Chapter 4.6Intercity Corridor Demonstration Program

Section § 2170

Explanation

This law highlights the importance of implementing modern, cost-effective transportation improvements in two key corridors in California: Sacramento-Stockton-San Francisco and Los Angeles-San Diego. These areas are seen as ideal for testing new transportation techniques that promote more public transit use. The law also refers to studies from the 1970s that outlined proposals for these corridors, suggesting they should be tried out on a demonstration basis.

The Legislature finds as follows:
(a)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2170(a) The Sacramento-Stockton-San Franciso corridor and the Los Angeles-San Diego corridor represent unique locations for multimodal transportation demonstration programs with modern low-capital intensive transportation improvement techniques to encourage greater utilization of ground public transportation facilities.
(b)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2170(b) The conclusions and recommendations contained in the Sacramento-Stockton-San Francisco Bay Area Corridor Study, filed with the Legislature in February of 1975, contained a number of proposals that should be implemented on a demonstration basis.
(c)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2170(c) The conclusions and recommendations contained in the report relating to the Los Angeles-San Diego corridor prepared pursuant to Chapter 1427 of the Statutes of 1974 also contained a number of proposals that should be implemented on a demonstration basis.
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(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1349.)

Section § 2170.5

Explanation
The law states that when planning for statewide passenger rail services in California, the planners must consider the California Passenger Rail Corridor as defined in another section of the Government Code.
It is the intent of the Legislature that any statewide passenger rail planning shall include consideration of the California Passenger Rail Corridor defined in Section 14036.9 of the Government Code.
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(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1310, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Section § 2171

Explanation

The department is required to start three-year projects to enhance public transit services in the Sacramento-Stockton-San Francisco and Los Angeles-San Diego areas. These projects will include managing and evaluating the effort, making improvements that don't need a lot of infrastructure, and providing financial support for operations.

The department shall undertake three-year demonstration projects to encourage improved ground public transit services along the Sacramento-Stockton -San Francisco corridor and along the Los Angeles-San Diego corridor. The projects shall consist of the following three elements—project administration and evaluation as described in Section 2172, low-capital intensive improvement programs as described in Sections 2173 and 2176.5, and operating assistance as described in Sections 2174, 2175, and 2176.
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(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1349.)

Section § 2172

Explanation

This law states that the department is in charge of managing and overseeing specific projects, including promoting and assessing them. To do this effectively, the department needs help from an advisory group for each project area.

The director is responsible for forming these advisory groups, which will include people from travel and customer groups, different transit operators in the project area, local transportation planning agencies, the Public Utilities Commission, and other impacted organizations.

The department shall be responsible for the administration, implementation, marketing, and evaluation of the projects. The department shall seek the assistance of an advisory group for each corridor.
The director shall appoint the advisory groups, which shall include representatives from user groups, consumer groups, the various public and private transit operators serving the area in which the corridor is located, the transportation planning agencies having jurisdiction of the areas within the corridor, the Public Utilities Commission, and other public and private entities affected by projects in the corridor.
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(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 36.)

Section § 2173

Explanation

This law requires the department to use allocated funds to make agreements with Amtrak for upgrading railroad tracks and passenger facilities between Sacramento and Oakland, and Los Angeles and San Diego. The main focus is on improvements that save travel time, especially those highlighted in a specific report from 1974.

From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department shall enter into an agreement with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, pursuant to Section 403(b) of the National Railroad Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. Sec. 563(b)), for improvement of railroad track and passenger facilities along the Sacramento-Oakland and Los Angeles-San Diego corridors.
First priority shall be given to those improvements which the department determines make possible time savings, such as those identified in the report prepared pursuant to Chapter 1427 of the Statutes of 1974.
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(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 37.)

Section § 2174

Explanation

This law states that the department is required to work with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, using funds set aside for this purpose, to expand passenger rail services on the routes from Sacramento to San Francisco and Los Angeles to San Diego.

From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department shall enter into an agreement with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, pursuant to Section 403(b) of the National Railroad Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. Sec. 563(b)), for additional passenger rail service along the Sacramento-San Francisco and Los Angeles-San Diego corridors.
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(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 38.)

Section § 2174.5

Explanation

This law states that money can't be spent on upgrades along the Los Angeles-San Diego train route unless there are at least four passenger trains running daily on the parts being upgraded.

No funds shall be allocated for improvements along the Los Angeles-San Diego corridor until the director determines that an average of four or more passenger trains per day are operating over the facilities to be improved.
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(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1349.)

