California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - Driving Fatalities Climbing in Recent Years After Sharp Decline In 2015, vehicle crashes in California caused 3,176 fatalities and 251, 000 i njuries —averaging to about one fatality every three hours and one injury every two minutes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Starting in 2026-27, the legislation establishes fixed annual amounts of $400  million for TIRCP and $200  million for LCTOP. (To the extent that GGRF revenues are insufficient to fully cover the statutory amounts designated for continuous appropriations, funding for TIRCP, LCTOP, and other specified programs will be reduced proportionally.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Administration Projects MVA Is Fiscally Stable in the Near Term, but Will Face Insolvency Starting in 2028-29. The MVA has been experiencing a structural imbalance for many years, with expenditures consistently outpacing revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - Starting November 1, 2017, the transportation funding package adds a 12  cent per gallon base excise tax —bringing total base excise taxes to 30  cents per gallon. It also adjusts the rates for inflation starting in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

The 2014-15 Budget: Capital Outlay Support Program Review [Publication Details]

May 14, 2014 - Specifically, we find that the COS program currently (1) lacks performance data to adequately measure program effectiveness, (2) is experiencing a substantial decline in workload that will result in significant overstaffing starting in 2014-15, and (3) allows for limited legislative and external oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3015

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - Consistent with that, research suggests that the trend towards smaller, lighter vehicles (such as driven by federal fuel economy standards) has correlated with increased crash frequency but has not resulted in increased fatalities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3912

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor’s May Revision Proposal for Caltrans’ Capital Outlay Support Program

May 13, 2018 - Second, the amount of construction activity did not decline nearly as much starting in 2014-15 as Caltrans projected at the time. Third, SB  1 created additional funding for construction. Thus, the estimate of potential overstaffing we cited four years ago is no longer current.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3833

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 5, 2020 - For example, the State Highway Account (SHA) is estimated to have a balance of $2.2  billion at the start of 2020 ‑21. In addition, the overall spending increase for Caltrans reflects the timing of when the department expects funding for certain mass transportation projects to be allocated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4272

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - CalSTA currently is in the process of starting its 2024 competitive TIRCP grant cycle, with plans to award about $800  million from these base funds this fall to support new projects over the next five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

The 2016-17 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 23, 2016 - For example, the Legislature could defer the start of new capital projects to replace CHP and DMV facilities, or approve fewer new projects in future years than are included in the 2016 Five –Year Infrastructure Plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3366