2006 Changes

December 2006:

I started with the usual round of link updates. In particular, this was a period for updating of the "recommended reading" page, also known as the bookstore. In particular, I added the book Survive the Drive: How to Beat Freeway Traffic in Southern California by Dr. Roadmap. This book wasn't what I was expecting -- it is a very good analysis of how to avoid the traffic in Southern California by understanding how the traffic works and why it is there, as opposed to just being alternate routes. Highly, highly, recommended.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Hank Fung⁽²⁾, Cameron Kaiser⁽³⁾, Kurumi⁽⁴⁾, Kevin B McCarty⁽⁵⁾, Larry Nelson⁽⁶⁾, Rebel049⁽⁷⁾:Route 1⁽¹⁾, Route 99⁽⁶⁾, Route 164⁽²⁾, Route 237⁽⁴⁾, Route 262⁽⁴⁾, US 101⁽¹⁾, US 395^(3,7), Tuolumne County Sign Route E5⁽⁵⁾, Tuolumne/Calaveras County Sign Route E15⁽⁵⁾, Tuolumne/Calaveras County Sign Route E18⁽⁵⁾, Tuolumne/Mariposa County Sign Route J132⁽⁵⁾.

Updated the legislative information page. As the session just started, there wasn't much there.

Updated the statistics on the progress of the exit mile numbering. Thanks to Don Howe of Caltrans for this information.

Reviewed the December CTC Agenda. Noted the following items of interest:

• 2.1a. Program Amendments/Project Approvals – STIP Amendments for Action

  STIP Amendment 06S-015 The Department and San Diego Associated Governments are requesting to program $81,289,000 of Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) Border Infrastructure Program (BIP) funds to Construction in FY 2006-07 for the Route 905 freeway – Otay Mesa project (PPNO 0374K) in San Diego County. This amendment will also revise the project scope from a four-lane freeway to the six-lane freeway as originally programmed, shift $9,461,000 programmed in the IIP from Construction to the Environmental and Design phases, shift $6,355,000 programmed in the IIP from Construction to Construction Support, and shift $1,209,000 programmed in the RIP from Construction to Construction Support.

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments

  (3) The Department requests a TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute a total of $230,000 from PS&E to Construction, and update the project schedule and funding plan for Project #95 – Route 41; add auxiliary lane/operational improvements and improve ramps at Friant Road Interchange in Fresno in Fresno County. (Related Item under 2.6e.) Resolution TAA-06-63, Amending Resolution TAA-06-04

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  12-Ora-5-PM 35.2 Route 5 in the City of Orange. This is right of way in the city of Orange, at Chapman Avenue, consisting of reconstructed and relocated city streets and frontage road.

• 2.3d. Vacation Resolutions

  One Vacation Resolution 2-Sha-44-PM 53.6 (KP 86.26) Route 44 in the County of Shasta. This is right of way in the county of Shasta, about 4.3 miles northeasterly of the junction of Route 44 and Route 89, consisting of right of way no longer needed for State highway purposes.

November 2006:

Yet again, another delayed update. This time it is because I've been conducting family tree research with some cousins over at ancestry.com. The research is proving fruitful, and I'm looking forward to a family reunion with this part of the familial line in Nashville TN in June 2007. Who knows, I might do some roadgeeking while I'm there :-). So on to the updates... which start, as usual, with mailed in or posted updates to the links list.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Robert Cruickshank⁽²⁾, Paul D. DeRocco⁽³⁾, Mark F⁽⁴⁾, Cameron Kaiser⁽⁵⁾, Dominic Ielati⁽⁶⁾, Ron Langum⁽⁷⁾, Scott Nazelrod⁽⁸⁾, Steve Varner⁽⁹⁾: Route 4⁽⁶⁾, Route 18⁽³⁾, Route 35⁽⁷⁾, Route 49⁽⁶⁾, Route 133⁽¹⁾, Route 238⁽¹⁾, Route 241⁽¹⁾, US 80⁽⁹⁾, US 395^(5,8,9), I-5⁽⁴⁾, I-215⁽¹⁾, I-238⁽²⁾.

Updated some statistics on the progress of the exit mile numbering. Thanks to Don Howe of Caltrans for this information. I was unable to update legislative links due to system maintenance of the Assembly bill system.

Reviewed the October and November CTC Agendas (there was no August meeting). Noted the following items of interest:

• 2.1b. Program Amendments/Project Approvals – STIP Amendments for Notice

  [Nov] STIP Amendment 06S-015 The Department and San Diego Associated Governments are requesting to program $81,289,000 of Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) Border Infrastructure Program (BIP) funds to Construction in FY 2006-07 for the Route 905 freeway – Otay Mesa project (PPNO 0374K) in San Diego County. This amendment will also revise the project scope from a four-lane freeway to the six-lane freeway as originally programmed, shift $9,461,000 programmed in the IIP from Construction to the Environmental and Design phases, shift $6,355,000 programmed in the IIP from Construction to Construction Support, and shift $1,209,000 programmed in the RIP from Construction to Construction Support.

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments

  [Oct] (1) The Department requests a TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute a net total of $61,000,000 in TCRP funds from PS&E and Construction to R/W for Project #42.1 – Route 5; widen Santa Ana Freeway to ten lanes in Los Angeles County, from Orange County line to Route 605. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan.

  [Oct] (2) The City of San Buenaventura requests a TCRP Application Amendment to program a net total of $106,000 in new TCRP funds for PA&ED for Project #47 – Route 101; California Street off-ramp in Ventura County. This amendment will also designate the City of San Buenaventura as the Implementing Agency and update the project schedule and funding plan.

  [Oct] (3) The Department requests a TCRP Application Amendment to program $4,920,000 in new TCRP funds for R/W for Project #113 – Route 46; Widen to four lanes from Route 5 to San Luis Obispo County line in Kern County. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan.

• 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR)

  [Oct] (1) Future Consideration of Funding: Route 140 in Merced County – Roadway improvements near Merced (EIR).

  [Oct] (2) Future Consideration of Funding: Route 46 in San Luis Obispo and Kern Counties – Roadway improvements near Lost Hills.

  [Nov] Approval of New Public Road Connection: I-10 in the County of Riverside – Roadway Improvements near Thousand Palms (ND).

• 2.3b. Public Road Connections

  [Nov] One New Public Road Connection to I-10 at Bob Hope Drive in the County of Riverside. 8-Riv-10 PM 43.0 (KP 69.1).

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  [Oct] 1-Men-101-PM 6.0/6.2 (KP 9.65/9.98) – 1 Segment. Relinquishes right of way on Route 101 in the county of Mendocino, about 300 feet northerly of the Pieta Creek Bridge, consisting of superseded highway right of way.

  [Oct] 6-Kin-43-PM 21.5 – 1 Segment. Relinquishes right of way on Route 43 in the city of Hanford, at 0.5 mile north westerly of Fargo Avenue, consisting of frontage road.

  [Oct] 8-Riv-111-PM 34.2/38.0 – 1 Segment. Relinquishes right of way on Route 111 in the city of Indian Wells, under terms and conditions determined to be in the best interest of the State as stated in the cooperative agreement to be approved by the city in October 2006. Authorized by Chapter 594, Statutes of 2005, which amended Section 411 of the Streets and Highways Code.

  [Oct] 11-SD-125-PM 18.5/19.0 – 5 Segments. Relinquishes right of way on Route 125 in the city of La Mesa, from Alvarado Avenue to Blue Lake Drive, consisting of reconstructed and relocated city streets and frontage roads.

  [Oct] 12-Ora-5-PM 28.5/30.1 – 3 Segments. Relinquishes right of way near I-5 in the city of Tustin, between Browning Avenue and Pasadena Road, consisting of frontage roads.

