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Fob-in February poster

Whenever you drive a Caltrans vehicle, part of your job is to fob in. Nicholas Buenviaje, a landscape maintenance lead worker in District 11, wants to make sure that you do. Buenviaje spearheaded a Department-wide campaign to remi ...

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Innovation Station poster 2019

Do you have thoughts about how to improve Caltrans? If so, plan to disembark soon at Innovation Station. The idea-sharing and challenge-solving website, accessible via an icon on Caltrans’ Onramp webpage, was relaunched in early J ...

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Jeanie Ward-Waller

Recently we were asked how Caltrans’ 12 district boundaries came about. That led us to the library at Caltrans Headquarters, and down a scenic path of historical tidbits. Buckle up for a 110-year ride. The birth of the state hig ...

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In 1911, California’s highway system was divided into seven regional districts. Thirteen years later, three more districts were created. Today, there are 12.

Recently we were asked how Caltrans’ 12 district boundaries came about. That led us to the library at Caltrans Headquarters, and down a scenic path of historical tidbits. Buckle up for a 110-year ride. The birth of the state hig ...

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Marcial Pacek, left, and Chris Posey recently were reunited for the first time since Posey responded to help when Pacek was born Feb. 12, 1990, near a Caltrans toll plaza on the old Bay Bridge. Pacek, who like Posey is now a paramedic, has been called the “Bay Bridge Baby.”

On a Saturday morning in September 2018, a controlled explosion sent the very last remnants of the old eastern span on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge under the water and forever out of sight. For those who drive over its rep ...

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The California Transportation Foundation is ready when you need help – so please consider paying it forward and giving CTF a tax-deductible donation today! CTF is the leading charitable organization serving California’s transport ...

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