Amended IN Assembly March 07, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1938Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 10, 2022 An act to amend Section 99233.1 add and repeal Section 13979.3 of the Public Utilities Government Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1938, as amended, Friedman. Local transportation funds. Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation. Under existing law, the agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency. Existing law provides for the funding of public transit and intercity rail, including under the Transportation Development Act.This bill would require the secretary, on or before July 1, 2023, to establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force to include representatives from the department and various local agencies, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. The bill would require the task force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services. The bill would require the secretary to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025. The bill would require the report to include a detailed analysis of specified issues and recommendations on specified topics. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on January 1, 2028.Existing law transfers revenues from a 0.25% sales tax in each county to the countys local transportation fund. The Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act requires the local transportation fund to be allocated by the transportation planning agency and generally requires the revenues in the local transportation fund to be allocated for transit purposes. Before revenues in the local transportation fund are allocated for that purpose and other specified purposes, the act requires sums necessary to administer the act to be allocated to the county and the transportation planning agency.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The climate change crisis is happening now, impacting California in unprecedented ways, and affecting the health and safety of too many Californians.(b) Fifty percent of the states greenhouse gas emissions come from, or support, the transportation sector.(c) The transition to zero-emission vehicles is not enough to meet the states climate goals, with the state needing to significantly reduce vehicle miles traveled to meet its climate goals.(d) Despite efforts to reach these goals, transit use has been on the decline in California, both prior to, and because of, the COVID-19 pandemic.(e) The Legislature suspended fare box recovery ratio requirements under the Transportation Development Act because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has not put in place a strategy to improve the performance of public transit and grow public transit ridership.(f) California transit agencies need a sustainable source of funding to grow transit ridership and state oversight to ensure transit operators are providing a high-quality service that attracts a growing number of riders.SEC. 2. Section 13979.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:13979.3. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, the secretary shall establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the University of California and other academic institutions, the Department of Transportation, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, bicycle and pedestrian safety organizations, transportation advocacy organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services.(d) The secretary shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025.(e) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing funding sources for transit and intercity rail, with a breakdown of funding available for operations, rolling stock, and fixed guideways and a description of federal, state, and local funding currently used for other transportation investments that could be used for transit and intercity rail projects.(2) Existing policies on state and local metrics on transit performance.(3) Overall service provided by transit agencies, including, but not limited to, service to commuting populations and service for elderly, disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.(f) The report shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following recommendations:(1) Recommendations on how to grow public transit use and reduce operational costs, including, but not limited to, recommendations on all of the following:(A) Consolidating transit agencies or having a network manager to coordinate transit routes.(B) Fare coordination and methods of payment for transit to make transit more accessible, including single fare payments within an established zone.(C) Increasing the frequency and reliability of transit, including a statewide technology requirement enabling real-time transit information, including arrival and departure predictions, vehicle locations, occupancy, and service alerts using the General Transit Feed Specification data format.(D) Changes to land use policies that could improve public transit use.(2) Recommendations on how to better plan and make procurements for transit and intercity rail projects, including recommendations on statewide procurement of buses and trains for transit fleets and whether to create or designate a state department to assist in planning transit projects.(3) Recommendations for replacing fare box recovery ratios required under the Transportation Development Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code) with performance metrics that better measure transit growth opportunities and customer service opportunities, and recommendations on which state department or agency should be responsible for transit system oversight and reporting.(4) Recommendations on whether the state should create a new revenue source to pay for transit operations and projects or shift existing revenue sources towards transit operations and projects and restrict revenues from local transportation funds established pursuant to Section 29530 to transit operations.(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 99233.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:99233.1.There shall be allocated to the county and the transportation planning agency the sums that are necessary to administer this chapter.
