Services

The Santa Barbara FSP is a public service comprised of a fleet of tow and service trucks that patrol designated portions (beats) of Highway 101 between the Ventura County Line and Turnpike Road. The service is currently provided Monday through Friday during peak commute hours: 6:30 a.m.  to 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sundays.

The services are provided under a contract by a local towing company and administered by SBCAG.  During hours of FSP operation there is one tow truck and one service vehicle on-duty to assist motorists as they are discovered or as dispatched by the CHP.

 Services provided by the FSP include:

• Changing flat tires
• Jump starting vehicles
• Refilling radiators and taping leaky hoses
• Putting a gallon of fuel in gas tanks
• Towing inoperable vehicles, free of charge to a safe location off the freeway
• Clearing vehicles damaged in collisions under CHP direction
• Removing debris from traffic lanes under CHP direction