California Transportation Agency District Boundaries And Contact Information

Twelve Caltrans districts and other state agency boundaries define regional planning jurisdictions in California. The dataset includes contact details like address, phone, and webpage for each office. It was last updated by data.bayareametro.gov in July 2024.

Use Cases

• Mapping district boundaries for regional transportation planning using the_geom and DISTRICT columns.
• Analyzing the geographic distribution of planning agencies by joining on Region or DISTRICT fields.
• Contacting local offices for permitting or coordination using ADDRESS, PHONE, and WEBPAGE data.
• Calculating the spatial footprint of administrative areas using Shape__Area and Shape__Length columns.

Strengths

• Contains boundaries for 12 Caltrans districts plus MPO and RTPA agencies.
• Includes 10 columns of administrative and contact information per record.

Limitations

• Unknown row count prevents assessment of dataset completeness.
• Sample data unavailable, preventing verification of data integrity and format.
• Contains multiple agency types in one description, potentially indicating a merged collection rather than a single, focused dataset.

Provenance

Source

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) via data.bayareametro.gov.

Collection Method

Legislative and administrative boundary definitions, primarily based on county lines.

Freshness

Last updated July 2024.

Geography

State of California.