California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 5.8 - Energy Conservation in Transportation

• Section 25480.
  As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Transportation.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 686.)
• Section 25481.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:(a) Due to the projected rapid growth in demand for energy, coupled with the mounting difficulties in providing energy supplies,...
• Section 25482.
  All state agencies shall provide assistance to their employees living in metropolitan areas in establishing carpools and locating potential carpool participants. The department shall be...
• Section 25483.
  In order to perform its new function of promoting and assisting ridesharing, the department is authorized to establish ridesharing programs in metropolitan areas for public...
• Section 25484.
  The ridesharing programs established by the department may include, but are not limited to, computer or manual matching systems, promotional efforts to encourage carpooling, vanpooling,...
• Section 25485.
  The department shall develop programs and undertake any necessary construction to establish, for the use of carpool vehicles carrying at least three persons, preferential lanes...
• Section 25486.
  The department is encouraged to establish as soon as possible preferential lanes for the use of buses and three-passenger carpool vehicles in both directions on...

Last modified: October 22, 2018