This is too funny. Brian Peoples must coach people to write this nonsense to the RTC. Here is a recent letter to the RTC about the motorcar event.

Hello,
Brian Peoples of the Aptos Rail Trail Friends suggested that I write to you. My husband and I live in the Seascape community of Aptos. Our house is situated very close to the train tracks. We own our home and have lived here for over 15 years. We moved to this area as we love the quiet and serenity that the area provides.

When we first moved here, there was a train that moved at 5 mph down the tracks twice a day. The quiet rumble of the train going down the tracks twice daily was quite nice – it actually positively added to the ambience of the community. We understand that the RTC has recently allowed motorcar excursions down the tracks until the RTC develops and has a plan for usage of the tracks.

Over the weekend, there were about 60 motorcar excursions going down the tracks. Each of these 60 individual cars are very noisy on the tracks. The loud, clickety-clack noise that each creates is grating and offensive and eliminates the peace and quiet that exists in the community. In fact, they pollute the area with their noise.

Brian indicated to us that the RTC believes most Santa Cruz people like the motorcars. That is not the case for those of us that live close to the tracks. I would urge you to stop the use of these motorcars on the tracks. Please consider this a formal complaint against the use of these motorcars going down the tracks. I would appreciate a reply to this email.

Thanks,
Ellen Martinez
Aptos CA 95003

So 40 railcars being pulled by 4 or 5 geeps twice a day was quite nice and positively added to the ambience of the community, but 50 motorcars once a year was grating and offensive and eliminates the peace and quiet that exists in the community.