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2007 Changes


December 2007:

Yup, time for my last update for the year. I'm starting this Christmas Morning, because everyone else is asleep (the movie we are going to see doesn't start until noon). So here goes...

Based on my reading of the papers, some mailed in updates, and some updates from misc.transport.road, I 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), Nathan Edgars II(3), Mark F(4), Susie Martin(5), Carl Rogers(6), and Chris Thomas(7): Route 4(6), Route 14(2), Route 46(2), Route 78(2), Route 91(4), Route 111(2), Route 138(2), Route 168(7), Route 178(2), Route 180(2), Route 241(1), Route 259(3), Route 905(2), US 395(1), I-5(2,5), I-10(1), I-15(2), I-110(1), I-210(1), I-215(1). I also updated information on the numbering of call-boxes, provided by Sybille Phillips.

There were no updates to legislative information, as the legislature is out of session.

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

Reviewed the December CTC Summary and Web Books. I noted the following items for inclusion:

The big effort was thanks to some extensive work done by Nathan Edgars II within the Wikipedia project. He developed a number of tables that allowed me to complete and update the various chronologies on the site, which affected most of the routes. In particular, the following pages were primary sources for updates to the existing chronology made in 2007: When each route was added to the state highway system, History/F&E System, List of route numbers, 1917-1931, History/Legislative act roads, History/List of laws by route (pre-1964), History/List of laws by route (post-1964). Nathan also found this useful site, which contains all state statutes.This turned out to be an extensive effort, one that will take multiple months to complete. So far, the chronology has been updated and corrected up to 1933, and I'm working on 1935. I've also started to make changes to the individual highway pages, with preliminary work having been done on the following routes and their associated LRNs: Route 1, Route 2, Route 3, Route 4, I-5, US 6, Route 7, I-8, Route 9, I-10, Route 11, Route 12, Route 13, Route 14, I-15, Route 16, Route 17, Route 18, Route 19, Route 20, Route 21, and Route 22. Work will continue on this project into 2008, route by route.

November 2007:

Thanksgiving weekend. The perfect time to thank everyone for their contributions of information to California Highways. So, thank you!

On to the updates:

I didn't receive any updates of links on external pages (i.e., non-California). Please remember to mail them to me if you become aware of them.

Based on my reading of the papers, some mailed in updates, and some updates from misc.transport.road, I updated information on the following routes, based on my research(1), and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Andy Field(2), and Dominic Ielati(3):
Route 57(1), Route 70(3), Route 125(2), Route 149(3), Route 163(2).

Updated the links to the CalNexus website.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage (veto) of the following:

Reviewed the October and November CTC Summary and Web Books. As they have done throughout the year, they didn't make this easy, changing the web location yet again. I noted the following items for inclusion:

Based on mail from Nathan Edgars II, there appears to be some significant work to be done on the chronology. This will likely be done during "shutdown" break in December. Nathan's work is heavily focused on section numbers, which appear to be the LRN plus 300, but that isn't consistent. He does have the 1963 legislative definitions as well as the initial 1964 legislative definitions after the renumbering. In particular, his chronology focused on when the routes were added, and appears to have some good information. We disagree on the timing of some of the earliest routes, added before there were route numbers. Another interesting page is this one and this one.

October 2007:

Alas, there were no September updates; I was lost in a new iPod. So here goes for early October...

Did the usual round of link updates.

Based on my reading of the papers, some mail in updates, and some updates from misc.transport.road, I updated information on the following routes, based on my research(1), and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from James Bradley Jr.(2), Tracy Cunningham(3), Paul D. DeRocco(4), Timothy Edwards(5), Scott Kozel(6), Michael Patrick(7), Martin Rosen (Caltrans District 11)(8), Joel Windmiller(9):
Route 1(6), Route 4(2), Route 47(5), Route 49(3), Route 60(1), Route 88(9), Route 91(1), Route 103(5), Route 163(8), Route 165(7), US 101(1), US 395(8), I-5(1,4), I-80(9), I-215(1), I-680(2,9).

There was an interesting discussion on M.T.R about tunnels on state highway routes, and one post had a list... so I'm capuring that in one of the statistics pages.

