{"id":1389,"date":"2019-04-03T06:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2019-04-03T06:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T06:30:59","slug":"a-california-lawmaker-proposes-lanes-with-no-speed-limit-on-two-of-the-states-busiest-highways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/a-california-lawmaker-proposes-lanes-with-no-speed-limit-on-two-of-the-states-busiest-highways\/","title":{"rendered":"A California Lawmaker Proposes Lanes with no Speed Limit on Two of the State&#8217;s Busiest Highways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Image_WB_CA-134_at_I-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Image_WB_CA-134_at_I-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Image_WB_CA-134_at_I-5-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Image_WB_CA-134_at_I-5-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPut the\npedal to the metal\u201d or the American version of Germany&#8217;s autobahn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\nCalifornia lawmaker has proposed a bill to construct speed limit-free lanes on\nI- 5 and Highway 99 in the state as a way to reduce pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator\nJohn Moorlach of Orange County, south of Los Angeles, has introduced Senate Bill 319,\nwhich would add two lanes each to the north- and south-bound lanes of Interstate 5 and Highway\n99. Those lanes would have no upper speed limit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>According to the bill submitted on Friday\u00a0by State Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa, traffic congestion increases the emissions of greenhouse gases as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\">the automobiles<\/a> idle longer while on roadways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If introduced,\nthe law would instruct the state to build two additional traffic lanes on\nnorthbound and southbound Interstate Route 5 where there shall not be a maximum\nspeed limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that the\u00a0state is abandoning its ambitious plan to construct high-speed rail from Los Angeles to San Francisco, and will instead build an initial segment in the Central Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moorlach suggests\nthat people with vehicles are provided the opportunity just to drive at 100\nmiles an hour and get to San Francisco in a shorter period of time than the\ntrain. Currently, the drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles takes almost 6\nhours, depending on traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany&#8217;s Autobahn is the most well-known example of highway stretches with no speed limits. There have been a few proposals to limit the speeds to the highways in order to cut pollution, but they\u00a0have been met with fierce opposition from many citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article226582279.html\">sacbee.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPut the pedal to the metal\u201d or the American version of Germany&#8217;s autobahn. A California lawmaker has proposed a bill to construct speed limit-free lanes on I- 5 and Highway 99 in the state as a way to reduce pollution. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/a-california-lawmaker-proposes-lanes-with-no-speed-limit-on-two-of-the-states-busiest-highways\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33,2],"tags":[123,34,54,122,106,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1391,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions\/1391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}