Read more about the future of Highway 1, including the costs of maintaining this iconic road: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/should-california-give-highway-1?
@@fig1 Thanks! TLDR quotes from the article: "UC Santa Cruz professor of Earth science Gary Griggs ... Griggs favors treating Big Sur like any other major tourist destination and charging an entrance fee to generate enough money for cleanup. “Some of these big slides cost $50 million to fix. Somewhere between 5 and 7 million people travel that road in a typical year when it's open; if every car pays $10, that would go a long way in covering the repair costs,” Griggs says. "
It is too close to the shore! Side roads to scenic vistas are easier to maintain. You've tried to mix tourism with transportation, and all you get is very expensive distracted driving.
Make the most expensive to maintain sections TOLL ROAD. Californian's have enough taxes and don't need to subsidize tourism and the rich Big Sur locals, but they could get a yearly pass to make it fair
That inhibits your freedom to travel freely, highway 1 is a major roadway for van lifers, travelers and tourists so there’s a lot of people who would be negatively impacted by this. Instead we need to better allocate the millions and millions we already do give in taxes to rebuild our infrastructure instead of giving homeless people needles and illegal immigrants health care.
If you've ever been down this stretch of roas - Big Sur - on the Southbound coast side in a RV you'd know why it collapses. In Fall and Winter this area gets heavy rainfall. And this road is not an Interstate.
We should absolutly not abandon the most beautiful road in the state. Coastal erosion is enevitable. But the highway can be repaired. It can be fortified. I say save it.
It’s not only PCH, but the train tracks as well. I remember being on Amtrak one day where the whole car jolted (left/right) after Oceanside/near San Diego. That part of the track was closed for repairs shortly after because the land was shifting.
Yup, they're working on a tunnel under the Del Mar bluff for that very reason. Can't open soon enough, if you ask me. The Coaster/Surfliner ROW also needs to be electrified and double tracked, and there should be high frequency connections all the way from LA Union to Santa Fe Depot (or the proposed future Downtown San Diego Station), but that's another rant for another day.
Can we try forestation method employed by some Asian countries. Plant trees with large roots that can hold the earth together. I think it's better use of the $$$ than keep pouring concrete in building reinforcement.
Went to Big Sur for a day, and left a bit early as it started to rain. Shortly after we left, one of those road shutdowns of this year happened. Dodged a bullet.
It is not “climate change”… forest fires and landslides have been happening since the beginning of Earth. This a road on a cliff on the pacific ocean, it always has been tough to maintain and always will be, but that is because it is extremely unique and special. People travel from around the world to drive up the coast, it is worth the upkeep!
Climate change means forest fires happen more often because the ground can get hotter and drier, it means rain falls gets more extreme as well. This along with other factors lead to more landslides. Just gotta think a bit deeper
California Highway 1 between Morro Bay on the South and Carmel on the North is the most scenic coastal highway in the entire state of California. There are incredible views of the Pacific Ocean and Coastal Mountains. Over time State Parks and small communities have developed along California Coastal Highway 1. Because of the State Parks and the small tourist communities, it is necessary to keep this highway and maintain this highway. So there is no easy, simple solution to all the landslides that occur because of the geology of this area. Because of the high cost to maintain this highway it should be made into a toll road, with fees charged to tourists and visitors to keep the highway maintained.
I mean, yeah, I think it’d be better as a more chill train experience. Some places are so scenic it sucks being the driver. And then it sucks seeing people veer into your lane distracted from the beauty. I loved the drive, but would love a more panoramic glass train event with it.
I have done this road trip 5 times in my life. I am against any sort of new taxes in CA. But to maintain this road I would gladly pay tax. Every CA resident needs to take this drive… if you havnt then you don’t know the beauty our state has to offer
REBUILD IT But put a SUPER STRONG BARRIER so nothing landslides onto the HIGHWAY Add QUALITY REST AREAS with BUILDING Every Mile - with Bathrooms Table Chairs Sofa Cots, Kitchen Area Emergency Phones, Computer BLANKETS TOILET PAPER Towels Paper towels Water Snacks Car & Tire Repair Stuff Rope Tools Flashlight Batteries
You are all wrong!!!! Create sectional tunnels that interconnect. They can be held up or suspended. Place them ready to go and pre loaded up, or build them directly onto the trailers. Problem arrives???? Fixed in 2-5 days.
