LAO 2003-04 Budget Analysis: Transportation Issue-By-Issue
Analysis of the 2003-04 Budget Bill
Transportation Issue-By-Issue Contents
Overview
Expenditure Proposal and Trends
Spending by Major Program
Major Budget Changes
Crosscutting Issues
Funding for Transportation Programs
Funding for TCRP
TCRP Funds to Provide Substantial General Fund Relief
Funding TCRP: Issues and Options for Legislative
Consideration
Funding for STIP
The SHA and STIP Face New Pressures
Budget Proposes Weight Fee Increase and Lower Expenditures
Motor Vehicle Account Condition
MVA Faces Deficit in Budget Year Without Corrective
Actions
Budget Proposals May Not Go Far Enough In Addressing the
Problem
Departmental Issues
Special Transportation Programs
(2640)
State Transit Assistance
Review of Transit Operating Costs
AB 381 Reporting Requirement
Transportation Development Act
Farebox Ratios Have Declined; But Meeting Requirement
Generally Not a Problem
Significant Cost Increases Worsen Farebox Ratio; Increases
Will Likely Continue
Consistent Consideration of Operating Costs
Department of Transportation (2660)
Highway Transportation
Budget Proposes Decrease in Highway Program Expenditures
Capital Outlay Support Request Will Be Revised
State Operations Reduction Proposals Need Development
Caltrans Ignores State Policy; Has Not Addressed Problems
On Information Technology Project
COS: Budgeting and Performance Measurement
Budgeting for COS: Inconsistent Process
Actual Project Support Expenditures Higher Than Budgeted
Evaluating COS Performance: Imperfect Information
Project Delivery
Caltrans Project Delivery Mixed
Extensive Project Rescheduling Decreases Value Of Adopted
STIP and Annual Budget
Local Project Delivery Good, Largely Unchanged
Number of Completed STIP and SHOPP Environmental Documents
Falls
Delays Continue in Bridge Seismic Retrofit Work
Mass Transportation
Heavy Maintenance of Rail Equipment Not Yet Justified
High-Speed Rail Authority (2665)
Consolidating HSRA Into Caltrans Will Not Be More
Effective or Efficient
California Highway Patrol (2720)
Expenditures on Personal Services for CHP Continue to Soar
Plans to Shift Funds in Support of CHP Raise Concerns
Budget Proposes Public Safety Surcharge for Protective
Services
Additional Revenues Need to Be Raised, or Expenditures
Reduced, If Legislature Rejects Fund Shift Proposals
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