Section § 2175

Explanation

This law allows the department to use allocated funds to create a bus service that connects main population or activity centers to the closest rail terminal. The bus service can be run by either public transit operators or private passenger transport companies.

From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department may undertake a program to provide feeder bus service between major population or activity centers and the nearest rail terminal served under Section 2174. The service shall be provided by operators, as defined in Section 99210 of the Public Utilities Code, or by passenger stage corporations, as defined in Section 226 of the Public Utilities Code.
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(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 39.)

Section § 2176

Explanation

This law allows the department to use allocated funds to start a bus service between Stockton and selected locations, either a BART station or Sacramento. The service can be operated by specific types of transportation providers recognized under California law.

From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department may undertake a program to provide express bus service between Stockton and a station of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District selected by the department and the district or between Stockton and Sacramento. The service shall be provided by operators, as defined in Section 99210 of the Public Utilities Code, or by passenger stage corporations, as defined in Section 226 of the Public Utilities Code.
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(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 40.)

Section § 2176.5

Explanation

This law allows the department to use allocated funds to build facilities where people can change between different types of transportation, like trains and buses. These facilities will be constructed in locations between Stockton and either the San Francisco Bay area or Sacramento.

From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department may undertake the construction of intermodal transfer facilities located in conjunction with other rail and bus facilities in communities between Stockton and communities in the San Francisco Bay area or between Stockton and Sacramento.
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(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 41.)

Section § 2177

Explanation

This law section allows the director to use specific funds to extend rail services beyond their current endpoints. The goal is to reach new areas where the potential increase in passenger numbers would justify the cost of the extension.

From funds appropriated by Section 4 of Chapter 1130 of the Statutes of 1975, the director shall make allocations to extend corridor rail services beyond the terminals identified in Section 2171 to population and activity centers which the director determines would give the greatest increase in patronage, relative to cost.
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(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 42.)

Section § 2178

Explanation

This law requires the department to look for funding from both federal and local sources to help pay for projects.

The department shall seek federal and local financial assistance in financing the projects.
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(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1349.)

Section § 2180

Explanation

This law requires the department to look into the possibility of connecting rail services from the San Francisco Bay area to Sacramento and Stockton. They must consider using the BART system near highways 4, 24, and 680. Additionally, they should explore extending the BART system to Concord along the Sacramento Northern rights-of-way.

When considering the feasibility of rail access from the San Francisco Bay area to Sacramento and Stockton, the department shall explore, for future development, the feasibility of providing such access through connection to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District transit system in the vicinity of corridors formed by State Highway Routes 4, 24, and 680. The department, in consultation with the district, shall also explore the feasibility of limited extension of the district’s rail system to the vicinity of Concord along the Sacramento Northern rights-of-way.
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(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1349.)

Section § 2182

Explanation

This section outlines how $400 million from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund is distributed to cities and counties in California for street and road maintenance. Half the funds go to counties based on the number of registered vehicles and maintained road miles. The other half goes to cities, based on population.

Funds must be kept separate from other local funds, going into designated accounts for transportation purposes. These funds can only be used for roadwork, like maintenance and rehabilitation, not for increasing road capacity. The distribution of funds uses the latest population figures from the Department of Finance.

(a)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(a) The funds appropriated from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.5 of the Government Code shall be allocated by the Controller to cities and counties for street and road maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) shall be allocated to the counties, including a city and county, and cities, including a city and county, as follows:
(1)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(a)(1) Fifty percent to the counties, including a city and county, in accordance with the following formulas:
(A)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(a)(1)(A) Seventy-five percent of the funds payable under this paragraph shall be apportioned among the counties in the proportion that the number of fee-paid and exempt vehicles that are registered in the county bears to the number of fee-paid and exempt vehicles registered in the state.
(B)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(a)(1)(B) Twenty-five percent of the funds payable under this paragraph shall be apportioned among the counties in the proportion that the number of miles of maintained county roads in each county bears to the total number of miles of maintained county roads in the state. For the purposes of apportioning funds under this subparagraph, any roads within the boundaries of a city and county that are not state highways shall be deemed to be county roads.
(2)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(a)(2) Fifty percent to cities, including a city and county, apportioned among the cities in the proportion that the total population of the city bears to the total population of all the cities in the state.
(b)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(b) Funds received under this section shall be deposited as follows in order to avoid the commingling of those funds with other local funds:
(1)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(b)(1) In the case of a city, into the city account that is designated for the receipt of state funds allocated for transportation purposes.
(2)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(b)(2) In the case of a county, into the county road fund.
(3)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(b)(3) In the case of a city and county, into a local account that is designated for the receipt of state funds allocated for transportation purposes.
(c)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(c) Funds apportioned to a city or county under this section shall be used only for street and highway pavement maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of necessary associated facilities such as drainage and traffic control devices. Rehabilitation or reconstruction may include widening necessary to bring the roadway width to the desirable minimum pavement width consistent with accepted design standards for local streets and roads, but does not include widening or increasing the traffic capacity of a street or road.
(d)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182(d) For the purpose of allocating funds under this section to cities, counties, and a city and county, the Controller shall use the most recent population estimates prepared by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance. For a city that incorporated after January 1, 1998, that does not appear on the most recent population estimates prepared by the Demographic Research Unit, the Controller shall use the population determined for that city under Section 11005.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
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(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 445, Sec. 10. Effective September 9, 2002.)