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

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

Reviewed the September CTC Summary and Web Books. Again, they didn't make it easy: there was no agenda in agenda item order (just timed), and the linked items kept freezing Acrobat. I noted the following items for inclusion:

August 2007:

OK, OK, I did a second August update. Partially, this was to reflect further updates to Joel's sites (i.e., I changed his site to have the [Under Construction] logo (under construction/renovation), and corrected the link for the Elvas Freeway and C-Block History.

Reviewed the July CTC Summary and Web Books. They made life harder for me; I can no longer easily walk the directory for book items, but have to follow the links from the Acrobat timed agenda. So it goes--when does government ever make life easy :-). Still, I noted the following items for inclusion:

July/August 2007:

July and August updates were delayed due to vacation, headaches, and in general being busy. So this is a big update. As before, if you are aware of any updates to URLs referenced in this site, or if you have new sites dedicated to a regional area, please let me know.

Based on my reading of the papers, some mail in updates, and some updates from misc.transport.road, I 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), Tim Edwards(3), Bill Hoffman(4), Dominic Ielati(5), and Joe Myers(6):
Route 47(1), Route 58(3, 6), Route 74(3), Route 87(1, 2), Route 99(5, 2), Route 118(1), Route 138(1), Route 149(5), Route 180(2), Route 210(1, 3), US 80(4), US 101(1), I-5(1), I-405(1), I-605(1), I-710(1), San Diego County Sign Route S2(4).

Updated the link to the Calnexus numbering for the following routes: I-5, I-80. Updated the statistics on the progress of the exit mile numbering. Thanks to Don Howe of Caltrans for this information.

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

Attempted to review the July CTC Agendas. However, I get a "403 Permission Denied" on the directory with the book items (grrrrr....), so I'll have to try again in September.

Lastly, last month I noted that Joel Windmiller's site was slowly coming back. I'm pleased to report that the first piece is back... the page on C Blocks. I look forward to more.

June 2007:

I didn't think I'd get a chance to do June updates, but a day presented itself, so here's what I've been able to squeeze in. I didn't get any website updates; perhaps later this summer I'll do a check of all referenced sites (although that isn't 100% accurate). As before, if you are aware of any updates to URLs referenced in this site, or if you have new sites dedicated to a regional area, please let me know.

I have been monitoring the papers, and I have had some mail in updates. So, I updated information on the following routes, based on my research(1), and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from James Bradley(2), Dominic Ielati(3), Joe Myers(4):Route 4(2), Route 7(4), Route 55(1), Route 70(3), Route 84(1), Route 91(1), Route 118(1), Route 273(3), I-5(3), I-405(1), I-580(1), US 101(1)

Updated the legislative information page.

Reviewed the May and June CTC Agendas. The May meeting only had three agenda items: (1) Overview of 2006 STIP Augmentation Development; (2) Proposed 2006 Interregional Transportation Improvement Program (ITIP); and (3) Regional Transportation Improvement Programs. These items appear not to have been posted. However, June was a more normal agenda, from which I noted the following items for inclusion:

May 2007:

No formal link updates, but I did need to repair some links to Joel Windmiller's sites, which have been down for a few years. While I'm checking to see if they will ever be back, I did add some links to Joel's original site (http://home.pacbell.net/hywaymn/), which still (amazingly) seems to be up. So go visit those Caltrans Bloopers and "C" blocks while you can!

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research(1), and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Timothy Edwards(2) and Steve Pederson(3):Route 4(2), Route 22(1), Route 55(2), Route 60(1), Route 73(1), Route 241(1), I-5(1,3), I-80(1), I-580(1), I-710(2), I-805(3).

Added some more information on the history of the Southern California Freeway System to the history pages--specifically, I added an interesting map that was published in the LA Times Blogs. I also updated the History of San Francisco Freeway Pages to reflect some information provided by Mike Brady on the San Jose St. undercrossing.

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

Updated the legislative information page.

Reviewed the April CTC Agendas. Noted the following items for inclusion:

Although the May meeting supposedly happened on May 2, 2007, the book items were not yet up.