  [Nov] 4-SCl-237-PM 7.1 – 2 Segments. Relinquishes right of way near Route 237 in the city of San Jose, at North First Street, consisting of reconstructed and relocated city streets.

• 2.3d. Vacation Resolutions

  [Oct] 3-Nev-80-PM 18.8/20.2 - 1 Segment. Vacates right of way near I-80 in the town of Truckee, between Truckee Airport Road and the Truckee River, consisting of highway right of way easement no longer needed for State highway purposes.

October 2006:

Due to the High Holy Days, I'm getting to this a bit late. The updates started, as usual, with the usual mailed in or posted updates to the links list.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from John Gray⁽²⁾, Steve Pederson⁽³⁾:Route 60⁽¹⁾, Route 90⁽¹⁾, I-15⁽³⁾, I-505⁽²⁾.

Updated the legislative information page. Of course, there were no new bills, nor action on bills not on the Governator's desk, as the deadline for all of that was 8/31. It is still unclear whether there will be a lame duck session to take actions before the 2005-06 session bills become toast. However, as there was a load of stuff for Ahnold to sign, I noted the passage of the following:

• AB 1407 (Lieber) State-owned Bay Area toll bridges: HOV lanes..
  Existing law specifies the respective powers and duties of the Bay Area Toll Authority and the Department of Transportation relative to the operation of the state-owned Bay Area toll bridges and the allocation of toll bridge revenues. Existing law also provides for the Department of Transportation to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of buses and high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs), which lanes may also be used by certain low-emission and hybrid vehicles not carrying the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for use of an HOV lane if the vehicles display a valid identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles until January 1, 2008. Existing law authorizes, but does not require, the Bay Area Toll Authority to grant toll-free or reduced-rate passage on the state-owned Bay Area toll bridges to buses and specified carpool vehicles. Existing law requires the same toll-free or reduced-rate passage to be extended to certain low-emission vehicles and hybrid vehicles displaying the identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, subject to various conditions. Under these conditions, residents of the 9-county Bay Area with hybrid vehicles are first required to enroll in the automatic vehicle identification and payment system, known as FasTrak, before they may apply to DMV for an identifier and before they may travel in any HOV lane without having the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for use of an HOV lane. To the extent that residents of the 9-county Bay Area with hybrid vehicles travel on a Bay Area state-owned toll bridge without the requisite number of passengers required for toll-free or reduced-rate passage, those persons are required to pay the regular applicable toll through the FasTrak, system. Residents of other counties with hybrid vehicles are not required to first enroll in FasTrak, in order to apply to DMV for an identifier. This bill would instead require residents of the 9-county Bay Area with hybrid vehicles to obtain and maintain an active FasTrak, account in order to apply to DMV for an identifier and before they may travel in any HOV lane without having the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for use of an HOV lane. This bill would also require a local authority, until January 1, 2008, if it authorizes or permits exclusive or preferential use of highway lanes or highway access ramps for high-occupancy vehicles, to also extend the use of those lanes or ramps to vehicles that have been issued distinctive decals, labels, or other identifiers because the vehicles meet specified conditions for low-emission vehicles. This bill would require the local authorities to suspend the high-occupancy vehicle lane access privilege during periods of peak congestion to the above-described vehicles if a periodic review of lane performance discloses certain factors.
  Chaptered September 29, 2006. Chapter 606.
• AB 1858 (McCarthy) State highways: Routes 58, 178, and 204
  This bill would authorize the California Transportation Commission to relinquish to the City of Bakersfield the portions of Route 178, and Route 204 that are located within the city limits of that city. The bill would also authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern the portion of State Highway Route 58 that is located within the city limits of the City of Bakersfield under certain conditions.
  Chaptered September 18, 2006. Chapter 315
• AB 1938 (Bogh) State highways: relinquishment.
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish any portions of Route 79 in the City of San Jacinto to that city under certain conditions.
  Chaptered September 18, 2006. Chapter 318.
• AB 2002 (La Malfa) Highway signs: veterans.
  Existing law authorizes local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, signs to recognize the sponsors of the Adopt-A-Riverway Program. This bill would authorize county officials, with respect to any state or county highway within their respective jurisdictions and upon a resolution adopted by the respective county board of supervisors , to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, at or near the county line and at county expense, signs stating, or to add to their existing signs, the statement "Where We Honor Veterans." The bill would require the approval of the Department of Transportation if those signs are on a state highway.
  Chaptered September 6, 2006. Chapter 204.
• AB 2415 (Nunez) Wireless technology.
  Existing law, the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act, provides specified protections for the computers of consumers in this state against certain types of computer software. This bill would require a person or entity manufacturing a wireless network router, wireless network switch, or wireless network bridge that is sold in this state on or after October 1, 2007, for use in a small office, home office, or residential setting, and that is not used in a federally unlicensed spectrum, to either include a warning advising the consumer how to protect his or her wireless network connection, a warning sticker, or provide other protection that, among other things, requires affirmative action by the consumer prior to use of the device . The bill would provide that if any part of these provisions or their applications are held invalid, the invalidity would not affect other provisions.
  Chaptered September 30, 2006. Chapter 860
• AB 2600 (Lieu) Vehicles: HOV lanes.
  Existing law provides for the Department of Transportation to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs), which lanes may also be used by certain low-emission and hybrid vehicles not carrying the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for use of an HOV lane if the vehicles display a valid identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles until January 1, 2008. Existing law requires the department to make available for issuance, no more than 75,000 distinctive decals, labels, and other identifiers for certain hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles meeting specified mileage and emission standards. Existing law authorizes, but does not require, the Bay Area Toll Authority to grant toll-free or reduced-rate passage on the state-owned Bay Area toll bridges to any vehicle. Existing law requires that if such authority is exercised the same toll-free or reduced rate passage be extended to certain low-emission vehicles and hybrid vehicles displaying the identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, until January 1, 2008, subject to various conditions. This bill would extend these provisions until January 1, 2011, or until the Director of Transportation determines that federal law does not authorize the state to allow these low-emission and hybrid vehicles to so operate in HOV lanes, whichever occurs first. This bill would increase the number of described distinctive decals, labels, and other identifiers that are required to be issued by the department to no more than 85,000, rather than no more than 75,000. Existing law prohibits, until January 1, 2008, a person from operating or owning a vehicle that displays a decal, label, or other identifier if that identifier was not issued to that vehicle. Existing law provides that a violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor. This bill would extend this prohibition to January 1, 2011 or until the Director of Transportation makes a determination regarding federal law, as specified . Because a violation of this prohibition is a crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.
  Chaptered September 29, 2006. Chapter 614.
• AB 2733 (Leslie) State Highway Route 193.
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Lincoln the portion of State Highway Route 193 that is located within the city limits of that city under certain conditions.
  Chaptered September 20, 2006. Chapter 362.
• AB 2977 (Mullin) Swimming pool safety.