Section § 2182.1

Explanation

This law requires cities and counties in California to keep using their existing local funds for road maintenance and repairs to be eligible for an extra $400 million provided by the state.

To qualify for the funds, a city or county must spend at least as much on roads from its general fund as it did on average during the fiscal years 1996-1997, 1997-1998, and 1998-1999. New cities have a different calculation period for their spending average.

The Controller can ask for financial data from cities and counties to verify compliance and may withhold funds if the information is not provided or is incomplete. If a city or county falls short on spending, they must repay the state and the funds will be redistributed.

Additionally, if funds are not spent within a specific time frame, they must be returned for reallocation. This ensures that funds are used prudently and effectively for road maintenance.

(a)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182.1(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it intends cities and counties to use the funds made available under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.5 of the Government Code to supplement existing local revenues being used for maintenance and rehabilitation of local streets and roads. Cities and counties shall maintain their existing commitment of local funds for maintenance and rehabilitation of local streets and roads in order to remain eligible for allocation and expenditure of the additional four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) made available by Section 21 of the act that added this section.
(b)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182.1(b) In order to receive any allocation pursuant to Section 2182, the city or county shall annually expend from its general fund for street, road, and highway purposes an amount not less than the annual average of its expenditures from its general fund during the 1996–97, 1997–98, and 1998–99 fiscal years, as reported to the Controller pursuant to Section 2151. For purposes of this subdivision, in calculating a city’s or county’s annual general fund expenditures and its average general fund expenditures for the 1996–97, 1997–98, and 1998–99 fiscal years, any unrestricted funds that the city or county may expend at its discretion, including vehicle in-lieu tax revenues and revenues from fines and forfeitures, expended for street and highway purposes shall be considered expenditures from the general fund. One-time allocations that have been expended for street and highway purposes, but which may not be available on an ongoing basis, including revenue provided under the Teeter Plan Bond Law of 1994 (Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), may not be considered when calculating a city’s or county’s annual general fund expenditures.
(c)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182.1(c) For any city incorporated after July 1, 1996, the Controller shall calculate an annual average of expenditure for the period between July 1, 1996, and December 31, 2000, that the city was incorporated.
(d)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182.1(d) For purposes of subdivision (b), the Controller may request fiscal data from cities and counties in addition to data provided pursuant to Section 2151, for the 1996–97, 1997–98, and 1998–99 fiscal years. Each city and county shall furnish the data to the Controller not later than 120 days after receiving the request. The Controller may withhold payment to cities and counties that do not comply with the request for information or that provide incomplete data.
(e)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182.1(e) The Controller may perform audits to ensure compliance with subdivision (b) when deemed necessary. Any city or county that has not complied with subdivision (b) shall reimburse the state for the funds it received during that fiscal year. Any funds withheld or returned as a result of a failure to comply with subdivision (b) shall be reallocated to the other counties and cities whose expenditures are in compliance.
(f)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182.1(f) If a city or county fails to comply with the requirements of subdivision (b) in a particular fiscal year, the city or county may expend during that fiscal year and the following fiscal year a total amount that is not less than the total amount required to be expended for those fiscal years for purposes of complying with subdivision (b).
(g)CA Streets and Highways Code § 2182.1(g) The allocation made under Section 2182 shall be expended not later than the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the allocation was made, and any funds not expended within that period shall be returned to the Controller and shall be reallocated to the other cities and counties pursuant to the allocation formulas set forth in Section 2182.
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(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 445, Sec. 11. Effective September 9, 2002.)