Enhanced Radio System Proposed to Improve CHP’s Communications [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2006 - Enhanced Radio System Proposed to Improve CHP’s Communications [Publication Details] Enhanced Radio System Proposed to Improve CHP’s Communications Format: HTML Description: The California Highway Patrol (CHP) proposes to begin in 2006-07 a five-year, $491 million project to modernize its radio system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1436

Funding for Transportation: What the New Federal Act Means for California [Publication Details]

Jan 19, 2006 - The new federal transportation act (SAFETEA-LU), enacted in August 2005, will provide $23.4 billion in federal funds to California through 2009 for highways, transit, and transportation safety. This represents a 40 percent increase in federal funding each year for transportation over the previous federal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1365

Misleading Caltrans Budget Weakens Legislative Oversight [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - The budget displays transportation funds inconsistently, making it impossible to determine Caltrans’ total expenditures in a given year or to accurately compare different years. Legislative oversight is severely hampered by these inconsistent displays. We recommend the enactment of legislation requiring transportation expenditures to be displayed according to standard budget display requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1267

Governor’s Transportation Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - Governor’s Transportation Proposal [Publication Details] HTML Description: In both the mid-year cuts submitted in November 2003 and in the 2004-05 Governor's Budget, the administration has proposed to use a number of transportation funds to provide about $2 billion in one-time General Fund aid over the current and budget years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1102

Pavement Maintenance: Protecting the State’s Investment [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - Pavement maintenance protects the taxpayers’ investment in the highway system and can reduce long-term costs by postponing the need for more expensive roadway rehabilitation. Poorly maintained roadways increase costs to motorists for vehicle repair, costing drivers in Los Angeles or San Jose an average of more than $700 a year for instance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1099

DMV: Staffing Levels Down Wait Times Up [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - Every year over 30 million customers visit the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) field offices. Staff reductions in recent years have caused average customers wait times to grow significantly, from 35 minutes in 2001-02 to a projected 80 minutes in 2004-05. We recommend that the Legislature reexamine the levels of service to be provided by DMV.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1100

Project Delivery [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - Project Delivery [Publication Details] HTML Description: In recent years, the Caltrans has consistently rescheduled the delivery of many State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) projects to later years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/949

Motor Vehicle Account Condition [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - The Motor Vehicle Account (MVA), which primarily funds the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and DMV, faces a significant deficit in the budget year without corrective actions. In order to ensure that the MVA remains in a healthy fiscal condition, the Legislature will have to either increase fees further or reduce expenditures for the departments it supports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/947

Condition of Transportation Funds [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2002 - We recommend adoption of budget bill language (a) limiting the transfer from the State Highway Account (SHA) to the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund (TCRF) and (b) providing increased flexibility for transferring TCRF money to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/854

Motor Vehicle Account Condition [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2002 - Increased costs for security activities in the budget year, together with other Motor Vehicle Account (MVA) expenditures, will result in an MVA shortfall if corrective actions are not taken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/855