  Existing law, the Swimming Pool Safety Act, generally provides that, on and after January 1, 1998, whenever a building permit is issued forconstruction of a new swimming pool at a private, single-family home, the pool shall be equipped with at least one of 5 specified safety features, including: (1) a pool enclosure; (2) a safety pool cover; (3) exit alarms on doors providing direct access to the pool; (4) self-closing, self-latching device with a release mechanism on doors providing direct access to the pool; or (5) other means of protection, if the degree of protection afforded is equal to or greater than any of the specified devices. This bill would set forth legislative findings, declarations, and intent to enact the Swimming Pool and Spa Safety Act of 2006 to better protect the children of this state. This bill would revise the above provision to provide that, on and after January 1, 2007, whenever a building permitis issued for construction of a new swimming pool or spa, or for the structural remodeling of an existing pool or spa, at a private, single-family home, the pool shall be equipped with at least 1 of the 7 drowning prevention safety features, including the 5 devices specified above, except that a device as specified by an ordinance governing child access to pools would no longer be an authorized device and a spa must also be covered with a lockable or latchable cover, plus (6) removable mesh fencing meeting standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM); and (7) swimming pool alarms meeting ASTM standards. The bill would provide that prior to the issuance of any final approval for the completion of permitted construction or remodeling work, the local building official shall inspect to ensure that the above standards are met and that the drowning prevention safety features are in good working condition.. The bill would provide that prior to the issuance of any final approval for the completion of permitted construction or remodeling work, the local building official shall certify that the above standards are met and that the drowning prevention safety features are in good working condition. Existing law provides that any person entering into an agreement to build a swimming pool shall give the consumer notice of the requirements of the Swimming Pool Safety Act. This bill would require this consumer notice to also be given when the person enters into an agreement to build a spa or to remodel an existing pool or spa. Existing law provides that whenever a construction permit is issued for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa, the pool or spa shall meet specified requirements, including that any backup safety system that an owner of a new swimming pool or spa may choose to install shall meet specified standards of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued in January 1998. This bill would update the citation to the backup safety system standards by referring to those issued by the commission in March 2005 and would also provide that whenever a building permit is issued for the modification of a single family home with an existing swimming pool, toddler pool, or spa, the permit shall require that the suction outlet of the existing swimming pool, toddler pool, or spa be upgraded so as to be equipped with an anti-entrapment cover meeting the current standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  Chaptered September 26, 2006. Chapter 478.
• AB 3030 (Emmerson) State Highway Route 66, Route 83.
  Existing law provides the Department of Transportation full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law establishes Route 66 from Route 210 near San Dimas to Route 215 in San Bernardino. Existing law provides for the relinquishment of a portion of Route 66 to the cities of Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga under specified conditions. Existing law also establishes Route 83 from Route 71 to Route 210 near Upland. This bill provide for the relinquishment of a portion of Route 66 to the City of Upland under specified conditions. The bill would also provide for the relinquishment of a portion of Route 83 to the City of Upland under specified conditions.
  Chaptered September 27, 2006. Chapter 507.
• AB 2234 VETOED(Strickland) Highway signs: World War II Aviation Museum.
  Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation shall have full possession and control of all state highways and associated property. This bill would require the Department of Transportation to authorize the placement of a sign on the north and south bound portions of State Highway Route 101 that indicates, and is within one mile of the exit for, the World War II Aviation Museum and Camarillo Airport. The bill would require the department to determine the cost of the signs, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs. What's odd is that this is normally done by resolution.
  09/29/2006 Vetoed by Governor.
• ACR 142 (Oropeza) Marco Antonio Firebaugh Interchange.
  This measure would designate the I-5/I-710 interchange in Los Angeles County as the "Marco Antonio Firebaugh Interchange".
  Chaptered September 7, 2006. Resolution Chapter 132.
• ACR 156 Emmerson and Bogh (Coauthors: Baca, Garcia, Haynes, Huff, Maze, and Mountjoy)(Coauthors: Senators Dutton and Soto) Martin A. Matich Highway.
  This bill designates the portion of Route 30 from the existing interchange of Route 30 and Route 215, in the City of San Bernardino at post-mile 21.84, to the existing interchange of Route 30 and Route 10, in the City of Redlands at postmile 33, as the "Martin A. Matich Highway". [One wonders if they realize the Route 30 is also part of Route 210]
  Chaptered September 12, 2006. Resolution Chapter 144.
• ACR 157 (Vargas) Filipino-American Highway
  Designate the portion of Route 54 from its westernmost point to its intersection with Route 125, in the County of San Diego, as the "Filipino-American Highway".
  Chaptered September 12, 2006. Resolution Chapter 145.
• SB 463 (Ducheny) Toll roads.
  Existing law, until January 1, 2003, authorized the Department of Transportation to solicit proposals and enter into agreements for the construction and lease of no more than 2 toll road projects, and specified the terms and requirements applicable to those projects. Existing law provides that the toll roads constructed under these provisions shall be owned by the state, but leased to a private entity for up to 35 years under the agreement. This bill, with respect to the agreement entered into by the department under these provisions for State Highway Route 125 in San Diego County, would allow tolls to be collected for that project for a period of up to 45 years, rather than 35 years from 2002, under specified terms and conditions.
  Chaptered September 25, 2006. Chapter 446.
• SB 988 (Migden) Safety Awareness Zones: Golden Gate Bridge
  Existing law makes the Department of Transportation responsible for improving and maintaining the state highway system. Existing law does not provide for the designation of a specified segment of a highway as a Safety Awareness Zone. This bill would designate the Golden Gate Bridge as a Safety Awareness Zone, upon the satisfaction of specified requirements that the bill would also establish standards for a designation of a highway segment as a Safety Awareness Zone. The bill would authorize a Safety Awareness Zone to be in effect for 3 years and would authorize renewal of a Safety Awareness Zone for an additional 3 years. The bill would require the approval of the Director of Transportation and the Commissioner of the Department of the California Highway Patrol for a 3-year renewal of the Safety Awareness Zone that is a state highway. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to develop and place signs to notify motorists of the presence of a Safety Awareness Zone. The bill would enact related provisions applicable to the establishment of Safety Awareness Zones.
  Chaptered September 29, 2006. Chapter 593.
• SB 1613 (Simitian) Vehicles: wireless telephones.
  Under existing law, it is a crime for a person to drive a schoolbus or transit vehicle while using a wireless telephone, except for certain work-related or emergency purposes. This bill would make it an infraction, operative July 1, 2008, to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone, unless that telephone is designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking operation, and is used in that manner while driving. This offense would be punishable by a base fine of $20 for a first offense and $50 for each subsequent offense. The bill would provide that this prohibition does not apply to a person who is using the cellular telephone to contact a law enforcement agency or public safety entity for emergency purposes, or to an emergency services professional while he or she operates an authorized emergency vehicle, as specified. The bill also would prohibit the assignment of a violation point for a violation of the above. The bill also would provide, until July 1, 2011, that this prohibition does not apply to a person when using a digital 2-way radio service that utilizes a wireless telephone that operates by depressing a push-to-talk feature and does not require immediate proximity to the ear of the user, and that person is driving a motor truck or truck tractor, as respectively defined, a listed or described implement of husbandry, a listed farm vehicle, or a tow truck, as defined. The bill would specify that these provisions do not apply to a person driving a schoolbus or transit vehicle that is subject to certain existing wireless telephone usage restrictions, and would specify that the restrictions contained in this bill do not apply to a person while driving a motor vehicle on private property.
  Chaptered September 15, 2006. Chapter 290.
• SCR 37 (Florez) Donald E. DeMers Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 41 between Jensen and Elkhorn Avenues located in the City of Fresno as the "Donald E. DeMers Highway"
  Chaptered September 8, 2006. Resolution Chapter 138.
• SCR 114 (Chesbro) Mignon "Minnie" Stoddard Lilley Memorial Bridge.
  Designates the new South Fork Eel Bridge (Bridge number 10-0299, Kilometer Post 160.03), located on Route 101 in the County of Mendocino, as the Mignon "Minnie" Stoddard Lilley Memorial Bridge.
  Chaptered September 8, 2006. Resolution Chapter 140.
• SCR 120 (Denham) Caltrans Highway Maintenance Lead Worker Michael (Flea) Feliciano Memorial Highway.
  Designates that portion of Route 101 north of Chualar between Payson Street and Esperanza Road in Monterey County as the Caltrans Highway Maintenance Lead Worker Michael (Flea) Feliciano Memorial Highway.
  Chaptered September 8, 2006. Resolution Chapter 141.

