I have just uploaded the late August changes to cahighways.org
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 S21(8).
Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following:
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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 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.
There’s also a bunch of interesting stuff awaiting the Governator’s signature. Go here for all the gory details, but of particular interest are the following:
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
