The Transportation Family
This cabinet‑level agency, formed in 2013, oversees CHP, Caltrans, DMV, and OTS.
What is the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA)?
Caltrans is organized into this many districts statewide.
What is 12?
Motorcycles are prohibited from riding between lanes on California highways.
False
He convinced President Theodore Roosevelt to camp with him in Yosemite, helping spark federal protections.
Who is John Muir?
This San Jose mansion is famous for staircases that go nowhere, doors that open into walls, and decade‑spanning construction.
What is the Winchester Mystery House?
Name two of CalSTA’s “Core Four” priorities in its 2024–2026 Strategic Plan.
What are Safety and Equity? (also accept Climate Action and Economic Prosperity)
California’s first freeway (opened in 1940) connecting LA and Pasadena, now SR‑110.
What is the Arroyo Seco Parkway?
The Pacific Coast Highway (SR‑1) is under 200 miles long.
False (it’s ~655–656 miles)
This Oakland‑born author wrote The Call of the Wild and White Fang.
Who is Jack London?
This Sacramento landmark once served as a hospital for Gold Rush patients, and many report apparitions on its upper floors.
What is the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity area / Old City Hospital (Old Sacramento Hospital)?
The current CalSTA Secretary.
Who is Toks Omishakin?
The world’s first stack interchange (fully operational by 1953) connecting US‑101 and SR‑110. Named after the number of levels.
What is the Four Level Interchange?
Beginning May 7, 2025, domestic flyers must show a REAL ID or other TSA‑acceptable ID at U.S. airports.
True
This self‑taught engineer designed the aqueduct that made modern Los Angeles possible.
Who is William Mulholland?
This former Los Angeles hotel, built in 1923, is linked to infamous true‑crime cases and claims of paranormal activity on multiple floors.
What is the Cecil Hotel?
This commission adopts the biennial five‑year STIP.
What is the California Transportation Commission (CTC)?
Which district exclusively covers Orange County?
What is District 12?
DMV kiosks do not print registration tabs; you must wait for mail delivery.
False
(kiosks print tabs instantly).
He insisted on installing the first large‑scale construction safety net under the Golden Gate Bridge, saving dozens of workers’ lives.
Who is Joseph Strauss?
Ghost trains and miners are rumored to linger in this preserved Gold Rush town in the Sierra foothills.
What is Bodie?
The 2017 law that boosted transportation funding and created programs like SCCP and TCEP.
What is SB 1 (Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017)?
Name the two north–south routes that carry heavy truck traffic across District 6.
What are Interstate 5 and State Route 99?
School‑zone speed limits will always remain at 25 mph statewide.
False (AB 382 lowers them to 20 mph starting 2031).
This architect spent nearly 30 years designing and building the San Simeon estate known today as Hearst Castle.
Who is Julia Morgan?
This windy canyon road in Whittier is so packed with legends—strange lights, silhouettes, and chilling late‑night screams—that locals call it one of L.A.’s most haunted drives.
What is Turnbull Canyon?