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When the Foothill Toll Road in Orange County opened in 1993, it became the first California toll facility to use an ETC system. Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA), the local agency in charge of the toll road, named the system "FasTrak". [33] To this day, TCA still holds the trademark to the "FasTrak" name and logo. [34]
The California Driver Handbook is a booklet published by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. It is also available on the web. [15] Formerly titled the 'Vehicle Code Summary', it has information relating to licenses, examinations, laws/rules of the road, road signs, seat belts, and health and safety issues.
These charges can be either a flat fee (e.g., a fixed number of cents per mile, regardless of where or when the travel occurs) or a variable fee based on considerations such as time of travel, congestion levels on a facility, type of road, type and weight of the vehicle, vehicle emission levels, and ability to pay of the owner.
The California Department of Transportation has been toying with versions of a “road charge” program for years. Another pilot study is now under way, enticing Californians with gift cards of ...
California voters approved an $18 million bond issue for the construction of a state highway system in 1910, and the first California Highway Commission was convened in 1911. [7] On August 7, 1912, the department broke ground on its first construction project, the section of El Camino Real between South San Francisco and Burlingame , which ...
In January, California passed Assembly Bill 2147, which prohibits officers from stopping pedestrians for jaywalking unless there is an immediate danger of a crash. This means pedestrians legally ...
The state highway system of the U.S. state of California is a network of highways that are owned and maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).. Each highway is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route [1] [2]) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300–635).
Here are five California laws you may or may not already know and remember — there’s no shame in a refresher. The other motorists on the road will be grateful. Can I flash my high beams?