Highway Safety Corridors & Task Forces

Since 1992, CHP has received funds from the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to establish task forces comprised of representatives from city, county, regional, state, and federal government agencies, and the private sector.

The mission of each task force is to assess a high-collision highway, truck, driving under the influence, and/or pedestrian corridor, make recommendations to improve traffic safety on the identified roadway or pedestrian site, and implement, if economically feasible, those recommendations.

The first task force assessed State Route (SR) 1 in Ventura County. Other task forces have worked to improve traffic safety on the following corridors:

State Routes & Highways

State Routes
SR 1 to Kern County Line	SR 118 in Ventura County
SR 1 in Los Angeles County	SR 138 in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties
SRs 12, 116, & 126, and Hwy. 101 in Sonoma County
Highways
Hwy. 2 in Los Angeles County	Hwy. 86 in Riverside County (included HWY 86, Hwy. 86S, and SR 195)
Hwy. 17 in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties	Hwy. 101 (Prunedale) in Monterey County
Hwy. 29 in Napa County	Hwy. 101 in San Luis Obispo County
Hwy. 41-46 in San Luis Obispo, Kings, Kern Counties	Hwys. 126 & 101 in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties
Hwy. 46 in Kern County	Hwy. 166 in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
Hwy. 65 in Kern and Tulare Counties

Trucks

None at this time.

Pedestrians

"Watch Out for Pedestrians" within the CHP Truckee Area, Valley Division.

South Los Angeles Pedestrian Safety Task Force in Los Angeles (LA) County

Hayward Pedestrian Safety Task Force in Alameda County

"Safe Streets Pedestrian Safety Task Force" in Los Angeles County (Santa Fe Springs)

East Los Angeles Pedestrian Task Force in Los Angeles County.

The newest task forces are addressing traffic safety issues on identified roadways described in the following material:

State Route 12 within he CHP Golden Gate and Valley Divisions
Includes segments in the CHP Solano, South Sacramento, and Stockton Areas.
Program Operations Phase: 4/1/08 thru 3/31/09

State Routes 120/49/108 in Sonora County
Program Operations Phase: October 1, 2008, through March 31, 2010

State Route 119 in Kern County (Between City of Taft and Interstate 5)
Program Operations Phase: 4/1/09 thru 3/31/10

Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County (Segments of incorporated cities of Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, & Ontario; unincorporated segments of San Bernardino County)
Program Operations Phase: 6/1/09 thru 5/31/10

State Route 49 - Grass Valley in Nevada County
Program Operations Phase: 8/1/09 thru 7/31/10

Commercial Truck Corridor Projects
None currently.

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Corridor Projects

Segments of Interstate 5 & Interstate 805 in San Diego County
Program Operations Phase: 4/1/08 thru 3/31/09
State Route 1 in Monterey County
Program Operations Phase: 8/1/08 thru 3/31/09
State Route 184 in Kern County
Program Operations Phase: 12/1/08 thru 11/30/09

DUI College Corridor Projects

University of California, Santa Barbara
Program Operations Phase: 4/1/07 thru 5/31/08
University of California, Humboldt
Program Operations Phase: 9/1/07 thru 10/31/08

New Projects (October 1, 2008 - Conducted during college semesters)

Corridor 1: University/College To Be Determined
Program Operations Phase: 4/1/09 thru 6/30/09 & 9/1/09 thru 5/31/10
Corridor 2: Universities/Colleges To Be Determined
Program Operations Phase: 9/1/09 thru 6/30/10 and 9/1/10 thru 10/31/10

Pedestrian Corridor Projects
Unincorporated segments in CHP Truckee and South Sacramento Areas
Program Operations Phase: 4/1/08 thru 7/31/09

Highway Safety Corridor Programs
Highway 12 Solano/San Joaquin/Sacramento Counties	State Routes 120/49/108 Tuolumne County
State Route 166 Santa Barbara County

Truck Safety Corridor Programs
Interstate 15 San Bernardino County	State Route 99 Kern County
Interstate 710 Los Angeles County

DUI Safety Corridor Programs
Interstate5 / Interstate 805 San Diego County	Interstate5 / Interstate 805 San Diego County
State Route 184 Kern County	State Route 1 Monterey County

College DUI Safety Corridor Programs
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County	University of California, Humboldt Humboldt County