It’s a fantastic drive, but yeah, it’s a bit scary seeing the inevitable wash-outs on the news every few years. I think, what if that happens the next time I’m on it, but then a few years go by and I’m heading to Hearst Castle or wherever and it all seems worth the risk.
Yes, but, . . . It has been built and we all know now how beautiful it is. I have driven it a few times and am always awed by the beauty of Coastal California. I am not alone. I hope ways can be found to keep this Big Sur section open.
I’m tired of this whole “probably shouldn’t exist” bs. If there wasn’t any demand for it, it wouldn’t exist. New Orleans? Shouldn’t exist.. Phoenix? Shouldn’t exist! Miami? Shouldn’t exist. Every place is going to have some problems.. can’t just throw hands and give up every single time. PCH is amazing and I hope they rebuild it every single time. Maybe charge a toll!
The taxpayers have to pay for those roads. Have to pay to maintain them, rebuild them and repair them. Big Sur is a giant money sink and inevitably people are going to die on that road when the landslides inevitably come. It's not worth it. All for some scenic views? You can have those views without the road, just get off your ass and hike to them. Nobody needs that road to continue to exist there. It's not worth the price to keep repairing it and rebuilding it.
U.S. 101 between San Francisco and Los Angeles should be rerouted over what is now California 1 and current U.S. 101 between downtown LA and SF should then be upgraded into Interstate 1. The highway is already all divided highway and is more than 60 percent freeway and the rest is expressway with at grade intersections and not a single street light or stop sign.
There is no viable solution to save Hwy 1, also there is another known problem with Hwy 1, people over speeding and losing control of their vehicle on the turns.
It's not climate change causing road closures or collapses or any other buzzword that isn't scientifically proven. The road has issues because it is built on a cliffside no amount of engineering in the world can stop a road from Washing into the sea during California severe winter rainstorm season... To those of you that are not familiar with California remember all of California's rain basically comes from the end of November to about the end of February in a normal year and about the end of April in a really heavy rain year. There used to be a TV show called California's Gold many decades ago at the host huell howser set at the best when it comes to rain in California it's either feast or famine. That isn't climate change It's called normal weather events.
Climate change causes drought, drought exasperates the fires. Fires destroy the vegetation that soaks up the water that increases the frequency and the scale of the landslides. It's science so basic a third grader can figure it out. Yea the cliffs there are unstable and were always going to be prone to landslides, that's true. Climate Change is making the problem worse.
So much of big sur lacks public access. Many roads off highway 1 are gated, with wealthy landowners only having access. Its a playground for the wealthy. It's not worth it
California makes over 140 billion in tourism dollars each year and a large part of that is tourists driving up 1 and visiting the coastal communities along the way. It is very much worth it.
Did you watch the video? There's nothing to figure out. The entire area is constantly eroding. It's simply a bad place to put a road. They can keep repairing it at great cost to the taxpayers, but they can't engineer around the fact that the ground is unstable there and not suitable for a big highway.
@@ktvindicare The tourist it brings provides more revenue than the cost to maintain it. If it wasn't for the tourist money it brings, it would have been abandoned decades ago. Now that there are more tourists and building technology than 3 decades ago, there is even greater reasons to keep it. You should visit highway one. The beauty of this place will quickly make you realize why California keeps it.
Either fix it and allow free access to all, or don't fix it and close it for all. Fees for a public road are outrageous. Just go to the east coast and pay tolls. Paying tolls just allows for a class structure to get bigger and bigger. The SF Bay area has turned into pay2play work environment which allows the rich to bypass the hoi polloi stuck in traffic vs the car pool lane it was prior to this. Let the rich carpool or inhale smog like the rest.
@@AAWGASHTADS do we really want to put the freedom of movement behind a paywall? Should all roads be toll? Taxes are levied to pay for roads to equally benefit all. Restricting freedom of movement curtails liberty. The question is why have this road in the first place? Does it still serve the public good? If not, close it.
@@Chris-ut6eq So we are taking the leaps from everyone paying for the roads to just the users paying for some hard to maintain roads to closing roads down based on societal benefit . Where does restricting movement come in more than your closing the road as a " solution?'