Amended IN Assembly March 07, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1938Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 10, 2022 An act to amend Section 99233.1 add and repeal Section 13979.3 of the Public Utilities Government Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1938, as amended, Friedman. Local transportation funds. Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation. Under existing law, the agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency. Existing law provides for the funding of public transit and intercity rail, including under the Transportation Development Act.This bill would require the secretary, on or before July 1, 2023, to establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force to include representatives from the department and various local agencies, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. The bill would require the task force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services. The bill would require the secretary to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025. The bill would require the report to include a detailed analysis of specified issues and recommendations on specified topics. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on January 1, 2028.Existing law transfers revenues from a 0.25% sales tax in each county to the countys local transportation fund. The Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act requires the local transportation fund to be allocated by the transportation planning agency and generally requires the revenues in the local transportation fund to be allocated for transit purposes. Before revenues in the local transportation fund are allocated for that purpose and other specified purposes, the act requires sums necessary to administer the act to be allocated to the county and the transportation planning agency.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 07, 2022
Amended IN Assembly March 07, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1938
Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 10, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman
February 10, 2022
An act to amend Section 99233.1 add and repeal Section 13979.3 of the Public Utilities Government Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1938, as amended, Friedman. Local transportation funds. Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation. Under existing law, the agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency. Existing law provides for the funding of public transit and intercity rail, including under the Transportation Development Act.This bill would require the secretary, on or before July 1, 2023, to establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force to include representatives from the department and various local agencies, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. The bill would require the task force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services. The bill would require the secretary to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025. The bill would require the report to include a detailed analysis of specified issues and recommendations on specified topics. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on January 1, 2028.Existing law transfers revenues from a 0.25% sales tax in each county to the countys local transportation fund. The Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act requires the local transportation fund to be allocated by the transportation planning agency and generally requires the revenues in the local transportation fund to be allocated for transit purposes. Before revenues in the local transportation fund are allocated for that purpose and other specified purposes, the act requires sums necessary to administer the act to be allocated to the county and the transportation planning agency.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation. Under existing law, the agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency.
Existing law provides for the funding of public transit and intercity rail, including under the Transportation Development Act.
This bill would require the secretary, on or before July 1, 2023, to establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force to include representatives from the department and various local agencies, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. The bill would require the task force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services. The bill would require the secretary to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025. The bill would require the report to include a detailed analysis of specified issues and recommendations on specified topics. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on January 1, 2028.
Existing law transfers revenues from a 0.25% sales tax in each county to the countys local transportation fund. The Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act requires the local transportation fund to be allocated by the transportation planning agency and generally requires the revenues in the local transportation fund to be allocated for transit purposes. Before revenues in the local transportation fund are allocated for that purpose and other specified purposes, the act requires sums necessary to administer the act to be allocated to the county and the transportation planning agency.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The climate change crisis is happening now, impacting California in unprecedented ways, and affecting the health and safety of too many Californians.(b) Fifty percent of the states greenhouse gas emissions come from, or support, the transportation sector.(c) The transition to zero-emission vehicles is not enough to meet the states climate goals, with the state needing to significantly reduce vehicle miles traveled to meet its climate goals.(d) Despite efforts to reach these goals, transit use has been on the decline in California, both prior to, and because of, the COVID-19 pandemic.(e) The Legislature suspended fare box recovery ratio requirements under the Transportation Development Act because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has not put in place a strategy to improve the performance of public transit and grow public transit ridership.(f) California transit agencies need a sustainable source of funding to grow transit ridership and state oversight to ensure transit operators are providing a high-quality service that attracts a growing number of riders.SEC. 2. Section 13979.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:13979.3. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, the secretary shall establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the University of California and other academic institutions, the Department of Transportation, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, bicycle and pedestrian safety organizations, transportation advocacy organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services.(d) The secretary shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025.(e) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing funding sources for transit and intercity rail, with a breakdown of funding available for operations, rolling stock, and fixed guideways and a description of federal, state, and local funding currently used for other transportation investments that could be used for transit and intercity rail projects.(2) Existing policies on state and local metrics on transit performance.(3) Overall service provided by transit agencies, including, but not limited to, service to commuting populations and service for elderly, disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.(f) The report shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following recommendations:(1) Recommendations on how to grow public transit use and reduce operational costs, including, but not limited to, recommendations on all of the following:(A) Consolidating transit agencies or having a network manager to coordinate transit routes.