrastructure
What can you do? Sign the GSCT petition Spread the word Take UCIS survey Write RTC Organize a meeting Speak at RTC meeting