Let's be honest. The whole of the West needs a reconfiguration of control cities. Consider the 1960 population of some of the West's mid-sized cities:
El Paso: 276,000
Tucson: 212,000
Albuquerque: 201,000
Fresno: 134,000
Bakersfield: 56,000
Medford: 54,000
Boise: 34,000
Flagstaff: 18,000
Redding: 12,000
St. George: 5,100
What are some examples of control cities in the west that should be changed?
We're probably veering into the Land of a Different Thread but if I were a highway engineer, here's what I'd change from the AASHTO lists (additions in bold)
5N: San Diego, Santa Ana, Los Angeles,
Bakersfield,
San Francisco, Sacramento, Redding,
Mt. Shasta City,
Weed,
Yreka,
Ashland, Medford,
Grants Pass,
Roseburg, Eugene, Salem, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, B.C.
5S: Seattle, Portland, Salem, Eugene,
Roseburg,
Grants Pass,
Medford,
Ashland,
Yreka,
Weed,
Mt. Shasta City, Redding, Sacramento,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Diego,
Tijuana8: San Diego, El Centro,
Yuma, Tucson
10: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Bernadino,
Riverside,
Palm Springs,
Indio,
Blythe, Phoenix, Tucson,
Lordsburg,
Deming, Las Cruces, El Paso, Van Horn
15N: San Diego, Riverside,
San Bernadino, Barstow, Las Vegas,
St. George, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Butte, Helena, Great Falls,
Calgary15S: Great Falls, Helena, Butte, Idaho Falls, Pocatello,
Ogden, Salt Lake City,
Provo,
St. George, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,
San Bernardino, San Diego
25: Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Santa Fe,
Las Vegas,
Raton, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, Ft. Collins, Cheyenne, Casper, Sheridan
40: Barstow,
Needles, Kingman, Flagstaff, Gallup, Albuquerque,
Santa Rosa,
Tucumcari, Amarillo
70E:
Richfield, Grand Junction, Denver,
Limon,
Hays,
Salina, Topeka, Kansas City
70W: Topeka,
Salina, Hays, Limon, Denver, Grand Junction,
Green River,
St. George80: San Francisco, Sacramento, Reno,
Elko, Salt Lake City,
Evanston,
Rock Springs, Cheyenne,
Sidney, North Platte
82:
Seattle, Yakima,
Kennewick,
Pendleton, Hermiston
84E: Portland,
The Dalles, Hermiston,
Pendleton, La Grande, Baker, Ontario, Boise, Twin Falls,
Ogden,,
Salt Lake City84W: Ogden, Twin Falls, Boise,
Ontario, Baker, La Grande, Pendleton, Hermiston,
The Dalles, Portland
90: Seattle,
Ellensburg, Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, Missoula, Butte, Billings, Sheridan,
Gillette, Rapid City