CT News 2025, Issue 2

Sal Torres III grew up surrounded by carabiners, ropes and climbing harnesses. Gear he now uses in his professional life as a transportation engineer in roadside maintenance for Caltrans District 2 and a certified climbing instruc ...

The Caltrans Employee Survey, the latest version of which was conducted last fall, was developed and analyzed to understand employees’ attitudes and preferences in the areas of communication, leadership, resources and overall sati ...

On May 21, the Caltrans Division of Construction Partnering Program recognized 23 teams at the 25th Annual Excellence in Partnering Awards Ceremony in downtown Sacramento. Acting Caltrans Director Mike Keever, numerous district di ...

Even before she came to work here, Mellody Mallick had great things to say about Caltrans. Now in her new role as the District 1 employee recruitment and engagement coordinator, she helps future and current employees see the great ...

Caltrans’ Division of Design, Office of Innovative Design and Delivery (OIDD) is honored to have received the 2025 Outstanding Value Methodology (VM)) Program Award from the SAVE International (a.k.a. Society of American Value Eng ...

ITE has spotlighted Division of Traffic Operations’ Jianyuan Xu in its Young Leaders to Follow commendations. Currently a transportation engineer at the Transportation System Analysis Branch of Office of Mobility & System Performa ...

It was a drizzly Saturday morning when Caltrans arrived at Long Beach’s Veterans Park on May 3 stocked with project flyers, kid-sized hard hats, coloring books, and candies. At the Caltrans booth, staff shared details about the up ...

In April, Caltrans paid tribute to the programs, districts, divisions and individuals who were integral to our success in meeting the $100 million efficiencies savings goal, as mandated by Senate Bill 1. For the seventh consecutiv ...

The 61st Annual Caltrans Invitational Golf Tournament was held in Monterey on May 15 and 16. Six teams from Caltrans Golf Clubs from around the state participated in this event, competing for prizes, pride and bragging rights.