Jack Brown

Since the RTC purchased the corridor, four separate studies have analyzed the cost of building a passenger rail system. The most accurate of those pegs the price at $4.283 billion (and that doesn’t include the additional expense of elevating the tracks near the Boardwalk or on Walker Street in Watsonville, nor the $34–$41 million in annual operating costs.) Opposing that level of spending isn’t anti-rail, it’s pro-responsibility. It’s hard to justify billions for a system that would primarily...

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To conclude my essays, let’s look at what happens if we do not question the current plan and let everything proceed . Let’s imagine that...