Report: Truck traffic through key corridor up 55% since 1992
The California Department of Transportation estimates that truck traffic at the Tejon Pass, a key stretch of the Interstate 5 Freeway linking southern and northern California, has increased 55 percent since 1992, the Bakersfield Californian reported this week.
The cause of the massive increase, say central California planning officials, is increasing cargo volumes at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles that are being hauled north. Passenger traffic increased 33 percent during the same stretch, the paper reported.