Re: CA Rail Funding Grants, including ML and Monterey Co. extension
Author: Carol L Voss
Date: 12-15-2018 - 16:51
Jon Wrote:
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> TAMC's wet dreams. As much as I would like to see
> passenger trains return to Monterey County, I
> don't think the numbers are there. How many people
> commute from Salinas, or even the peninsula, to
> the Bay Area? I would imagine not many.
>
> And I see they show their light rail from
> Castroville to Monterey. Again, how many people
> commute on the buses that they have now? Several
> years ago I discussed the light rail plan with the
> AGM of Monterey Salinas Transit, the proposed
> operator. He said that it made no economic sense,
> but if TAMC paid them to run the trains, they'd be
> happy to do so.
TAMC has been recycling these ideas for the 20 years we have been here. Yaaawwwwnnnnnnn——
C