Under the agreement, TIC assumed responsibility for nine additional I-5 and I-84 rest areas. As of July 2019, TIC will manage a total of 39 rest areas at 25 locations around the state, stretching from the California border to our eastern neighbors in Idaho. TIC bases its rest area manage...
Also note that in many areas, extra radios are installed in the CHP cars by the county agencies themselves rather than CHP. The radios remain the property of the counties involved and ideally would be returned to the county when the CHP vehicle is decommissioned ("run out.") Thus there is...
This Earth Day, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is encouraging residents to get their hands dirty to help keep the environment clean.
Their fire-retardant bark and the way it splinters into tiny pieces when it hits the ground have helped them survive fires and logging. They still are victim to both, though. Thankfully, conservation efforts in California have protected some of the areas where they grow. McWay Falls – a go...
The trucking industry has developed rapidly in both volume and weight, with a fleet of more than 81,000 trucks using the highway network for goods movement between and within urban areas [2]. The truck fleet owners, in an attempt to reduce their unit transportation cost (SR./ton-km), ...
Before 1972 legislation shortened Highway 50, the highway went from Sacramento to San Francisco by way of Stockton and Oakland. Yet despite this act of belittlement in California, Highway 50 is still regarded as one of the last coast-to-coast highways that remains intact -- since the road...
Why Should We Care?:In just over a decade, Aftershock has ascended to become California’s premiere hard rock event. The festival averages more than 150,000 attendees and this year’s version is poised to be the biggest on record, with a new fifth stage added to the mix. ...
Travelers from southern California to the eastern Sierras via Highway 395 too often overlook the camping and fishing opportunities Lone Pine provides. In their haste to gas up, grab a sandwich, and head up the road to Bishop or Mammoth, they drive past some great spring and fall camping. ...
#81: Larkspur, California - Population: 12,375 - Median home value: $1,264,800 (49% own) - Median rent: $2,053 (51% rent) - Median household income: $101,754 Marin County’s Larkspur is scenic and historically rich, filled with false-front commercial facades, Victorian homes, a Mis...