The idea of toll roads arnt a new thing. Your argument of fixing it and making it free or shutting it down is just illogical. Currently we are doing the first thing of fixing it and making it free however it comes with the issue cost vs the purpose of the PCH. The PCH is a tourist attraction and a historic landmark, this means that few Californians actually travel the PCH regularly, so why should the millions of Californians that don’t use or benefit from the road pay for it. These tax dollars could be better used in developed urban areas that do need to money instead. In addition to that shutting it down is also unreasonable since many businesses sit along the road, and im not going to even go into the cultural aspect we would loose from shutting it down. Not to mention the millions that have already been spent to upgrade the road being essentially flushed down the drain. The idea of a toll road fixes this. It subsidizes the money needed for repairs allowing the road to stay open without taking millions out of the pockets of those who dont use the road. And for the arguement that it encourages “ class structure” or restricts your rights also makes no sense. Many bridges, tunnels and specialize roads charge tolls not because they want your money but because the structure in its nature costs more to fix and maintain than the average road. Which based off of the volatile nature of the PCH fits in this category of roadway pretty well. In addition to that 99% of those who drive the road arnt using it as a means to travel from SF to LA, it you actually were traveling you would take a plane, train or drive inland highways. The PCH is purely existing today as a leisure thing meaning most people who use it would be willing to pay a few dollars to enjoy the experience. And if you really think about it you could make the argument that bridges, national parks, private parking lots also “restricts your freedom” but remember that we don’t have to use it if we don’t want to just like the PCH. And for ethicality those who do live or work on the PCH, they could receive Fastrak like systems that gives them either free or reduced tolls, allowing those who actually use it often to not suffer from the tolls. So in the end the best way to actually go about it is a toll.
Highway 1 is big joke and should be closed. They keep wasting millions dollars on fixing this highway 1 . Their needs too be a toll fee if they want this highway open and quit wasting taxpayers money on this.
Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California is sliding big time. It has a significant number of homes. The solution: the power was turned off to incentivize folks to move.
I love the PCH. HWY. 1 is Historic. Been up and down it all my life. There is nowhere else like it. We have enough money. Fix it and keep it open. And the PCH goes back long before the railroads. Who's heard of El Camino Real? LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
@dfinma if you can't even write a correct sentence, you have nothing to say about it. "Should be bring it back"? My family has been here since before 1850. It's our Heritage. And a beautiful drive. Keep in your lane, or better yet, drive away. 🚗 😁 😂 😀 🚗 🏍 LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
@dfinma the only thing that is stupid is all the people that came to this state after 1875. I suspect you may be one of those. If you don't like it, the state or the road, get out. And I'll enjoy my highway. Write what you want from here on out, I could give a F. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
They were going to put it out over the ocean from PT. Magu Rock to Santa Monica back in the 60s!😂 Now they're going to destroy all the houses with their man-made Titalwave😮 technology!
California., the fifth largest economy in the world, as touted over and over again by our idiot governor, should be able to build a road that can outlast the environment. Possibly make an elevated highway? Maybe we call china and ask how to do it?
You know, I was born in California in 1948. Lived here all my life. Love it here. But, highway 1 is just a huge boondoggle. I say, abandon it. 😢. It’s going to be impossible to maintain given all the ecological conditions facing us.
Read more about the future of Highway 1, including the costs of maintaining this iconic road: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/should-california-give-highway-1?
@@fig1 Thanks! TLDR quotes from the article: "UC Santa Cruz professor of Earth science Gary Griggs ... Griggs favors treating Big Sur like any other major tourist destination and charging an entrance fee to generate enough money for cleanup. “Some of these big slides cost $50 million to fix. Somewhere between 5 and 7 million people travel that road in a typical year when it's open; if every car pays $10, that would go a long way in covering the repair costs,” Griggs says. "
This highway is one of the most beloved treasures in California.
Yep. I drove it all the way to Washington state on 101. One of the best memories of my life. Stunning drive.
@ I agree! Mom was driving on my first trip so I was free to look around. Wonderful!
It is too close to the shore! Side roads to scenic vistas are easier to maintain. You've tried to mix tourism with transportation, and all you get is very expensive distracted driving.
I would say at this point all transportation is done inland on 101, I5, or SR99
@@TysonIke That would be incorrect. People that live in costal communities depend on that road.
