Q: Each time we head to Sacramento and go the work being finished on Interstate 80 close to Vacaville, I ponder what they’re doing. Plenty of individuals journey within the quick lane, however it's proper subsequent to the momentary concrete barrier, so I fear about them.
Barbara Sandoval
A: The work you see being finished within the middle divide is a venture to increase the specific lane for 20 miles, from Crimson High Highway in Fairfield to Leisure City Highway (simply previous the I-505 junction) in Vacaville. This space is a little bit of a bottleneck now, the place east/west visitors on I-80 joins with north/south visitors on I-505.
Q: I take some exception to your recommendation about how handicap parking is enforced. I went to an Alameda County courthouse — Dublin, I feel — and a gardening tractor/trailer rig was parked throughout all handicap parking, besides one or two areas. I complained to sheriffs monitoring the steel detectors and their response was, “You bought a parking area, so what’s the issue?”
Much more egregious, Palo Alto Medical in Fremont was doing building on a brand new constructing. A contractor took up all of the handicap parking as a result of it was shut. I complained to their upkeep/services supervisor. He form of mentioned he’d look into it, nevertheless it didn’t cease. I had appointments on the second flooring of 1 constructing and will see individuals struggling to make the stroll as a result of they needed to park so far-off, together with aged individuals in wheelchairs.
Plenty of instances it’s simply blown off as a result of individuals suppose it’s “free parking,” and “You don’t look handicapped.” I could not look handicapped, however I’ve had each knees and a hip changed and mobility is a matter for me.
J. C.
A: Organizations and companies set an essential tone by how they deal with their handicap parking. Native police, nevertheless, are the one ones who can implement the legal guidelines, together with in non-public heaps.
Q: Our daughter drives a 2019 Bolt EV. I’ve been utilizing it the previous few days. Discovering a quick charger in Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Canoga Park or Woodland Hills is a nightmare. There are few quick chargers, some are malfunctioning, and a few which can be listed are in residence complexes. My husband arrived immediately in his Tesla 3. We spent an hour searching for a Tesla charger and began out in West Hollywood.
The infrastructure within the Bay Space is eons forward of Southern California. It’s been a irritating schooling. Fortuitously, our daughter lives in an residence complicated that has chargers so she “fuels” up simply.
Sara Jenez, Mountain View
A: Essential to know. It might enhance as extra companies understand the worth of providing charging to clients whereas they store.
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