Reviewed the September CTC Agenda (there was no August meeting). Noted the following items of interest:

• 2.1a. Program Amendments/Project Approvals – STIP Amendments for Action

  (2) STIP Amendment 06S-004 The Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA) proposes to split the I-80 Capacity/Operational Improvements project (PPNO 0146D) funded with $2,000,000 RIP and $4,600,000 IIP into two new projects as follows: Phase I - $2,000,000 in RIP and $600,000 in IIP for the I-80 Capacity/Operational Improvements project (PPNO 0146B); and Phase II - $4,000,000 in IIP for the I-80 Capacity/Operational Improvements project (PPNO 0146C).

  (5) STIP Amendment 06S-007 The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is requesting to program two new PTA eligible projects, add programming to one existing PTA eligible project, delete funds from one existing RIP project, and program one new RIP project in the 2006 STIP as follows: [...] delete $16,667,000 from the Route 12 (Bouldin Island) Passing Lane project (PPNO 7350); and program $16,667,000 in FY 2009-10 for Construction of the City of Stockton’s new Route 5/French Camp Interchange project (PPNO 7239).

  (6) STIP Amendment 06S-008 The Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG) proposes to reduce the scope of the Route 219 (Kiernan Avenue) Widening project (PPNO 9940) to acquire right of way and construct the project in two phases and shifts a total of $927,000 in RIP programmed in prior years from R/W Support to the PA&ED and PS&E.

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments

  (2) The Department requests a TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute a net total of $467,000 from PS&E and R/W to PA&ED for Project #46 – Route 1; reconstruct intersection at Route 107 in Los Angeles County. This amendment will also de-program $1,183,000 from R/W. (Related Item under 2.6e.(2).) Resolution TAA-06-51, Amending Resolution TA-01-17.

  (4) The City of Santa Barbara requests a TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute $28,000 from Construction to PS&E for Project #102.3 – Route 101; Intersection Improvements and signal Coordination. TCRP Project #102.3 improves traffic congestion by reconstructing various intersections and installing signals on the Outer State Street Corridor and the De La Vina Corridor (parallel to State Street) in the City of Santa Barbara. This amendment will also revise the project scope, and update the project schedule and funding plan. (Related Items under 2.6e.(1) and 2.6e.(2).) Resolution TAA-06-54, Amending Resolution TAA-05-06

• 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR)

  (1) Route 12 in Calaveras County – Rehabilitate roadway near Wallace (ND). Resolution E-06-26

  (2) Route 204 in Kern County – Replace Chester Ave bridge in Bakersfield (ND). Resolution E-06-27

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  2- Las-36-PM 25.1, Route 36 in the City of Susanville, at Foss Street, consisting of a road connection.

  6-Ker-58-PM 107.5 and 108.9/117.8, Route 58 in the County of Kern, near Mojave, at Randsburg Cutoff Road and along Business Route 58, from 2.7 miles northerly of Route 14 to about 4.8 miles easterly of Route 14, consisting of superseded highway.

  6-Tul-198-PM 21.9 (KP 35.23), Route 198 in the County of Tulare, at Avenue 296, consisting of reconstructed and relocated county road.

  7-LA-164-PM 8.8/11.0, Route 164 in the County of Los Angeles, on Rosemead Boulevard, from Callita Street and Sultana Avenue to Foothill Boulevard.

  8-Riv-215-PM 27.9/32.4, Route 215 in the County of Riverside, on the west side of State Route 215, between Nuevo Road and Oleander Avenue.

August/September 2006:

A brief update at the end of August, to capture the end of the legislative session. And what would updates be without link updates? Dull.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Gary Araki⁽²⁾, Mike Ballard⁽³⁾, Michael Boguslawski⁽⁴⁾, Timothy Edwards⁽⁵⁾, Tod Fitch⁽⁶⁾, Cameron Kaiser⁽⁷⁾, Eric McGill⁽⁸⁾, Ron Z⁽⁹⁾:El Camino Real⁽³⁾, Route 33⁽²⁾, Route 41^(4,5), Route 94⁽⁷⁾, Route 140⁽⁹⁾, US 101⁽⁶⁾, I-5⁽²⁾, and San Diego County Sign Route S21⁽⁸⁾.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:

• AB 188 (Nakanishi) Vehicles: golf carts: low-speed vehicles: special crossing.
  Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2006, a golf cart or a low-speed vehicle to cross Route 16 at certain intersections, if the crossing is controlled by an official traffic control device and is at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the direction of the highway. Existing law authorizes the Rancho Murieta Community Services District to take any reasonable measures within its jurisdiction that are necessary to ensure that golf carts and low-speed vehicles may cross safely and that highway traffic is not unreasonably impeded thereby. This bill would extend the repeal date specified in existing law to January 1, 2007..
  Chaptered June 30, 2005. Chapter 26.
• ACR 47 (La Suer) Ramon Ojeda Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate Route 78 between Third Street and Route 67 as the "Ramon Ojeda Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered August 16, 2006. Resolution Chapter 100
• ACR 104 (Chavez) Officer Kenneth Wrede Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of I-10 between Vincent Avenue and Grand Avenue in the City of West Covina as the "West Covina Police Officer Kenneth Wrede Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered August 16, 2006. Resolution Chapter 102.
• ACR 123 (La Suer) Historic U.S. Highway Route 80.
  This measure would designate segments of former U.S. Highway Route 80 in San Diego and Imperial Counties as Historic U.S. Highway Route 80, and would request the Department of Transportation to design and facilitate the posting of appropriate signs and take related actions in that regard.
  Chaptered August 16, 2006. Resolution Chapter 104.
• ACR 132 (Cogdill) Deputy David P. Grant Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 49 one mile before and after its intersection with Parrott's Ferry Road, in Tuolumne County, as the "Deputy Dave Grant Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered August 16, 2006. Resolution Chapter 105.
• SB 3 (Torlakson) Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.
  This bill would, until January 1, 2009, designate, upon approval of 2 county resolutions, as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone a segment of Vasco Road between the Interstate 580 junction in Alameda County and the Walnut Boulevard intersection in Contra Costa County. The bill would also require the department to, by January 1, 2008, prepare an evaluation on the Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone and submit a report to the Legislature.
  Chaptered August 28, 2006. Chapter 179.
• SB 186 (Benoit) State highways: relinquishment.
  Authorizes the commission to relinquish portions of State Highway Routes 74 and 111 in Riverside County to specified local agencies (the Cities of Indian Wells, Indio, and Palm Desert, as applicable) under certain conditions.
  Chaptered October 6, 2005. Chapter 594.
• SCR 52 (Margett) Mayor James Thalman and Mayor Michael Wickman Memorial Highway.
  Designates the segment of Route 71 between Soquel Canyon/Central Avenue and Pine Avenue as the "Mayor James Thalman and Mayor Michael Wickman Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered April 21, 2006. Resolution Chapter 26.
• SCR 53 (Ashburn) Mark C. Salvaggio Interchange.
  Name the interchange of Route 99 and White Lane in Bakersfield the "Mark C. Salvaggio Interchange".
  Chaptered April 26, 2006. Resolution Chapter 39
• SCR 55 (Ashburn) Paul H. Pino Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of US 395 from the junction with Route 190 to Gill Station Coso Road in the County of Inyo as the "Paul H. Pino Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered May 9, 2006. Resolution Chapter 50.
• SCR 57 (Cox) Robert M. Jackson Memorial Highway.
  Designated the portion of Route 89 from the Alpine/Mono County line to the junction of Route 89 and Route 4 as the "Robert M. Jackson Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered April 21, 2006. Resolution Chapter 27.
• SCR 68 (Florez) The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 119 between Route 184 and Enos Lane, in the County of Kern as the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered August 15, 2006. Resolution Chapter 95.
• SCR 72 (Maldonado) Vernon L. Sturgeon Memorial Highway and , the Marilyn Jorgenson Reece Memorial Interchange.
  Designates the portion of US 101 between Spring Street in Paso Robles and Santa Barbara Road in Atascadero in San Luis Obispo County as the "Vernon L. Sturgeon Memorial Highway". It would also designate the I-10/I-405 interchange in Los Angeles as the Marilyn Jorgenson Reece Memorial Interchange.
  Chaptered August 15, 2006. Resolution Chapter 96.
• SCR 93 (Runner) California Highway Patrol Officers James E. Pence, Jr., Roger D. Gore, Walter C. Frago, and George M. Alleyn Memorial Highway
  This measure would designate a specified portion of I-5 between the Rye Canyon Road overcrossing and Magic Mountain Parkway in the County of Los Angeles as the "California Highway Patrol Officers James E. Pence, Jr., Roger D. Gore, Walter C. Frago, and George M. Alleyn Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered August 11, 2006. Resolution Chapter 92.
• SCR 95 (Soto) Officer Richard Hyche Memorial Freeway.
  This measure would designate a portion of I-10 in the City of Ontario between the 6th Street overcrossing and the intersection of Euclid Avenue as the "Officer Richard Hyche Memorial Freeway".
  Chaptered August 11, 2006. Resolution Chapter 93.
• SCR 96 (Ortiz (Coauthor: Senator Machado) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Jones and Nakanishi)) Deputy Sheriff Sandra Powell-Larson Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate a portion of I-5 between Q Street and J Street in the City of Sacramento as the "Deputy Sheriff Sandra Powell-Larson Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered August 18, 2006. Resolution Chapter 113.