Make the most expensive to maintain sections TOLL ROAD. Californian's have enough taxes and don't need to subsidize tourism and the rich Big Sur locals, but they could get a yearly pass to make it fair
Great idea!
Bad idea .
don't rob ppl
That inhibits your freedom to travel freely, highway 1 is a major roadway for van lifers, travelers and tourists so there’s a lot of people who would be negatively impacted by this. Instead we need to better allocate the millions and millions we already do give in taxes to rebuild our infrastructure instead of giving homeless people needles and illegal immigrants health care.
Stockholm syndrome comment.
It’s also where a bunch of people live, so not really an option to abandon whole towns.
If you've ever been down this stretch of roas - Big Sur - on the Southbound coast side in a RV you'd know why it collapses. In Fall and Winter this area gets heavy rainfall. And this road is not an Interstate.
I feel like it has more to do with the ocean next to it.
We should absolutly not abandon the most beautiful road in the state. Coastal erosion is enevitable. But the highway can be repaired. It can be fortified. I say save it.
It’s not only PCH, but the train tracks as well. I remember being on Amtrak one day where the whole car jolted (left/right) after Oceanside/near San Diego. That part of the track was closed for repairs shortly after because the land was shifting.
Yup, they're working on a tunnel under the Del Mar bluff for that very reason. Can't open soon enough, if you ask me.
The Coaster/Surfliner ROW also needs to be electrified and double tracked, and there should be high frequency connections all the way from LA Union to Santa Fe Depot (or the proposed future Downtown San Diego Station), but that's another rant for another day.
“Castles made of sand…. Slip into the sea… Eventually…”‼️ - Jimi
Can we try forestation method employed by some Asian countries. Plant trees with large roots that can hold the earth together. I think it's better use of the $$$ than keep pouring concrete in building reinforcement.
but that would require california to use their brains. Toyon or lemonade berry would be best native plants for that
I had the chance to drive from SF to LA in 2012 through this road and each turn opens to a sensational view!
I have news for the author of this video: ahoy 17 does not hug the coast. Hwy 1 and Hwy 17 are TWO DIFFERENT highways.
Went to Big Sur for a day, and left a bit early as it started to rain. Shortly after we left, one of those road shutdowns of this year happened. Dodged a bullet.
Also all the sandstone. Didn't hear it mentioned, just the variety of rocks.
We all know why it happens and no we can't stop it from happening again.
Erosion?
Great ride on a motorcycle.
It is not “climate change”… forest fires and landslides have been happening since the beginning of Earth. This a road on a cliff on the pacific ocean, it always has been tough to maintain and always will be, but that is because it is extremely unique and special. People travel from around the world to drive up the coast, it is worth the upkeep!
😄😄 I know, I laughed when the clueless narrator said, "climate change", and turned it off.
Climate change means forest fires happen more often because the ground can get hotter and drier, it means rain falls gets more extreme as well.
This along with other factors lead to more landslides. Just gotta think a bit deeper
Would make a fine pedestrian/bicycle trail...
It'd be way easier to stop for photos
yeah I think this makes the most sense, and for cars to access towns along the coast have spur roads that go inland
We can either have PCH1, or we would have to replace it with two dozen other access roads over the coastal ranges, each one just as vulnerable.
It keeps collapsing b/c it was built where it shouldn't have been built.
Are you from CA? Have you even driven on it?
@@hellocopter108 It happens to all coastal areas, globally.
@@hellocopter108 How is this relevant?
It was originally built for railroads then converted to a highway when autos became popular in the 1920's.
Yes! Just divert through the Big Valley and let Bakersfield profit.
California Highway 1 between Morro Bay on the South and Carmel on the North is the most scenic coastal highway in the entire state of California. There are incredible views of the Pacific Ocean and Coastal Mountains. Over time State Parks and small communities have developed along California Coastal Highway 1. Because of the State Parks and the small tourist communities, it is necessary to keep this highway and maintain this highway. So there is no easy, simple solution to all the landslides that occur because of the geology of this area. Because of the high cost to maintain this highway it should be made into a toll road, with fees charged to tourists and visitors to keep the highway maintained.
I mean, yeah, I think it’d be better as a more chill train experience. Some places are so scenic it sucks being the driver. And then it sucks seeing people veer into your lane distracted from the beauty. I loved the drive, but would love a more panoramic glass train event with it.
