This polygon shapefile represents California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) regions in California as of 2015. Caltrans has 12 districts and 2 regions as high-level management areas. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.