BILL SEEKS LANE CHANGE RUNNER PROPOSES OPENING CAR-POOL ROUTES.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. introduced legislation Wednesday to open Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. car-pool lanes to all traffic during noncommuter hours. In addition to opening the lanes to vehicles occupied only by their drivers, Assembly Bill 1871 would allow motorists in the car-pool lane to move out of the lane at any time - rather than only at a few marked spots. ``Caltrans has the ability to make this decision, however they have not,'' Runner said. ``This is a response out of our frustration. This is the best way to move them along.'' In October, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
Caltrans has not yet responded to that request, which was supported by the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster. There are car-pool lanes in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern that allow all traffic during nonpeak hours, but none operate that way within Caltrans' District 7, which includes the Antelope Valley Freeway. Caltrans officials have expressed concerns that such a change in operation would require additional signs and might cause confusion for motorists. ``Right now we are evaluating whether this is feasible,'' said Caltrans spokeswoman Margie Tiritilli. Runner's bill does not specify the hours during which the car-pool lanes would be opened to all traffic. Local officials have suggested including weekends and midday hours, when traffic is lighter than during commuting times in mornings and evenings. Runner said allowing motorists to merge in and out of a car-pool lane whenever they choose would let travelers get around slower moving vehicles in the car-pool lane. At present, motorists must wait for marked breaks in the car-pool lanes, and those are several miles apart. Caltrans opened a car-pool lane in each direction of the Antelope Valley Freeway between Sand Canyon Road and Escondido Road in September. The $30 million project took three years to complete. Caltrans is planning to add 18.9 miles of car-pool lanes to the freeway from Escondido Canyon Road to Pearblossom Highway. Plans also call for adding car-pool lanes from the Interstate 5 interchange to San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . |
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