I have done this road trip 5 times in my life. I am against any sort of new taxes in CA. But to maintain this road I would gladly pay tax. Every CA resident needs to take this drive… if you havnt then you don’t know the beauty our state has to offer
They don't call it Devil slide for nothing
REBUILD IT
But put a SUPER STRONG BARRIER so nothing landslides onto the HIGHWAY
Add QUALITY
REST AREAS
with BUILDING
Every Mile -
with
Bathrooms
Table Chairs Sofa Cots, Kitchen Area
Emergency Phones,
Computer
BLANKETS
TOILET PAPER
Towels
Paper towels
Water
Snacks
Car & Tire
Repair Stuff
Rope
Tools
Flashlight Batteries
You are all wrong!!!!
Create sectional tunnels that interconnect. They can be held up or suspended. Place them ready to go and pre loaded up, or build them directly onto the trailers. Problem arrives???? Fixed in 2-5 days.
It’s a fantastic drive, but yeah, it’s a bit scary seeing the inevitable wash-outs on the news every few years. I think, what if that happens the next time I’m on it, but then a few years go by and I’m heading to Hearst Castle or wherever and it all seems worth the risk.
I think it's called erosion and gravity. It's been happening forever. Or we could try buying an EV and see if that helps.
Because heavier EVs defy gravity. Got it.
Great video!
Yes, but, . . . It has been built and we all know now how beautiful it is. I have driven it a few times and am always awed by the beauty of Coastal California. I am not alone. I hope ways can be found to keep this Big Sur section open.
Maybe Highway 1 is abandoning them. Not the other way around.
I’m tired of this whole “probably shouldn’t exist” bs. If there wasn’t any demand for it, it wouldn’t exist. New Orleans? Shouldn’t exist.. Phoenix? Shouldn’t exist! Miami? Shouldn’t exist. Every place is going to have some problems.. can’t just throw hands and give up every single time.
PCH is amazing and I hope they rebuild it every single time. Maybe charge a toll!
Why don’t we get rid of the mountain instead?
What does solar panels got to do with the earths grinding plates
Solid AD reference 😂
I’m 54 and hope to be alive 30 more years…….Highway 1 will still be around for ME. 😎🥂
park fee + severe limits on vehicle weight, say under 2000lb, which mean almost all cars are overweight
NO: the job of government is to provide roads and highways. Regardless of how often they need to be rebuilt or re-engineered.
The taxpayers have to pay for those roads. Have to pay to maintain them, rebuild them and repair them. Big Sur is a giant money sink and inevitably people are going to die on that road when the landslides inevitably come. It's not worth it. All for some scenic views? You can have those views without the road, just get off your ass and hike to them. Nobody needs that road to continue to exist there. It's not worth the price to keep repairing it and rebuilding it.
Increased vegetation would help stabalize the soil, like trees
absolutely 💯 for so many reasons
U.S. 101 between San Francisco and Los Angeles should be rerouted over what is now California 1 and current U.S. 101 between downtown LA and SF should then be upgraded into Interstate 1. The highway is already all divided highway and is more than 60 percent freeway and the rest is expressway with at grade intersections and not a single street light or stop sign.
No. That’s an insane idea. Do you realize how much money Highway 1 brings in tourism dollars?
Thank god i did the road trip before landslides started
I would build a tunnel. These erosion will never improve because oceans naturally wear out coastal areas.
Solid as a rock!
Thanks, definitely helpful information but also sparks a lot more questions. The brightsided ending is 🙄
Either move the highway or leave the place alone!
I'm glad me and the fam got to ride it a few years ago before the rest of it collapses.
There is no viable solution to save Hwy 1, also there is another known problem with Hwy 1, people over speeding and losing control of their vehicle on the turns.
If you’re not from California then why speak on these issues. However , no they shouldnt.
Why not turn it into a toll road for non-California residents to help pay for repairs?
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Watching from Salinas! S/O from home!
It's not climate change causing road closures or collapses or any other buzzword that isn't scientifically proven.
The road has issues because it is built on a cliffside no amount of engineering in the world can stop a road from Washing into the sea during California severe winter rainstorm season...
