Sections
Five ways into one corridor
Twenty-nine pieces, filed by the part of the trade they belong to. Every piece is also listed, in one run, on the archive.
29 pieces · 5 sections
The Corridor
Highway 154, Highway 101, and the geography that shapes every run in Santa Barbara County.
- San Marcos Pass at Working Speed
- Where the 101 Runs Out of Shoulder
- Thirteen Days the 101 Was Gone
The Vehicles
The Mercedes Sprinter, the Escalade ESV, and every body style working the Santa Ynez corridor today.
- What an Executive Sprinter Actually Contains
- Escalade ESV or Suburban: Why the Industry Chose Both
- Why the Stretch Is Disappearing
Rules & Permits
CPUC TCP classes, NTSB findings, DOT requirements, and the California law that followed two crashes.
- TCP Permits: What the Letters Actually Mean
- What the NTSB Said After 2015 and 2018
- California's 2016 Limousine Safety Law, Section by Section
The Valley Economy
The Santa Ynez Valley AVAs, the Sideways effect, and the wine-country demand that turned a limousine market into a day-charter market.
- Three AVAs and the Vehicles They Fill
- The Sideways Effect: Pinot Noir and the 2004 Booking Surge
- The Funk Zone and What an Urban Wine Trail Does to Drop-Off Logistics
The Body Style
Where the limousine body came from — the coachbuilders, the Cadillac Series 75, and why the stretch is disappearing.
- Fleetwood, Brewster, Judkins: What the Coachbuilders Left Behind
- The Series 75 and the Long-Wheelbase Standard
- Eighteen Built: The Rolls-Royce Phantom IV