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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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