Monterey County Rail Extension
Todd Muck, Executive Director
Christina Watson, Director of Planning
Transportation Agency for Monterey County
•Regional Transportation
Planning Agency
•Board of Directors:
•12 City elected officials
•5 County Supervisors
•7 ex-officios
TAMC Mission
Develop and maintain a multimodal transportation system that enhances mobility, safety, access, environmental
quality, and economic activities in Monterey County.
TAMC’s Role
Plan, fund and deliver projects:
• Highways
• Rail
• Bus
• Local Roads
• Bicycle/Pedestrian
• Regional facilitator
• Mobility Programs
Intermodal Transportation Center
Memorandum of Understanding
•Salinas/TAMC
partnership to establish
Salinas as a rail hub
Benefits of Rail
• Alternative to traffic
• Access to jobs, health care,
education
• Creates jobs
• Improves air quality
• Supports mixed-use, transit-
oriented development
• Coast Rail Grant
• Positive Train Control
• Federal Railroad
Corridor ID program
• Capitol Corridor
California’s Central Coast:
Closing the Gap
• Near term: Caltrain
Gilroy-Salinas
• 38 miles
• 2 round trips
• Weekdays
• Next step:
• Pajaro/Watsonville station
EIR/EA
• Future:
• Castroville
Kick Start Project –
Salinas Station Improvements
Kick Start – Salinas Layover Facility
• Platform access via new station track
Kick Start – Salinas Layover Facility
• Train layover facility
• Crew base building & storage
Kick Start – Gilroy Track connections
• Connects station track & main line
• Future transfers to High-Speed Rail
Kick-Start Recent Progress
•Union Pacific design review:
•Gilroy – 25% review underway
•Salinas – 25% review complete
•Next Steps:
•UPRR site visit – Gilroy
•UPRR Real Estate negotiations
•UPRR maintenance agreement
•Operations agreement
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Twitter: @TAMC_News
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Todd Muck, Executive Director
[email protected]
Christina Watson, Director of Planning
[email protected]
www.tamcmonterey.org