There was no August CTC meeting.

July/August 2006:

This is a combined summer update, just because I've been really busy. Here goes...

Did the usual round of link updates. There weren't that many this month, but I did add an affiliate to the Recommended Reading page.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Concrete Bob⁽²⁾, Jason Elliot⁽³⁾, Dominic Ielati⁽⁴⁾, Clary E. Kooshian⁽⁵⁾, Larry Scholnick⁽⁶⁾, Sean Tongson⁽⁷⁾, Ron Z⁽⁸⁾:Route 11⁽¹⁾, Route 13⁽⁷⁾, Route 37⁽⁸⁾, Route 58⁽²⁾, Route 118⁽⁵⁾, Route 149⁽⁴⁾, Route 275⁽⁴⁾, I-80⁽³⁾, I-405⁽⁶⁾.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:

• AB 1781 (Mountjoy) Highways: victim signs.
  Existing law requires, until January 1, 2007, that the Department of Transportation design, place, and maintain, or cause to be designed, placed, and maintained, "Please Don't Drink and Drive" signs on state highways in memory of accident victims killed in accidents involving another party who was convicted of drunk driving or various other offenses and in certain other cases, if such a sign is requested or consented to by a family member of the accident victim and the requester pays a fee to cover the department's costs, as specified. This bill would delete the January 1, 2007, sunset date for this program, thereby extending the program indefinitely.
  Chaptered July 20, 2006. Chapter 81
• ACR 65 (Cogdill, Arambula, Benoit, Bermudez, Bogh, Daucher, DeVore, Evans, Frommer, Garcia, La Suer, Maze, Montanez, Mountjoy, Spitzer, Villines, and Wyland, Ackerman, Ashburn, Kuehl, Poochigian, and Romero) Kristopher's Crossing.
  Designates Department of Transportation Bridge 4122 in Madera County as Kristopher's Crossing.
  Chaptered July 11, 2006. Resolution Chapter 82.
• ACR 97 (Blakeslee) Alex Madonna Memorial Highway
  Designates the portion of US 101 from the Madonna Road exit in San Luis Obispo to the Santa Barbara Road exit in South Atascaderoas the "Alex Madonna Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 11, 2006. Resolution Chapter 83.
• ACR 108 (La Malfa) Crynthia and Erling Hjertager Memorial Highway and the Erling Hjertager Memorial Bridge.
  Designates the portion of Route 3 between Callahan at post-mile 8.8 and Etna at post-mile 19.7 in the County of Siskiyou as the "Crynthia and Erling Hjertager Memorial Highway". It also would rename the Wildcat Creek Bridge on Route 3 in the County of Siskiyou as the "Erling Hjertager Memorial Bridge".
  Chaptered July 11, 2006. Resolution Chapter 84.
• ACR 124 (Leslie) Harry Crabb Tunnel.
  This measure would designate the dedicated access enabling motorists to enter eastbound I-80 from Sunrise Boulevard, in the County of Placer, as the "Harry Crabb Tunnel".
  Chaptered July 11, 2006. Resolution Chapter 87.

Reviewed the July CTC Agenda. Noted the following items of interest:

• 2.1b. Program Amendments/Project Approvals – STIP Amendments for Notice

  (5) STIP Amendment 06S-007. The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is requesting to program two new PTA eligible projects, add programming to one existing PTA eligible project, delete funds from one existing RIP project, and program one new RIP project in the 2006 STIP as follows: program $1,850,000 in FY 2007-08 for Construction of the City of Lodi’s new Municipal Service Center (MSC) Transit Vehicle Maintenance Facility project (PPNO 0139); program $1,300,000 in FY 2006-07 for PA&ED for the San Joaquin Regional Transit District’s new Regional Operations Facility project (PPNO 0140); advance $887,000 of PS&E from FY 2009-10 to FY 2008-09 and program $13,000,000 for the City of Lathrop’s existing Lathrop Road Grade Separation project (PPNO 3K41); delete $16,667,000 from the Route 12 (Bouldin Island) Passing Lane project (PPNO 7350); and program $16,667,000 in FY 2009-10 for Construction of the City of Stockton’s new Route 5/French Camp Interchange project (PPNO 7239).

  (6) STIP Amendment 06S-008. The Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG) proposes to reduce the scope of the Route 219 (Kiernan Avenue) Widening project (PPNO 9940) to acquire and build the project in two phases and shifts a total of $927,000 in RIP programmed in prior years from R/W Support to the PA&ED and PS&E.

  (13) STIP Amendment 06S-015. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) proposes to delete the Traffic Monitoring System (TMS) project, located on Route 5, Route 805, and Route 94 in San Diego County (PPNO 0800), from the 2006 STIP.

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments

  (5) The Alameda County Congestion Management Agency requests a TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute $6,000,000 from PS&E to Construction for Project #31 – Route 580; construct eastbound HOV lane from Tassajara Road/Santa Rita Road to Vasco Road in Alameda County. This amendment will also rescind the AB 1335 Letter of No Prejudice previously approved for PS&E and update the project schedule and funding plan.

  (8) The Department requests a TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute $3,430,000 from Construction to R/W for Project #85 – Route 56; construct the new State Route 56, which will provide a direct connection between I-5 and I-15. This amendment will also update the project funding plan.

  (9) The Merced County Department of Public Works requests a TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute $400,000 from Construction to Right of Way for Project #106 –- Campus Parkway; build new arterial in Merced County from Route 99 to Yosemite Avenue. This amendment will also update the project funding plan.

  (12) Tulare County requests a TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute $653,000 from PA&ED to PS&E and revise the project scope for Project #122 – Route 65; widening project from Kern County line to Route 190 in Porterville. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan.

