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About California Highway 17 Commuter Information

ca-17.com is a resourece for California commuters traveling the state's freeway and interstate roads. By leveraging publicly available traffic, camera, incident, lane closure and road condition data the site offers users the ability determine the state of the roads throughout California.

From one commuter to another...  

This site is NOT associated with the State of California, law enforcement nor any state or federal agencies.


What?

CA-17.com pulls together available road conditions data in one convenient location that's easy to grok.

Why?

Driving Highwyay SR-17 every day is bad enough but when conditions aren't good knowing if and when to go becomes really important. While maps are nice and all, I already know where I'm going and simply don't need a map. Instead I'd like to know what the various on/off ramps that I use actually look like or I'd like to know if the metering lights are on. I'd like to know if it's raining or wet on 17 or if the CalTrans signs are displaying accident information before I get there or if there is construction going on. When there's an accident I'd like to know what the state of the various back roads are and whether or not they would save me time.

Did you know Waze monitors the CHP incidents feed and includes them in their App? That's the "Reported by CHP" alerts you'll see. Well, turns out CHP provides a lot more data like number of lanes blocked, severity of accident(s), and more importantly all clear information but Waze doesn't include any of that. That leaves road warriors to look to the CHP Incident site (which is awesome but terrible on mobile phone) or a walled garden Facebook Group page or Twitter thanks to @TrafficOn17, @CaltransD5, @CaltransD4, or 511.org. But again, all that's too much! I wanted one page with my commute that updates morning and evening and throws in the weather when the road is going to be wet so I built it.

Compare what you get on Waze vs. what CHP provides. It's no contest. Below was a real incident and Caltrans sign.

    17

    North

    Accident

    Mount Hermon Rd Scotts Valley

    CHP Traffic Incidents, Accidents & Traffic Alerts on SR- North

    Traffic Collision - Unknown Injurygry sw vs barrier on rhs

    • A24-171 #2LN IS BLOCKED [Shared]
    • PART BLKG RT LN
    • GRY OR SIL LINC TOWNCAR / SOLO SPINOUT
    • PER ANOTHER VEH FACING WW [Shared]
    • REAR OF VEH BLKG SLOW LN
    • GRY SW VS BARRIER ON RHS

    * NOTE: CHP incident text may be been modified from its original to improve readability, as a result some errors may have been introduced. Data provided by CHP. Official CHP Incidents.

    How?

    Simple. CA-17.com is...

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