The mobile homes that are too close to the RTC right of way need to blame the park managers, realtors, and title companies that allowed the encroachments in the first place. The RTC wants to help residents work to find solutions that don’t involve having to spend thousands or having to move someplace else.
The park managers should have insurance, the title companies definitely have insurance.

In fact, recently the SMART bike path lawsuit by nearby property owners was settled by the title company, not by the SMART transit service.

The rail corridor is publicly held property, building fences into public property is not allowed. In this case it’s not the homeowners or resident’s fault.

Hallie, the people who have mobile homes on PUBLICLY OWNED land do not have permission to be there. The land owners are at fault for allowing the residents to build beyond their own land lines. So your neighbors built their houses on your property where you have plans for that land to build a future house. Would you just let a bunch of people keep their homes on your property and forget your plans? That is exactly what you’re asking the public to do.

There are only about 10 houses on the ROW. The land owners should bare the responsibility and the cost of moving these mobile homes and ensure those people are taken care of IF they were lied to about the rights of the houses on the land! The land owners have been making $Money off of squatting on our publicly owned land. Land owners that were fully informed that they purchased a home next to an active rail line have little excuse for crying foul when the rail line is in the process of being activated.

To answer your specific question, I would use it regularly, just like I use rail regularly whenever I am visiting my family overseas, just like I use it regularly when I’m in the Bay Area. If rail were here I’d be able to get rid of my car, reducing my overall living costs, and rely primarily on my bike and public transportation for travel, whether for pleasure or work. While I do regularly ride the bus in town, we need something more robust to support more folks. Not everyone can ride a bike or walk a trail so we must be thinking of accessibility for *as many people as possible* when developing infrastructure. A cyclist and nature lover, I love trails and use them regularly. As a community member focused on not just the present, but the future of our community and its members’ well-being, I value robust and diverse infrastructure that accommodates travel in a more environmentally conscious, sustainable, and meaningful way.