April 2007:

Taking advantage of a quiet day when everyone else was out of the house, I decided to update the highway pages. There were just a few link updates this month. Next, I updated information on the following routes, based on my research(1), and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Timothy Edwards(2), and Jeremy V(3):Route 1(1), Route 23(1), Route 55(1), Route 107(1), Route 118(1), Route 134(1), Route 138 (High Desert Corridor)(1), I-5(2), LRN 109(3).

Updated the legislative information page. A number of bills were completely gutted and reworked.

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

Postponed reviewing the April CTC agenda -- they seem to have removed the background book items I've been using.

February/March 2007:

It's been a busy time, and live theatre every weekend in February and March has left me little time to update California Highways. But I've set aside one day, so here are the updates...

First, I did the usual round of link updates, discovered from my monthly review of M.T.R. and a few mailed postings.

Next, I 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), David Arana(3), Scott en Aztlan(4), Concrete Bob(5), Timothy Edwards(6), Jon Enslin(7), Cameron Kaiser(8), Daniel Ketchum(9), Michael G. Koerner(10), Steve Lustro(11), Brandon Rock(12), and Sean Tongson(13):Route 22(4), Route 57(11), Route 65(10, 5), Route 71(6), Route 74(6), Route 85(1, 13), Route 90(6), Route 91(8), Route 92(3), Route 99(2), Route 130(1), Route 229(9), US 101(7), US 395(6), I-210(8), I-405(1), and LRN 14(12)

Updated the legislative information page. No bills of interest passed, but the legislature has been very, very busy. I do suggest that folks take a look at the bills I found of interest: some may surprise you. In particular, there were a large number of bills declaring the intent of the legislature to dictate the process of allocating money from the Prop 1B bonds. My guess is that the assemblycritters didn't like their districts being shortchanged, and are trying to hijack the process. A number of this bills seem to make non-substantive changes to laws. My guess is that these bills are placeholders for future gut-and-rewrites, as there is a particular date after which bills may no longer be introduced. All this teaches me is that we need to watch our elected officials carefully. I'm beginning to think that every bill should require inclusion of the proposer's real rationale behind submitting the bill.

I'll note that one non-transit bill of interest did pass:

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

Reviewed the January, February, and March CTC Agendas. Noted the following items for inclusion:

From the January 2007 CTC Agenda:

From the February 2007 CTC Agenda:

The February meetings dealt solely with the Corridor Mobility Improvement Account allocations. The Corridor Mobility Improvement Account is the Caltrans side of Prop 1B. This final recommendations affected the following routes:Route 1, Route 4, Route 12, Route 14, Route 22, Route 24, Route 28, Route 29, Route 32, Route 41, Route 44, Route 46, Route 49, Route 57, Route 58, Route 65, Route 78, Route 91, Route 108, Route 138, Route 156, Route 178, Route 180, Route 198, Route 219, Route 299, I-5, I-10, I-15, I-80, I-205, I-215, I-405, I-580, I-680, I-805, I-880, US 50, US 101, and US 395.Overall, the CTC recommended funding for 21 projects in the south and 29 projects in the north. With respect to the Trade Corridor Improvement Fund (TCIF), the CTC noted that although details are unknown, the Route 86 Brawley Bypass might be a good candidate for that fund. They also noted that some HOV projects on major interstate trade corridors, such as I-5, I-10, I-80, and I-580, might be candidates. They noted that the SHOPP program might also be a source of funding for projects such as Doyle Drive in San Francisco, the I-10/I-605 interchange, and Route 138.

From the March 2007 CTC Agenda:

January 2007:

For a change, I had no link updates either mailed to me or posted on M.T.R. In a few months, I'll do the annual link verification, which I'm sure will lead to a bunch of them, but for today... I had none to worry about.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research(1), and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from John Cooper(2), Carlos Fernandez(3), Cameron Kaiser(4):Route 7(2), Route 24(3), Route 152(1), US 395(4)

Checked for legislative updates. It appears no new legislation was introduced since the last review.

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

Checked to see if there was a January CTC Agenda to review. The meeting hasn't occurred yet, so I'm deferring incorporating the changes. It is scheduled for 1/31-2/1,


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