• 2.2a. Environmental Matters – Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

  Route 101 in Humboldt County – Corridor improvements near Eureka (NOP).

• 2.2b. Environmental Matters – Comments on Documents in Circulation (Draft EIR)

  Route 24 in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties – Add tunnel near Oakland (DEIR).

• 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR)

  (4) Route 188 in San Diego County – Construct truck scales near Tecate (ND).

  (5) Route 65 in Placer County – Construct bypass near Lincoln (FEIR).

  (6) Route 46 in San Luis Obispo County – Construct corridor improvements near Paso Robles (FEIR).

• 2.3a. New Route Adoptions

  One Route Adoption for a Freeway in the County of Placer at 03-Pla-65, PM R12.4/R22.8 (KP R19.9/R36.7)

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  01-Lak-53-PM 1.2/1.5, Route 53 in the City of Clear Lake, between Cache Creek and Old Highway 53, consisting of reconstructed and relocated city streets, frontage roads and cul-de-sacs.

  03-ED-50-PM 5.0 Route 50 in the County of El Dorado, at Cambridge Road, consisting of reconstructed and relocated county road.

  10-Cal-49-PM 18.6, Route 49 in the County of Calaveras, at 0.1 mile northerly of Angels Road, consisting of superseded highway right of way.

  12-Ora-5-PM 37.7/37.9, Route 5 in the City of Anaheim, on Disneyland Drive between Ball Road and 0.2 mile northerly of Ball Road, consisting of reconstructed and relocated city street and frontage road.

June 2006:

Did the usual round of link updates. Updated information on the El Camino Real bell installation project, which was completed in June 2006 (thanks to Keith Robinson of Caltrans for all the information he provided on the project).

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Mike Ballard⁽²⁾, Timothy Edwards⁽³⁾, Claudia Elliott⁽⁴⁾, Andy Gross⁽⁵⁾, Glenn Pillsbury⁽⁶⁾:Route 84⁽⁵⁾, Route 99⁽⁴⁾, Route 190⁽⁴⁾, US 101⁽¹⁾, I-5⁽⁶⁾, I-405⁽¹⁾, I-710^(1,2,3).

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:

• SCR 7 (Denham) Officer Stephan Gene Gray Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 99 between Childs Avenue and 16th Street in the City of Merced as the "Officer Stephan Gene Gray Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered May 26, 2006 Resolution Chapter 56

Reviewed the June CTC Agendas. Noted the following items of interest:

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments

  (3) TCRP Application Amendment to transfer $30,426,000 in TCRP funding from Project #41.1 – Route 5; HOV lanes on Golden State Freeway – Route 118 to Route 14 to Project #41.2 – Route 5; HOV lanes on Golden State Freeway – Route 170 to Route 118. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan for each project.

  (5) TCRP Application Amendment to designate the San Bernardino Associated Governments as the Implementing Agency for Project #57 – Route 215; add HOV lanes through downtown San Bernardino, Route 10 to Route 30. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan.

  (8) TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute $4,486,000 from Construction to R/W for Project #106 –- Campus Parkway; build new arterial in Merced County from Route 99 to Yosemite Avenue. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan.

  (9) TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute $1,000 in TCRP funding from R/W to Construction for Project #108 – Route 5; add northbound lane to freeway through Mossdale “Y”, Route 205 to Route 120 in San Joaquin County. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan.

• 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR)

  (2) Route 4 (East) in Contra Costa County – Widen to 8 lanes from Loveridge Road to Route 160 (TCRP #16.2)

  (4) Route 55 in Orange County – Modify an overcrossing and add High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) drop ramps in Santa Ana and Irvine (FEIR).

• 2.3b. New Public Road Connection

  12-Ora-55 KP 12.10 (PM 7.52). One New Public Road Connection on Route 55 at the Alton Avenue Direct Access Ramps in the City of Santa Ana.

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  04-SCL-101-PM 40.5 (KP 65.26) Route 101 in the City of San Jose. This is right of way in the city of San Jose, at Channing Avenue and Seaboard Avenue, consisting of reconstructed and relocated city streets, frontage roads and cul-de-sacs.

Added observations from an approximately 1957 Thomas Brothers map that I recently acquired. This resulted in updates to: Route 2, pre-1964 Route 7, Route 11, Route 14, Route 15, Route 19, Route 26, Route 27, Route 118, Route 134, US 60, US 101, I-10, and I-405.

May 2006:

Did the usual round of link updates. Added a link to USA Traffic Signs to the FAQ, for those that want to order their own traffic signs.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Bruce⁽²⁾, Cameron Kaiser⁽³⁾, Glen Norman⁽⁴⁾, Carl Rogers⁽⁵⁾, Joel Windmiller⁽⁶⁾: Route 16⁽³⁾, Route 74-Mid County Parkway⁽¹⁾, Route 91⁽¹⁾, Route 130⁽⁵⁾, Route 170⁽⁴⁾, US 101⁽⁶⁾, US 399⁽³⁾, I-5⁽²⁾, I-10⁽¹⁾, I-80^{(1, 6)}, I-405⁽¹⁾.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:

• SCR 66 (Cox) Historic Alternate U.S. Highway Route 40.
  Designates, upon application by an appropriate local governmental agency, any section of former Alternate U.S. Highway Route 40 that is still a publicly maintained highway and that is of interest to the applicant, as Historic Alternate U.S. Highway Route 40 and request the Department of Transportation to post appropriate signs, as specified. This included portions of Route 113 and Route 70.
  Chaptered May 18, 2006, Resolution Chapter 51.

I'll also note there's one really funny bill out there, quasi-highway related:

• ACR 149 (Houston) The Isleton Bridge.
  This measure would request the Department of Transportation to grant, without charge, to the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus an encroachment permit that would authorize an appropriate plaque to be placed adjacent to the Isleton Bridge on Route 160 near the City of Isleton.

Now, this bill notes that on October 27, 1923, the Isleton Bridge on Route 160 was dedicated by the City of Isleton Chamber of Commerce, and has served the Sacramento River since that time. The Isleton Bridge is a heel trunnion bascule bridge based on a design patented by Joseph Strauss, who was chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge. Only a twenty horsepower motor is required to lift the bridge's center section, and counterweights balance the moveable sections of the bridge, which enables tilting the floor to permit maritime traffic to pass. Of course, none of this is the reason that the ECV is interested in the bridge; I have no idea what that is. But when you read about them, you know there's something more colorful behind it.

Reviewed the April and May CTC Agendas. Note that May was a retreat, so there wasn't the usual business. Noted the following items of interest from April:

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments

  (1) TCRP Application Amendment to expand the project scope for Project #4 – Route 680; add northbound and southbound HOV lanes over Sunol Grade, Milpitas to Route 84 in Santa Clara and Alameda Counties. This amendment will also redistribute a net total of $1,000,000 from PS&E and Construction to R/W, and update the project schedule and funding plan to complete the southbound lanes sooner.

  (3) TCRP Application Amendment to program a net total of $15,400,000 in new TCRP funding for Project #18 – Route 101; widen eight miles of freeway to six lanes from Novato to Petaluma. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan.

  (4) TCRP Application Amendment to program $56,900,000 in new TCRP funding for Construction for Project #40 – Route 10; add HOV lanes on San Bernardino Freeway over Kellogg Hill, Route 605 to Route 57 in Los Angeles County. This amendment will also redistribute a net total of $4,951,000 from PS&E and R/W to Construction and update the project schedule and funding plan.

  (6) TCRP Application Amendment to transfer $23,100,000 in TCRP funding from Project #83.1 – Route 15; Managed Lanes - Transit Elements, to Project #83.2 – Route 15; Managed Lanes - Freeway elements for Construction. This amendment will also redistribute $3,663,000 from R/W to Construction, and update the project schedule and funding plan for each project.