To those of you that are not familiar with California remember all of California's rain basically comes from the end of November to about the end of February in a normal year and about the end of April in a really heavy rain year.
There used to be a TV show called California's Gold many decades ago at the host huell howser set at the best when it comes to rain in California it's either feast or famine.
That isn't climate change It's called normal weather events.
Climate change causes drought, drought exasperates the fires. Fires destroy the vegetation that soaks up the water that increases the frequency and the scale of the landslides. It's science so basic a third grader can figure it out. Yea the cliffs there are unstable and were always going to be prone to landslides, that's true. Climate Change is making the problem worse.
the answer is yes unfortunately.
Great video. Great content. UCSC Alum. Just subscribed. Looking forward to watching more.
$54 million dollars to move/remove dirt/rock/debris?....sounds hella excessive! Someone is profiting from that.
You just made an engineering marvel sound very simple. Ya let's just move around some dirt and we are good to go , that simple!
@renegadezen7841 you just made $54 million dollars sound like it's nothing.
@@SAPPER510 it is nothing. you’re just that poor.
@@Skittlez998 I guess you have plenty to share then.
So much of big sur lacks public access. Many roads off highway 1 are gated, with wealthy landowners only having access. Its a playground for the wealthy. It's not worth it
California makes over 140 billion in tourism dollars each year and a large part of that is tourists driving up 1 and visiting the coastal communities along the way. It is very much worth it.
Don't abandon it, it draws in two million tourists a year. Let our engineers figure it out.
Did you watch the video? There's nothing to figure out. The entire area is constantly eroding. It's simply a bad place to put a road. They can keep repairing it at great cost to the taxpayers, but they can't engineer around the fact that the ground is unstable there and not suitable for a big highway.
@@ktvindicare The tourist it brings provides more revenue than the cost to maintain it. If it wasn't for the tourist money it brings, it would have been abandoned decades ago. Now that there are more tourists and building technology than 3 decades ago, there is even greater reasons to keep it. You should visit highway one. The beauty of this place will quickly make you realize why California keeps it.
Absolute Braindead messaging, this area is a NATIONAL treasure
Big sir is coming soon with fix
BIG SIR,,, more like
BIG Ma'am.
("that's a HUGE b****;;
sorry to bring up that movie)
😂😂😂
Either fix it and allow free access to all, or don't fix it and close it for all. Fees for a public road are outrageous. Just go to the east coast and pay tolls. Paying tolls just allows for a class structure to get bigger and bigger. The SF Bay area has turned into pay2play work environment which allows the rich to bypass the hoi polloi stuck in traffic vs the car pool lane it was prior to this. Let the rich carpool or inhale smog like the rest.
Some would say letting those that use pay would be more fair than everyone paying .
@@AAWGASHTADS do we really want to put the freedom of movement behind a paywall? Should all roads be toll? Taxes are levied to pay for roads to equally benefit all. Restricting freedom of movement curtails liberty.
The question is why have this road in the first place? Does it still serve the public good? If not, close it.
@@Chris-ut6eq So we are taking the leaps from everyone paying for the roads to just the users paying for some hard to maintain roads to closing roads down based on societal benefit . Where does restricting movement come in more than your closing the road as a " solution?'
The idea of toll roads arnt a new thing. Your argument of fixing it and making it free or shutting it down is just illogical. Currently we are doing the first thing of fixing it and making it free however it comes with the issue cost vs the purpose of the PCH. The PCH is a tourist attraction and a historic landmark, this means that few Californians actually travel the PCH regularly, so why should the millions of Californians that don’t use or benefit from the road pay for it. These tax dollars could be better used in developed urban areas that do need to money instead.
In addition to that shutting it down is also unreasonable since many businesses sit along the road, and im not going to even go into the cultural aspect we would loose from shutting it down. Not to mention the millions that have already been spent to upgrade the road being essentially flushed down the drain.
The idea of a toll road fixes this. It subsidizes the money needed for repairs allowing the road to stay open without taking millions out of the pockets of those who dont use the road.
And for the arguement that it encourages “ class structure” or restricts your rights also makes no sense. Many bridges, tunnels and specialize roads charge tolls not because they want your money but because the structure in its nature costs more to fix and maintain than the average road. Which based off of the volatile nature of the PCH fits in this category of roadway pretty well. In addition to that 99% of those who drive the road arnt using it as a means to travel from SF to LA, it you actually were traveling you would take a plane, train or drive inland highways. The PCH is purely existing today as a leisure thing meaning most people who use it would be willing to pay a few dollars to enjoy the experience.
