Monterey County Local News: Transportation


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Image caption: California transportation history runs from railroads to today’s car culture.
California’s History of Transportation: From Railroads to Highways

The history of transportation in California has shaped the state, from the railroads to today’s highways, making the need for planning increasingly urgent. Here’s how it all happened, and where we stand today.

Image caption: Over two weekends last October, residents of Santa Cruz and Watsonville  participated in demonstration rides aboard an electric streetcar on rails.
The ‘Rail Trail’ Movement, Explained

Thousands of miles of railroad track, including some in Santa Cruz County, now sit idle. The fate of those largely abandoned tracks has become a burning controversy.

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07/18/2024
A $2.25 million CalTrans grant was awarded to the Transportation Agency for Monterey County to conduct study on vulnerability of an 8-mile long section of Highway 1 at Moss Landing to effects of climate change and storm surges.

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07/15/2024
Public chargers must be built at an unprecedented pace to meet the target in less than 7 years, and then doubled to 2 million in 2035. The high cost — $120,000 or more for one fast charger— is just one obstacle.

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07/01/2024
The first 1.5 mile segment of the FORTAG project is set to begin construction in Del Rey Oaks later in July.

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06/28/2024
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Salinas City Council approved a long-awaited project to alleviate traffic congestion on Boronda Road on June 18.

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06/26/2024
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The historic nature of the Garrapata Creek Bridge—one of the so-called “Big Sur Arches”—is safe, for now at least.

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06/21/2024
On June 20, Joby Aviation announced it had received FAA authorization to use its ElevateOS software for air taxi services.

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06/19/2024
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Highway 1 in Big Sur is among the most beautiful roads on Earth. Most images of it – aside from disaster photos – contain one common element: a bridge.

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06/19/2024
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Caltrans announced today that due to favorable conditions, Highway 1 at Paul's Slide in Big Sur will reopen Sunday, June 23, freeing up a 4.3-mile section of the highway.

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06/18/2024
On June 17, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County applied for a state grant to connect existing trails and bike lanes in the area of Fremont Boulevard and Highway 218 near Seaside.

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06/12/2024
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Joby Aviation may have passed on Marina as the spot for its massive production facility – instead opting for Dayton, Ohio in 2023 – but the Santa Cruz-based air taxi company has stated it remains committed to California, having recently broken ground on a manufacturing facility at the Marina Municipal Airport.

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06/12/2024
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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren has announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will distribute $793,856 to the City of Greenfield to make roads safer and improve community connectivity.

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06/12/2024
A project for a new air terminal and aircraft parking apron at the Monterey Regional Airport has entered the design phase.

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06/04/2024
Work is advancing faster than anticipated.

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06/03/2024
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Monterey-Salinas Transit, in partnership with the Monterey County Hospitality Association recently sponsored $5,000 worth of bus passes for the students of Rancho Cielo Youth Campus.

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05/31/2024
A Bay Area transit funding bill is delayed so supporters can seek consensus on how the money will be raised and distributed.

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05/30/2024
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 29 celebrating the beginning of construction of the Del Ray Oaks segment of the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway project.

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05/29/2024
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It’s two steps forward, one step back for Monterey-Salinas Transit’s SURF! project, a busway between Marina and Sand City that is proposed for the rail corridor owned by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County.

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05/29/2024
CalTrans reported steady progress at three Monterey County sites with an estimated full opening of Highway 1 in late autumn.

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05/23/2024
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SALINAS — Salinas City Elementary School District (SCESD) has added 10 new electric school buses and 10 new electric bus chargers to the District’s school bus fleet.

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05/17/2024
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Greenfield Community Science Workshop’s Omar Vigil and Jose Sanchez recently met with Pat Lewis, fleet maintenance superintendent at Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST), to receive a vehicle that MST donated to their organization and the Greenfield Recreation Department.

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