August 2019 Lunch Program

Every fall thousands of tourists stream into the agritourism area known as the famed Apple Hill (apples, vegetables, wine, and ranches), to celebrate the respite from summer heat and welcome in the brisk air and falling leaves. Some come for the plethora of apples and apple products, some for the hay rides, and some for the arts and crafts, but all added up, it equals 300% more traffic, which can cause a mile-long backup.

The Apple Farms Traffic Circulation Improvement Pilot Project implemented new traffic control measures for Apple Hill. New temporary traffic control measures restricted passenger vehicles to one direction on 2.5 miles of the busiest route, Carson Road, which allowed Transit buses and emergency vehicles to utilize the other direction. In the past, the Transit system and emergency vehicles would be stuck in the same vehicle grid lock and transit ridership was minimal. With this Project, transit…