Director's Corner

Mark your calendars for the March 9 Town Hall

Hello Team Caltrans! I want to begin by thanking you for the part you played in helping us confront, address and recover from the deluge of storms that impacted the entire state around New Year’s. Our state’s transportation system sustained a few temporary setbacks but through your hard work and expertise, we quickly resumed our normal operations and our steady, determined pursuit of greater efficiencies, forward-looking projects and, of course, increased safety.

We have much to be proud of, and yet much more to do. Next month we will have an opportunity to discuss in a question-and-answer format how things are going as we work together to make our world-class transportation system even better.

Please join Chief Deputy Michael Keever and me at the Director’s Town Hall, which District 4 will host from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 9. Please mark your calendars to tune in via YouTube. The accompanying flyer has a QR code for those joining the meeting from a mobile device.

(If you would like to attend in-person – at the District 4 Training Center, Building 3, San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Complex, 200 Burma Road, Oakland – please fill out our online RSVP form.)

In this CT News column, I also would like repeat my Jan. 31 announcement that the Director’s Office of Sustainability and Caltrans Office of Race and Equity (CORE) have combined forces to form the new Director’s Office of Equity, Sustainability & Tribal Affairs. This merger represents the direction I would like us all to take to advance holistic, integrated, and restorative policies to planning, building, and advocating for a more just transportation system.

Please join me in celebrating this latest milestone by learning more about the team and their mission and values on their website. You can email the team directly at sustainability@dot.ca.gov with any questions.

Enjoy this latest edition of our department e-newsletter, and thank you again for all you do. Stay safe.