Sacramento — Caltrans announced today it is awarding $34.7 million in state and federal funds to cities, counties, tribes and transit agencies throughout California – including $25 million funded by Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability…
Building roads to save Yosemite toads
Caltrans installs the mini-culvert undercrossing for Yosemite toads along State Route 108 in Mono County. Credit: Kris Bason/Caltrans Each spring…
Port of Long Beach and Caltrans open new Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project in Long Beach
HNTB performed type selection, conceptual and preliminary design and owner’s engineer responsibilities for the new 2,000-foot-long cable-stayed bridge…
Caltrans Welcomes New Deputy Director for Sustainability
SACRAMENTO – Caltrans today announced the appointment of Ellen Greenberg as its new Deputy Director for Sustainability, who will oversee Caltrans’ continued efforts to shift and align its policies and practices to improve the environment, the economy and…
Caltrans Heroes Honored with State’s Highest Honor for Public Servants
SACRAMENTO - Four California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) employees who showed courage in the face of danger were presented with the Governor’s State Employee Medal of Valor Award. “All Caltrans employees are honorable servants of the state…
Caltrans Partners with Waze Connected Citizens Program
SACRAMENTO—Caltrans today announced a new, free data-sharing partnership with Waze, the navigation app powered by drivers, in which each will share data to provide the public with better traffic and road information. "Combining the real-time anonymous data…
Caltrans Increasingly Relies on Mobile Mapping Rather than Traditional Surveying
Caltrans' high-tech Mobile Terrestrial Laser Scanning vehicle is revolutionizing traditional survey, design and engineering practices. Featuring seven cameras, two spinning lasers and amber rotator lights, it combines the use of a laser scanner and global…
Caltrans to Explore Solar Roadway Technology
SACRAMENTO—California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Director Malcolm Dougherty today signed a letter of intent with the Province of Noord-Holland (Netherlands) Vice Governor Elisabeth Post, MMC to look at sustainable options for capturing solar…
Caltrans Charters a New Innovation Group
SACRAMENTO–Caltrans and Federal Highway Administration leaders today signed a charter establishing the California State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC), which will serve as a forum for advocating and overseeing the rapid deployment of innovations…
Caltrans Launches New Stormwater Pollution Prevention Campaign
SACRAMENTO—Caltrans today unveiled its new stormwater public education and outreach campaign “Protect Every Drop” to educate Californians about the sources and pathways of stormwater pollution, and encourage motorists to reduce the pollutants that affect…