  (7) TCRP Application Amendment to redistribute $20,000,000 from Construction to R/W, for Project #84 – Route 52; build four miles of new six-lane freeway to Santee, Mission George to Route 67 in San Diego County. This amendment will also revise the project scope, and update the project schedule and funding plan.

  (8) TCRP Application Amendment to update the project schedule and funding plan for Project #86 - Route 905; build new six-lane freeway on Otay Mesa, Route 805 to Mexico Port of Entry in San Diego County.

• Environmental Matters – Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

  (1) Route 101 in Monterey County – Construct interchange near San Juan Bautista (NOP).

  (2) Route 180 in Fresno County – Route adoption near Fresno (NOP).

• 2.2b. Environmental Matters – Comments on Documents in Circulation (Draft EIR [DEIR])

  (2) Route 18 in San Bernardino County – Replace bridge near Big Bear Lake (DEIR).

  (3) Route 5 in San Joaquin County – Construct interchange and extend Sperry Road near Stockton (DEIR).

• 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR)

  (7) Route 70 in Butte County – Upgrade from expressway to freeway and construct interchange near Oroville (FEIR).

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  04-Son-101-PM 15.4 Route 101 in the County of Sonoma and 04-Son-101-PM 53.9/56.2 Route 101 in the County of Sonoma. The first is right of way in the County of Sonoma, at Santa Rosa Avenue and Roberts Lake Road, consisting of superseded highway right of way. The second is right of way in the County of Sonoma, between the Preston Overhead and the Mendocino County Line, consisting of superseded highway right of way.

Did a quick pass through the various relinquishments, updating the route definitions to reflect mainline relinquishments (i.e., not those of superseded right of way) for the following routes: Route 1, Route 2, Route 19.

April 2006:

Did the usual round of link updates. There weren't that many. Folk need to remember to mail me your updates!

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from: Paul D. DeRocco⁽²⁾, Cameron Kaiser⁽³⁾, Steve Varner⁽⁴⁾, Joel Windmiller⁽⁵⁾:Pre-1981 Route 11⁽¹⁾, Route 16⁽⁵⁾, Route 22⁽¹⁾, Route 65⁽³⁾, Route 90⁽¹⁾, Route 94⁽⁴⁾, Route 126-Cross Valley Connector⁽²⁾, Route 138⁽²⁾, Route 148⁽⁵⁾, Route 160⁽⁵⁾, Route 163⁽³⁾, I-10⁽¹⁾, I-80^{(1, 5)}, I-605⁽¹⁾.

Updated the following pages, based on information provided by Don Howe⁽⁶⁾, Marc Fannin⁽⁷⁾, David Nebenzahl⁽⁸⁾: California Exit Numbering⁽⁶⁾, El Camino Real⁽⁸⁾, Interstate Highway Types⁽⁷⁾.

Added information on the story behind the memorial signs. Added the first entry: Christopher Williams, US 101, provided by Laurie R. Moreno.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:

• AB 424 (Calderon) Identity theft.
  Existing law provides that every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information about another person, as defined, and uses that information for any unlawful purpose is guilty of a crime. Existing law provides a procedure for a person to initiate an investigation of potential identity theft. Existing law also provides that any person, upon discovering that in the person's name an unauthorized individual has made an application for certain services or has opened certain accounts, is entitled to receive the identifying information that was used by the unauthorized individual to apply for any service or open any account, upon the presentation of a copy of a police report and identifying information. This bill would expand the definition of "personal identifying information" to include an equivalent form of identification. This bill would provide that "person" as used in these provisions includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill imposes a state-mandated local program. Chaptered February 25, 2006. Chapter 10.

Reviewed the March CTC Agenda. Noted the following items of interest:

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments

  (2). Programs $9,140,000 in new TCRP funds for Construction on Project #60.2 – Route 15; Southbound truck-climbing lane. This amendment will also update the project schedule and funding plan.

  (3). Updates the project schedule for Project #77 – Route 94; Environmental studies to add capacity.

  (7). Updates the project schedule and funding plan for Project #157 – Route 12; Improvements from Route 29 to I-80 through Jamison Canyon.

• 2.2b. Environmental Matters – Comments on Documents in Circulation (Draft EIR)

  Route 99 in Merced County – Realign and widen to six-lane freeway near Merced (DEIR).

• 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR)

  (2). Friant Road in Fresno County - Widen to four lanes from Copper Avenue to Road 206 (TCRP #96) (MND) (FONSI)

• 2.3b. New Public Road Connections

  New public road connections on State Route (SR) 905 at Heritage Road, Britannia Boulevard, the Enrico Fermi Road connection to the SR 905/125 Interchange, and Siempre Viva Road. 11-SD-905 PM 7.1/11.6 (KP 11.4/18.6) in the City of San Diego.

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  10-Mer-99-PM 32.3/36.2 Route 99 in the County of Merced, between Sycamore Avenue and Early Dawn Road, consisting of reconstructed and relocated county roads, frontage roads and cul-de-sacs.

March 2006:

Alas, I didn't get around to March updates.

February 2006:

Did the usual round of link updates. Joel Windmiller's site has relocated to Golden State Highways, but it hasn't opened yet with the content. This also included a page to mark the interstate highway segments you have clinched; I'd do this as a meme, but the input format looks a little too cumbersome.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Shirleigh Brannon⁽²⁾, Dennis Carr⁽³⁾, David P Hogan⁽⁴⁾, Cameron Kaiser⁽⁵⁾, Gary Richards (SJMN)⁽⁶⁾: LRN 37⁽²⁾, LRN 38⁽²⁾, Route 7⁽⁵⁾, Route 11⁽⁵⁾, Route 14⁽⁵⁾, Route 18⁽⁵⁾, Route 22⁽³⁾, Route 25⁽⁶⁾, Route 30⁽⁵⁾, Route 31⁽⁵⁾, Route 47⁽⁵⁾, Route 54⁽⁵⁾, Route 91⁽⁵⁾, Route 103⁽⁵⁾, Route 106⁽⁵⁾, Route 110⁽⁵⁾, Route 152⁽⁶⁾, Route 195⁽⁵⁾, Route 209⁽⁵⁾, Route 210⁽⁵⁾, Route 241⁽¹⁾, Route 252⁽⁵⁾, Route 259⁽⁵⁾, Route 274⁽⁵⁾, I-5⁽⁴⁾, I-805⁽⁴⁾, US 40⁽²⁾, US 60⁽⁵⁾, US 66⁽⁵⁾, US 95⁽⁵⁾, and US 395⁽⁵⁾.

Updated information on the standards for county highways, discovered while investingating a query to the site.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following resolution:

• SCR 20 (Soto) CHP Officer Thomas J. Steiner Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 60 in the City of Pomona, beginning with Phillips Ranch Road and ending at Reservoir Street as the "CHP Officer Thomas J. Steiner Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered January 31, 2006. Resolution Chapter 2.

