Adopt-A-Highway, 2023
Removed California Adopt-A-Highway sign from the I-105 Freeway
12 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet
In 1989, the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) launched the Adopt-A-Highway program for state highways. The program operates under two distinct adoption methods: volunteering, which allows any individual or group to adopt a portion of a freeway to clean monthly; and sponsoring, where an individual or group outsources labor to clean freeways. Both the volunteer and sponsor methods grant the Adopter to showcase their name on a sign.
Programs like Adopt-A-Highway displace the responsibility of freeway cleanliness onto individuals and private companies rather than the state. The Adopt-A-Highway program currently does not have any goals to improve air pollution on the freeway and is solely dedicated to litter removal. [1]
The removal of the Adopt-A-Highway sign renders the advertisement incentive of the program useless.
1. “Adopt-A-Highway | Caltrans.” 2023. Ca.gov. 2023. https://dot.ca.gov/programs/maintenance/adopt-a-highway.
Removed California Adopt-A-Highway sign from the I-105 Freeway
12 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet
In 1989, the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) launched the Adopt-A-Highway program for state highways. The program operates under two distinct adoption methods: volunteering, which allows any individual or group to adopt a portion of a freeway to clean monthly; and sponsoring, where an individual or group outsources labor to clean freeways. Both the volunteer and sponsor methods grant the Adopter to showcase their name on a sign.
Programs like Adopt-A-Highway displace the responsibility of freeway cleanliness onto individuals and private companies rather than the state. The Adopt-A-Highway program currently does not have any goals to improve air pollution on the freeway and is solely dedicated to litter removal. [1]
The removal of the Adopt-A-Highway sign renders the advertisement incentive of the program useless.
1. “Adopt-A-Highway | Caltrans.” 2023. Ca.gov. 2023. https://dot.ca.gov/programs/maintenance/adopt-a-highway.