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Re: SP Monterey Local memory
Author: Freericks
Date: 07-22-2008 - 06:16
Carol L. Voss Wrote:
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> Freericks Wrote:
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> > I truly believe that if Amtrak California added
> a
> > Montery and Santa Cruz corridor, running two or
> > three round trips to each a day, that there
> would
> > be a market for it. Especially if the early
> ones
> > were available for commuters.
>
> First of all, none of this involves Amtrak
> California. It would involve the Joint Powers
> Board who runs from San Francisco to GIlroy and
> would extend to Salinas. The commuters from Santa
> Cruz aren't going to go to Salinas to get on
> board, they will go to San Jose or to Watsonville.
> The commuters are not from Monterey but from
> Salinas, Soledad, Gonzales etc. If there were a
> connection at Watsonville for the people from
> Santa Cruz, that could work. There is already some
> pie in the sky thought about this. Right now the
> commutes leaving from Gilroy are pretty early and
> it probably would be wise to have another separate
> train based in Salinas to leave sort of the same
> time. But here we go---more trainsets, more crew,
> how many px to make it viable and how long to
> attract enough who are probably "out there' to
> make it viable??
> Pass me another joint------------:-)
> C.
> C.
Carol - I'm not sure what about my post indicated that I thought Amtrak was involved in the actual goings on (or non-goings-on) but I didn't think they were. Still, I stand by my post 100%, which is if Amtrak California created a new corridor (one with a fork in it) to hit Monterey and Santa Cruz, from San Francisco, it would be successful. Making the first run early enough to serve commuters would add to the corridor's success, but not be something that made the corridor viable in and of itself. I don't think the majority of riders on either a Santa Cruz or a Monterey train would be commuters/regulars. I think it would be more UC Santa Cruz students, tourists, folks visiting family, etc... the same sort of folk who are riding from LA to Santa Barbara. Charles
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> Freericks Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I truly believe that if Amtrak California added
> a
> > Montery and Santa Cruz corridor, running two or
> > three round trips to each a day, that there
> would
> > be a market for it. Especially if the early
> ones
> > were available for commuters.
>
> First of all, none of this involves Amtrak
> California. It would involve the Joint Powers
> Board who runs from San Francisco to GIlroy and
> would extend to Salinas. The commuters from Santa
> Cruz aren't going to go to Salinas to get on
> board, they will go to San Jose or to Watsonville.
> The commuters are not from Monterey but from
> Salinas, Soledad, Gonzales etc. If there were a
> connection at Watsonville for the people from
> Santa Cruz, that could work. There is already some
> pie in the sky thought about this. Right now the
> commutes leaving from Gilroy are pretty early and
> it probably would be wise to have another separate
> train based in Salinas to leave sort of the same
> time. But here we go---more trainsets, more crew,
> how many px to make it viable and how long to
> attract enough who are probably "out there' to
> make it viable??
> Pass me another joint------------:-)
> C.
> C.
Carol - I'm not sure what about my post indicated that I thought Amtrak was involved in the actual goings on (or non-goings-on) but I didn't think they were. Still, I stand by my post 100%, which is if Amtrak California created a new corridor (one with a fork in it) to hit Monterey and Santa Cruz, from San Francisco, it would be successful. Making the first run early enough to serve commuters would add to the corridor's success, but not be something that made the corridor viable in and of itself. I don't think the majority of riders on either a Santa Cruz or a Monterey train would be commuters/regulars. I think it would be more UC Santa Cruz students, tourists, folks visiting family, etc... the same sort of folk who are riding from LA to Santa Barbara. Charles
