The Santa Cruz County Rural Highway Safety Action Plan (RHSP) seeks to enhance safety for all users of the County’s six conventional highways: specifically, Highway 1 north of the City of Santa Cruz city limits, Highway 9, Highway 236, Highway 35, and Highways 129 and 152 outside the City of Watsonville city limits, which collectively function as […]
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A project to construct northbound and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements on Highway 1 will result in the closure of the southbound Highway 1 Park Avenue off-ramp on Tuesday, October 14 from 7 am to 4 pm. This ramp closure is necessary for the contractor to pour the pile cap as part of the construction of new […]
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The City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department, in collaboration with Public Works, will temporarily close a section of the Rail Trail from the California/Bay entrance to the Depot Park Trestle for essential vegetation management and trail maintenance. The closure will begin on Monday, October 13, 2025, and will take place from Monday through […]
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Biketober is here! Biketober Santa Cruz is a fun, free challenge and you, your friends, and your co-workers are all invited to participate. The aim is simple – to get more people to enjoy the benefits of riding bikes. You can ride anywhere, anytime in October to participate. Log your bike trips on Love to […]
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The project to construct northbound and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements on Highway 1, between the Bay Avenue/Porter Street and State Park Drive interchanges, is ongoing and there are updates regarding the ramp closures. The three Park Avenue ramps, which are currently closed, will REOPEN on Friday, September 5, at 6:00 am. The long-term […]
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The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) will be utilizing goats to control vegetation overgrowth on the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line (SCBRL) beginning August 11 on approximately 2 miles of the corridor. Goats will be utilized in four locations to control weeds and potential fire hazards, clear certain drainage ditches to prevent clogging […]
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Curious about passenger rail and trail in Santa Cruz County?Check out the recently released Zero Emission Passenger Rail and Trail (ZEPRT) Draft Project Concept Report at sccrtc.org/zeprt under “Resources” to learn more about conceptual alignment, ridership projections, station locations and design, cost estimates and more. The Draft Project Concept Report provides details on information provided […]
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The RTC is currently working on the Rural Highways Safety Plan (RHSP) for Santa Cruz County, and is seeking community input through an online survey on crash trends, types of potential safety enhancements, and areas to prioritize for more detailed safety enhancement designs. The RHSP seeks to enhance safety for everyone, but particularly the most […]
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The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC), in partnership with Caltrans and the County of Santa Cruz, is excited to announce the new bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing over Highway 1 at Chanticleer Avenue opened to the public today. This vital new crossing is the final component of the larger Highway 1 Auxiliary Lane and […]
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