The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget includes $20.8  million from the General Fund through Caltrans to support four local transportation projects, including: (1) $8  million to repair storm damage to bluffs in Crescent City, (2) $5  million for the Active Transportation Program to support bike lanes that connect disadvantaged communities to higher education facilities and job centers, (3) $4  million to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

SB 1 Has Doubled Major Source of State Funding for Local Streets and Roads

Jan 24, 2020 - Cities and counties receive equal splits of the shared revenues. City distributions are based on population, whereas county distributions are determined by the number of registered vehicles and miles of maintained county roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4142

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees

Feb 24, 2023 - Research suggests roughly half of the households that receive an incentive to purchase a ZEV would have purchased one anyway, revealing the extent to which the ZEV market has matured and thus may not need as many government incentives to further develop compared to when these fees were last auth orized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - In addition, some of the decreases likely were a result of declines in new vehicle purchases and financial hardships that prevented individuals and businesses from renewing their vehicle registrations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - Similar trade ‑offs would apply for any potential redirection from RMRA, which also funds state highway maintenance and rehabilitation projects, along with providing funds to cities and counties for local streets and roads and supporting several smaller programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - (The budget for CalSTA also includes $408  million from various funds for zero-emission transit and rail equipment purchases and infrastructure, as part of the Zero-Emission Vehicles Package, which is described in more detail in the “Natural Resources and Environmental Protection ” spending plan post.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - Specifically, gasoline excise tax revenues still would decline (albeit at a less steep rate than the Scoping Plan Scenario) due to increased fuel efficiency and an assumption that more Californians would opt to purchase ZEVs even without the state aligning itself with the actions and changes included in the Scoping Plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - Caltrans will also use this funding to install the infrastructure needed to support the department ’s zero-emission vehicle purchases. Budget bill language directs Caltrans to prioritize spending on zero-emission vehicles or, when that is not feasible, to prioritize vehicles with the lowest emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - The Legislature could direct HSRA to delay purchasing property outside of the ICS. This would prevent HSRA from purchasing properties that might not be needed in the near term should the Legislature ultimately want to proceed with a different approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202