The following bills also caught my eye; they haven't passed yet:

• AB 1970 (Levine) Energy resources: California Vampire Slayer Act of 2006.
  This bill would require the manufacturer of an appliance sold in California to place a power content label on each of its products that shows the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the appliance. The bill would require that the label also show the appliance's estimated annual operational cost both when the appliance is in the "active/on" mode and when it is in the "active/standby" mode. The bill would prescribe requirements on how the label is to be attached, and also require that same information to be displayed in any order catalog. The bill would require the act to be known as the California Vampire Slayer Act of 2006.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/23/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on U. & C.
• AB 2127 (Plescia) Hazardous waste: alkaline batteries.
  Existing law defines the term batteries, for purposes of the hazardous waste control laws, as primary or secondary batteries, including nickel-cadmium, alkaline, carbon-zinc, and other batteries generated as waste that are not subject the federal Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA). The bill would require the California Integrated Waste Management Board and the Department of Water Resources, by July 1, 2007, to jointly undertake a study and submit a report to the Legislature regarding whether there are any environmental impacts caused by the random disposal of used alkaline batteries in a permitted solid waste landfill facility, the extent of those impacts caused by that disposal, and proposed solutions to mitigate those identified impacts. The bill would also require the Office of the Legislative Analyst, by July 1, 2007, to evaluate the cost of developing an infrastructure to collect used alkaline batteries as a non-RCRA hazardous waste from consumers and the likely financial impact on California consumers, if they are required to fund the development of that infrastructure through a deposit, fee, or other form of imposed cost.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/22/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• AB 2350 (Maze) Vehicles: character education: specialized license plates.
  This bill would create a new category of license plates known as the character education specialized license plates. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to design and make available for issuance a character education specialized license plate with a specified design that promotes those values specified in existing law requiring teachers to endeavor to impress certain principles upon the minds of pupils.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• AB 2415 (Nunez) Wireless technology.
  Existing law, the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act, provides specified protections for the computers of consumers in this state against certain types of computer software. Existing law, the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005, makes it unlawful for any person, through the Internet or other electronic means, to solicit, request, or take any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing itself to be a business without the approval or authority of the business. This bill would prohibit a person or entity from selling wireless technology, as defined, to a computer user in this state unless that technology contains encryption software or a similar encryption device, which is set as the default mode at the time of sale. The bill would also provide that if any part of these provisions or their applications are held invalid, the invalidity would not affect other provisions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• AB 2625 (Pavley) California Heritage Corridor Act.
  This bill would enact the California Heritage Corridor Act and establish the California Heritage Corridor Committee in the Department of Transportation to determine street and highway routes that qualify to be designated as heritage corridors, as defined, and locations that qualify to be identified within designated heritage corridors. The bill would establish the membership of the committee and its duties and would require the department to provide administrative and staff support to the committee. The bill would establish the California Heritage Corridor Fund in the State Treasury and require all moneys in the fund to be continuously appropriated to the department and made available to the committee to cover its costs in implementing the California Heritage Corridor Act. The bill would require the committee, in cooperation with the department, to design a heritage corridor roadside sign that meets specified requirements for the purpose of identifying heritage corridor routes. The bill would require the department to, in consultation with the committee, develop criteria for placement of heritage corridor signs and to install and maintain those signs at the request of the committee. The bill provides a number of examples of corridors, but doesn't explicitly define any.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : Introduced. To print.
• SB 1228 (Morrow) Covenant marriage.
  This bill would enact the Covenant Marriage Act of 2006. The bill would establish procedures by which a couple may enter into a marital contract rejecting the right to a dissolution of marriage or a legal separation on grounds of irreconcilable differences, except in certain circumstances. The bill would require couples to receive marital counseling before entering into a covenant marriage and before divorcing.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/16/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : To Com. on JUD. COMM. LOCATION : SEN JUDICIARY
• SB 1613 (Simitian) Vehicles: wireless telephones.
  This bill would make it an infraction, operative July 1, 2008, to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone, unless that telephone is designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking operation, and is used in that manner while driving.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

The February CTC Agenda was reviewed last month.

January 2006:

First, I did the usual round of link updates. Please note that I tend to only read misc.transport.road only once a month nowaday; you're best way to get changes to me is to mail them.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Jay Arnold⁽²⁾, Mike Brady⁽³⁾, Dave Hogan⁽⁴⁾: Route 1⁽³⁾, Route 2⁽¹⁾, Route 47⁽¹⁾, Route 121⁽²⁾, Route 241⁽⁴⁾, andI-15⁽⁴⁾. Reviewed the Governator's Strategic Growth Plan and updated information on the following routes: Route 4, Route 12, Route 24, Route 44, Route 46, Route 58, Route 70, Route 78, Route 91, Route 99, Route 156, Route 299, Route 905, US 50, US 101, I-5, I-10, I-15, I-80, I-215, I-405, I-680, and I-880.

Updated the legislative information page. New bills are starting to appear, and some old ones are coming back to life. Of most interest are some proposed major transportation bonds for the ballot, as well as relinquishment of part of Route 58. One naming resolution from 2005 made it to the Governator's desk.

Reviewed the CTC Agenda for items of interest. There was no January meeting. Note the following February items:

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application Approvals/Amendments

  (3). Revise the project scope and update the project schedule for Project #93 – Route 180; environmental studies to extend Route 180 from Mendota Fresno to I-5.

  (4). Redistribute $424,000 in TCRP funds from R/W to PS&E, and update the project schedule and funding plan for Project #95 – Route 41; add auxiliary lane and improve ramps at Friant Road interchange.

  (6). Redistribute $5,000,000 from PA&ED to PS&E, and update the project schedule and funding plan for Project #15 – Route 24; Caldecott Tunnel; add fourth bore tunnel with additional lanes.

• 2.2c. Environmental Matters – Approval of Projects for Future Consideration of Funding, Route Adoption or New Public Road Connection (Final Negative Declaration or EIR)

  (1). Route 20 in Colusa and Sutter Counties – Rehabilitate roadway near Colusa (ND)

  (2). Route 101 in Mendocino County – Realign highway near Leggett (FEIR)

• 2.3a. Route Adoptions

  Route Adopting a Traversable Highway at 01-Men-101 KP 159.2/162.2 (PM 98.9/100.8) in County of Mendocino.

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  2-Teh-36-PM 38.4 Route 36 in the County of Tehama. This is right of way in the County of Tehama, at Kinney Avenue, consisting of reconstructed and relocated county roads.

  2-Mod-299-PM 21.6/22.3 (KP 34.8/35.9) Route 299 in the County of Modoc. This is right of way in the County of Modoc, at the intersection with County Roads 54, 82 and 83, consisting of reconstructed and relocated county roads.

  2-Sha-299-PM 67.8/77.9 Route 299 in the County of Shasta/ This is right of way in the County of Shasta, between Goose Valley Road and Mackinac Street, consisting of reconstructed and relocated county roads.

  3-But-70-PM 0.2/9.1 (KP 0.32/14.64) Route 70 in the County of Butte. This is right of way in the County of Butte, between Lower Honcut Road and Grover Lane, consisting of reconstructed and relocated county roads.

• 2.5e.(1) Supplemental Funds for Previously Voted Projects

  (2) On Route 101 in Santa Rosa, from Route 12 to Steele Lane. Widen from 4 to 6 lanes for high occupancy vehicle lanes. Supplemental funds are needed to award this project.

  (3) On Route 101 in Santa Maria, from south of Santa Maria Way to Route 135/Route 101 Separation. Widen to 6-lane freeway.

• 2.6e.(3) Traffic Congestion Relief Program Projects

  (2) Project #93 – Route 180; complete environmental studies to extend Route 180 westward from Mendota to I-5 in Fresno County. Preliminary engineering and environmental studies of various east-west connection alternatives for route adoption for the segment of Route 180 between I-5 and Route 33 in Mendota. Re-allocate $4,758,000 in previously allocated TCRP funding.

  (3) Project #95 – Route 41;add auxiliary lane/operational improvements and improve ramps at Friant Road Interchange in Fresno County. This project will add auxiliary lanes and improve ramps at Friant Road interchange, construct a median lane along Route 41, and construct auxiliary lanes from both Herndon Avenue and El Paso Avenue to Friant Road. Re-allocate $424,000 in previously allocated TCRP funding.

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