And if you really think about it you could make the argument that bridges, national parks, private parking lots also “restricts your freedom” but remember that we don’t have to use it if we don’t want to just like the PCH.
And for ethicality those who do live or work on the PCH, they could receive Fastrak like systems that gives them either free or reduced tolls, allowing those who actually use it often to not suffer from the tolls.
So in the end the best way to actually go about it is a toll.
Big Sur PCH Climate Chaos Toll Road?😕
Highway 1 is big joke and should be closed. They keep wasting millions dollars on fixing this highway 1 . Their needs too be a toll fee if they want this highway open and quit wasting taxpayers money on this.
Toll fee sucks and plus they could’ve use the money from the tolls that exist on the bridges at the bay area
Give it back to nature 😮
IT'S JUST WEATHER
I can live without risking the view.
Highway 1 should abandon California.
Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California is sliding big time. It has a significant number of homes. The solution: the power was turned off to incentivize folks to move.
solar? wind? There are off-grid options.
FWIU the power was turned off due to excessive fire hazard because of the lines being buried in or suspended from poles set into shifting ground.
no
Privatize it.
Forget Highway 1. Save I-5😊
Highway 1 is not only scenic but a critical artery. Bridge the questionable sections.
Too long
move it further inland
Please stop calling poor forestry management 'climate change'. It's very tiring to hear.
Should make it just a hiking/biking trail.
Hiking only. No traffic.
Helllllllll Nooooooooooooooooooooo. I love that highway!
No period
I love highway 1
I love the PCH. HWY. 1 is Historic. Been up and down it all my life. There is nowhere else like it. We have enough money. Fix it and keep it open.
And the PCH goes back long before the railroads. Who's heard of El Camino Real?
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The Hindenburg is historic too. Should we bring it back?
@dfinma if you can't even write a correct sentence, you have nothing to say about it. "Should be bring it back"?
My family has been here since before 1850. It's our Heritage. And a beautiful drive. Keep in your lane, or better yet, drive away. 🚗 😁 😂 😀 🚗 🏍
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@@williamhiles7404 If something is stupid, doing it for a longer time makes it more stupid.
@dfinma the only thing that is stupid is all the people that came to this state after 1875. I suspect you may be one of those. If you don't like it, the state or the road, get out. And I'll enjoy my highway.
Write what you want from here on out, I could give a F.
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@@dfinma By that logic you should quit getting out of bed in the morning 😂
Stupidity (doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results) and lack of foresight.
Saying all fires are "climate change" is part of the problem. They Aren't ALL. Sweeping generalities are just buzzwords. Fluff. Twinkies.
How hard is it to build splendid bridges and also provide wild life access to the shore line? So simple.
On moving ground? Well, difficult.
Elon Musk said he can fix it.
They were going to put it out over the ocean from PT. Magu Rock to Santa Monica back in the 60s!😂 Now they're going to destroy all the houses with their man-made Titalwave😮 technology!
Charging fees is the least creative thing to do.
Erosion?
Uh, because there shouldn’t BE a highway there 🤬
AHH............ NO!!!!!
Call China to solve this
Inland roads will need built
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It feels good to realize that the $$$ CA tax I pay is used to preserve this iconic Highway 1.
If you in US don't want highways keep collapsing, just take in China companies to make a reliable highways in US!!🤣🤣🤣
LOL. Their stuff is beginning to fall apart.
Traveling on roads in individual non-autonomous vehicles is legacy technology.
California., the fifth largest economy in the world, as touted over and over again by our idiot governor, should be able to build a road that can outlast the environment. Possibly make an elevated highway? Maybe we call china and ask how to do it?
Just need new Gov
Please explain how that would stop Earthquakes from shifting plates. Thanks.
absolute garbage! The entire area was mind out, it may as well be called a hollow mountain.
You know, I was born in California in 1948. Lived here all my life. Love it here. But, highway 1 is just a huge boondoggle. I say, abandon it. 😢. It’s going to be impossible to maintain given all the ecological conditions facing us.
For bicycles only.
Better yet, pedestrians only.