An old rail track in Northern California could become a 300-mile hiking trail

Re:An old rail track in Northern California could become a 3... by gretch on Monday April 15, 2024 @04:45PM (#40045338)

Article states: "a railroad was constructed to shuttle passengers and redwood logs between San Francisco and Humboldt Bay."

So a key question is: are there a lot of people trying to move between SF and Humboldt Bay? Does the carbon from transportation along this line warrant the renovation of the rail line (which itself produces emissions)? And if you build a train and no one rides that train, then that's probably even worse for emissions.

> California has enough hiking trails

This is pretty subjective. You can probably get rid of several of America's national parks and say "yeah we have enough national parks".

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Re:An old rail track in Northern California could become a 3... by hedora on Monday April 15, 2024 @07:48PM (#40046942)

The article says they are hoping to promote tourism in the area. Why not use the 300 mile corridor for passenger rail, and construct hiking trails from the stops?

Also, realistically, how many people are going to actually travel the 300 mile trail on foot/bike?

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