Do you ever head downtown on Friday nights? Work late? These options began to look dim for UC Santa Cruz students living on campus when cuts to the Night Owl service were decided on by city bus service Santa Cruz Metro, effectively ending all public transportation after midnight. But with a recent pledge from TAPS, [...]

In a Q&A, UC Santa Cruz student Jenna Conway, organizer of Party, Bike and Jam, talked about how the bike group promotes community, alternative transportation and the local music scene.

City Council plans on giving safety improvements to the Laurel Street crosswalks, after Harish Tailor, 60 years old, was struck and killed over a year ago.

Hitchhiking is something is common in Santa Cruz, especially on campus. Is it all just about convenience, or does it say something more about us? And is it safe?

In an effort to become more environmentally friendly, the Santa Cruz Metro bus line has now fully switched over from using diesel to natural gas.

Santa Cruz Metro proposes to scale back Night Owl services, abandoning late night travelers.

The workers on Santa Cruz’s big locomotive hope to see big changes to rail in Santa Cruz. Even a possible dinner train could be in the works.

Student traffic controllers are working to smooth out traffic buildup and improve pedestrian safety during class breaks.

Faced with lowered ridership, the Santa Cruz Metro may discontinue certain routes.

Always taking steps to sustain a healthy environment both locally and globally, the citizens of Santa Cruz appealed to City Council last week asking them to prioritize alternative modes of transportation in the city.

For the past 18 years People Power, one of the county’s advocacy groups for human-powered transportation, has been fighting for a redesign of King Street that will improve biker safety and promote alternative modes of transportation.