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posted by martyb on Tuesday February 19 2019, @11:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the Wir-fahr'n-fahr'n-fahr'n-auf-der-Autobahn dept.

Brought to the floor by Senator John Moorlach of Orange County, SB-319 would direct the state's Department of Transportation to build two unlimited speed lanes on each side of Interstate 5 and State Route 99, the main north-south arteries linking cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. The sections of the roadways in question run straight through the supremely flat Central Valley, making for ideal high-speed driving conditions.

Perhaps paradoxically, California's answer to the German autobahn would be paid for by the state's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The text of SB-319 points out that the recent collapse of California's ambitious plan for a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco, which was originally intended to trace the same route as the proposed unlimited speed lanes, has left residents without "access to high-speed, unabated transportation across the state."

http://www.thedrive.com/news/26554/california-might-add-lanes-with-no-speed-limits-to-major-highways


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  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Wednesday February 20 2019, @04:01AM

    by captain normal (2205) on Wednesday February 20 2019, @04:01AM (#803853)

    Before I-5 was built Highway 99 was the main route between LA and Sacramento. It is still there and sometimes you can make better time using it between Modesto and Sacramento because of the I-5 - I-580 mess around Stockton and Tracy.

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