Changes to the California Highways Website: January – June 2016

[cahwyguy]

Yes, I know updates are starting late. Between all my theatre (you do read my theatre reviews, don’t you), the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and other volunteer activities, I haven’t had time to do much on the site. But it is May (and now it is June … and now it is July 4th weekend), and I really should get something done. So let’s at least catch up…

But first, if you take a look at the bottom of this page, you’ll see that this site has existed, in some form, for 30 years. It started as posting of a highway list to the various highway related USENET groups. It then became a site of its own on Pacificnet (which, surprisingly, is still around, but I have no idea who still uses it). During the days at Pacificnet, the cahighways.org domain was created. When Pacificnet got rid of shell accounts in 2004, I moved the site to Westhost, where it has been since. But 30 years. Wow.

I have debated making some changes to the look and feel, possibly going to a content management system. I’m not sure if I could juggle two WordPress installations (as my blog is a WordPress installation on the site). I’ve also though about possibly moving the main information to a wiki. There’s a possibility those would make it easier to edit. However, editing isn’t the time sink — it is going through all the headlines, all the legislative actions, and all the CTC minutes. That simply takes time, whatever the content management approach. I am aware that the look and feel is dated (and not at all well-suited to mobile). I’m open to your comments on this. Please leave your comments on potentially changing the look and feel on this change post on the blog, or mail them to me at faigin -at cahighways.org.

One change that I will likely explore is moving the site to https://. Part of me objects to that change: encryption is really only needed if you have something to protect, and this site is public information. But search engines are starting to insist on it, so when I find time, I’ll check with Westhost and see what is involved. It may mean moving to a newer virtual machine, and will mean upgrading the blog and possibly all the other sites hosted here (mljewish.org, scjfaq.org, casaeclectica.com). But the key words are: when I find time. For now, let’s look at the last four-five months of updates:

Updates were made to the following highways, based on my reading of the papers (which are posted to the roadgeeking category at the “Observations Along The Road” and to the California Highways Facebook group) as well as any backed up email changes. I also reviewed the the AAroads forum. Both of the before are through the end of May 2016. I’ve given up on misc.transport.road. This resulted in changes on the following routes, with credit as indicated [my research⁽¹⁾, contributions of information or leads (via direct mail) from John Culbert⁽²⁾, djsekani@AAroads⁽¹⁷⁾, Andy Field⁽³⁾, Ralph Herman⁽⁴⁾, Inyomono395@AAroads⁽⁵⁾, Jeffe@AAroads⁽⁶⁾, Jonathan Ledbetter⁽⁷⁾, JustDrive@AAroads⁽⁸⁾, Laurence Maller⁽⁹⁾, OccidentalTourist@AAroads⁽¹⁰⁾, Joe Rouse⁽¹¹⁾, Rschen7754@AAroads⁽¹²⁾, Arturo Salazar⁽¹³⁾, Chris Sampang⁽¹⁴⁾, Larry Scholnick⁽¹⁵⁾, sparker@AARoads⁽¹⁸⁾, Jeffrey Stone⁽¹⁷⁾, and Joel Windmiller⁽¹⁶⁾: Route 1^(1,14,8), Route 3⁽¹⁾, Route 4⁽¹⁾, I-5^(1,7,3), I-8⁽³⁾, I-10⁽¹⁾, Route 11⁽¹²⁾, Route 12^(1,3), Route 14⁽¹³⁾, I-15⁽¹⁾, Route 17⁽¹⁾, Route 20⁽¹⁾, Route 23⁽¹⁾, Route 25⁽¹⁾, Route 24⁽¹⁷⁾, Route 29^(1,3), Route 37^(1,3), Route 39⁽¹⁾, US 50^(1,3), Route 41⁽³⁾, Route 43⁽³⁾, Route 52⁽¹⁾, Route 57⁽¹⁾, Route 60⁽¹⁾, Route 65⁽¹⁾, Route 66^(1,3), Route 69⁽¹⁸⁾, Route 71⁽¹⁾, Route 74⁽¹⁾, Route 75^(1,3), Route 76⁽³⁾, I-80^(1,16), Route 89⁽¹⁾, Route 90⁽¹⁾, Route 91⁽¹⁾, Route 92⁽¹⁾, Route 99⁽¹⁾, Route 100⁽¹⁴⁾, US 101^(1,3,6), Route 103^(10,3), I-105⁽¹⁾, Route 110^(1,13), Route 111⁽¹⁷⁾, Route 118⁽¹⁾, Route 119⁽¹⁾, Route 120⁽¹⁾, Route 121⁽¹⁾, Route 126⁽³⁾, Route 132⁽¹⁾, Route 134⁽¹⁾, Route 138⁽¹⁾, Route 140⁽¹⁾, Route 148⁽⁹⁾, Route 154⁽¹⁾, Route 160⁽¹⁾, Route 162⁽³⁾, Route 180⁽¹⁾, Route 198⁽³⁾, I-210⁽⁴⁾, I-215⁽¹⁾, Route 221⁽¹⁾, Route 245⁽¹⁸⁾, Route 246⁽¹⁾, I-280⁽¹⁾, US 395^(1,5,16), I-405⁽¹⁾, I-580^(1,11), I-605⁽¹⁾, I-680⁽¹⁾, I-710⁽¹⁾, I-805⁽¹⁾, I-880⁽¹⁾, Santa Clara County Route G4⁽¹⁾, Sacramento County Route J10⁽²⁾. Los Angeles County Route N4⁽¹⁵⁾, Los Angeles County Route N6⁽¹⁵⁾, Los Angeles County Route N7⁽¹⁵⁾.

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