Donaho

FACTS

State Route 70 (SR 70) runs roughly north and south through Yuba County. In the Linda and Olivehurst areas, the highway consists of two southbound lanes and two northbound lanes, separated by a median. SR 70’s speed limit in this area is 65 miles per hour. Chestnut Road, SR 70’s frontage road in this area, runs parallel to, and immediately west of, SR 70 for approximately one mile. The distance between the outermost edge of SR 70’s southbound driver’s lane and the outermost edge of Chestnut Road’s northbound lane is 37.5 feet. Buffer land and a chain-link fence separate the two roads. A row of eucalyptus trees grows in the buffer land. Defendant Yuba-Sutter Transit Authority (YSTA) maintains a bus stop on Chestnut Road’s east side, or the side of Chestnut Road closest to SR 70. The bus stop is a pole with a sign located in dirt and gravel a few feet east of the paved edge of Chestnut Road’s northbound lane and within one foot of the chain-link fence. The distance between the bus stop and the outermost edge of SR 70’s southbound driver’s lanes is either 29.8 feet (according to YSTA’s expert), or 28 feet seven inches (according to plaintiff’s expert).1 On the morning of May…