(B) Fare coordination and methods of payment for transit to make transit more accessible, including single fare payments within an established zone.(C) Increasing the frequency and reliability of transit, including a statewide technology requirement enabling real-time transit information, including arrival and departure predictions, vehicle locations, occupancy, and service alerts using the General Transit Feed Specification data format.(D) Changes to land use policies that could improve public transit use.(2) Recommendations on how to better plan and make procurements for transit and intercity rail projects, including recommendations on statewide procurement of buses and trains for transit fleets and whether to create or designate a state department to assist in planning transit projects.(3) Recommendations for replacing fare box recovery ratios required under the Transportation Development Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code) with performance metrics that better measure transit growth opportunities and customer service opportunities, and recommendations on which state department or agency should be responsible for transit system oversight and reporting.(4) Recommendations on whether the state should create a new revenue source to pay for transit operations and projects or shift existing revenue sources towards transit operations and projects and restrict revenues from local transportation funds established pursuant to Section 29530 to transit operations.(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 99233.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:99233.1.There shall be allocated to the county and the transportation planning agency the sums that are necessary to administer this chapter.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The climate change crisis is happening now, impacting California in unprecedented ways, and affecting the health and safety of too many Californians.(b) Fifty percent of the states greenhouse gas emissions come from, or support, the transportation sector.(c) The transition to zero-emission vehicles is not enough to meet the states climate goals, with the state needing to significantly reduce vehicle miles traveled to meet its climate goals.(d) Despite efforts to reach these goals, transit use has been on the decline in California, both prior to, and because of, the COVID-19 pandemic.(e) The Legislature suspended fare box recovery ratio requirements under the Transportation Development Act because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has not put in place a strategy to improve the performance of public transit and grow public transit ridership.(f) California transit agencies need a sustainable source of funding to grow transit ridership and state oversight to ensure transit operators are providing a high-quality service that attracts a growing number of riders.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The climate change crisis is happening now, impacting California in unprecedented ways, and affecting the health and safety of too many Californians.(b) Fifty percent of the states greenhouse gas emissions come from, or support, the transportation sector.(c) The transition to zero-emission vehicles is not enough to meet the states climate goals, with the state needing to significantly reduce vehicle miles traveled to meet its climate goals.(d) Despite efforts to reach these goals, transit use has been on the decline in California, both prior to, and because of, the COVID-19 pandemic.(e) The Legislature suspended fare box recovery ratio requirements under the Transportation Development Act because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has not put in place a strategy to improve the performance of public transit and grow public transit ridership.(f) California transit agencies need a sustainable source of funding to grow transit ridership and state oversight to ensure transit operators are providing a high-quality service that attracts a growing number of riders.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) The climate change crisis is happening now, impacting California in unprecedented ways, and affecting the health and safety of too many Californians.
(b) Fifty percent of the states greenhouse gas emissions come from, or support, the transportation sector.
(c) The transition to zero-emission vehicles is not enough to meet the states climate goals, with the state needing to significantly reduce vehicle miles traveled to meet its climate goals.
(d) Despite efforts to reach these goals, transit use has been on the decline in California, both prior to, and because of, the COVID-19 pandemic.
(e) The Legislature suspended fare box recovery ratio requirements under the Transportation Development Act because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has not put in place a strategy to improve the performance of public transit and grow public transit ridership.
(f) California transit agencies need a sustainable source of funding to grow transit ridership and state oversight to ensure transit operators are providing a high-quality service that attracts a growing number of riders.
SEC. 2. Section 13979.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:13979.3. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, the secretary shall establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the University of California and other academic institutions, the Department of Transportation, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, bicycle and pedestrian safety organizations, transportation advocacy organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services.(d) The secretary shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025.(e) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing funding sources for transit and intercity rail, with a breakdown of funding available for operations, rolling stock, and fixed guideways and a description of federal, state, and local funding currently used for other transportation investments that could be used for transit and intercity rail projects.(2) Existing policies on state and local metrics on transit performance.(3) Overall service provided by transit agencies, including, but not limited to, service to commuting populations and service for elderly, disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.(f) The report shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following recommendations:(1) Recommendations on how to grow public transit use and reduce operational costs, including, but not limited to, recommendations on all of the following:(A) Consolidating transit agencies or having a network manager to coordinate transit routes.(B) Fare coordination and methods of payment for transit to make transit more accessible, including single fare payments within an established zone.(C) Increasing the frequency and reliability of transit, including a statewide technology requirement enabling real-time transit information, including arrival and departure predictions, vehicle locations, occupancy, and service alerts using the General Transit Feed Specification data format.(D) Changes to land use policies that could improve public transit use.(2) Recommendations on how to better plan and make procurements for transit and intercity rail projects, including recommendations on statewide procurement of buses and trains for transit fleets and whether to create or designate a state department to assist in planning transit projects.(3) Recommendations for replacing fare box recovery ratios required under the Transportation Development Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code) with performance metrics that better measure transit growth opportunities and customer service opportunities, and recommendations on which state department or agency should be responsible for transit system oversight and reporting.(4) Recommendations on whether the state should create a new revenue source to pay for transit operations and projects or shift existing revenue sources towards transit operations and projects and restrict revenues from local transportation funds established pursuant to Section 29530 to transit operations.(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2. Section 13979.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:
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13979.3. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, the secretary shall establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the University of California and other academic institutions, the Department of Transportation, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, bicycle and pedestrian safety organizations, transportation advocacy organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services.(d) The secretary shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025.(e) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing funding sources for transit and intercity rail, with a breakdown of funding available for operations, rolling stock, and fixed guideways and a description of federal, state, and local funding currently used for other transportation investments that could be used for transit and intercity rail projects.(2) Existing policies on state and local metrics on transit performance.(3) Overall service provided by transit agencies, including, but not limited to, service to commuting populations and service for elderly, disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.(f) The report shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following recommendations:(1) Recommendations on how to grow public transit use and reduce operational costs, including, but not limited to, recommendations on all of the following:(A) Consolidating transit agencies or having a network manager to coordinate transit routes.(B) Fare coordination and methods of payment for transit to make transit more accessible, including single fare payments within an established zone.(C) Increasing the frequency and reliability of transit, including a statewide technology requirement enabling real-time transit information, including arrival and departure predictions, vehicle locations, occupancy, and service alerts using the General Transit Feed Specification data format.(D) Changes to land use policies that could improve public transit use.(2) Recommendations on how to better plan and make procurements for transit and intercity rail projects, including recommendations on statewide procurement of buses and trains for transit fleets and whether to create or designate a state department to assist in planning transit projects.(3) Recommendations for replacing fare box recovery ratios required under the Transportation Development Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code) with performance metrics that better measure transit growth opportunities and customer service opportunities, and recommendations on which state department or agency should be responsible for transit system oversight and reporting.(4) Recommendations on whether the state should create a new revenue source to pay for transit operations and projects or shift existing revenue sources towards transit operations and projects and restrict revenues from local transportation funds established pursuant to Section 29530 to transit operations.(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
13979.3. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, the secretary shall establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the University of California and other academic institutions, the Department of Transportation, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, bicycle and pedestrian safety organizations, transportation advocacy organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services.(d) The secretary shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025.(e) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing funding sources for transit and intercity rail, with a breakdown of funding available for operations, rolling stock, and fixed guideways and a description of federal, state, and local funding currently used for other transportation investments that could be used for transit and intercity rail projects.(2) Existing policies on state and local metrics on transit performance.(3) Overall service provided by transit agencies, including, but not limited to, service to commuting populations and service for elderly, disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.(f) The report shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following recommendations:(1) Recommendations on how to grow public transit use and reduce operational costs, including, but not limited to, recommendations on all of the following:(A) Consolidating transit agencies or having a network manager to coordinate transit routes.(B) Fare coordination and methods of payment for transit to make transit more accessible, including single fare payments within an established zone.(C) Increasing the frequency and reliability of transit, including a statewide technology requirement enabling real-time transit information, including arrival and departure predictions, vehicle locations, occupancy, and service alerts using the General Transit Feed Specification data format.(D) Changes to land use policies that could improve public transit use.(2) Recommendations on how to better plan and make procurements for transit and intercity rail projects, including recommendations on statewide procurement of buses and trains for transit fleets and whether to create or designate a state department to assist in planning transit projects.(3) Recommendations for replacing fare box recovery ratios required under the Transportation Development Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code) with performance metrics that better measure transit growth opportunities and customer service opportunities, and recommendations on which state department or agency should be responsible for transit system oversight and reporting.(4) Recommendations on whether the state should create a new revenue source to pay for transit operations and projects or shift existing revenue sources towards transit operations and projects and restrict revenues from local transportation funds established pursuant to Section 29530 to transit operations.(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
13979.3. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, the secretary shall establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the University of California and other academic institutions, the Department of Transportation, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, bicycle and pedestrian safety organizations, transportation advocacy organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services.(d) The secretary shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025.(e) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing funding sources for transit and intercity rail, with a breakdown of funding available for operations, rolling stock, and fixed guideways and a description of federal, state, and local funding currently used for other transportation investments that could be used for transit and intercity rail projects.(2) Existing policies on state and local metrics on transit performance.(3) Overall service provided by transit agencies, including, but not limited to, service to commuting populations and service for elderly, disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.(f) The report shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following recommendations:(1) Recommendations on how to grow public transit use and reduce operational costs, including, but not limited to, recommendations on all of the following:(A) Consolidating transit agencies or having a network manager to coordinate transit routes.(B) Fare coordination and methods of payment for transit to make transit more accessible, including single fare payments within an established zone.(C) Increasing the frequency and reliability of transit, including a statewide technology requirement enabling real-time transit information, including arrival and departure predictions, vehicle locations, occupancy, and service alerts using the General Transit Feed Specification data format.(D) Changes to land use policies that could improve public transit use.(2) Recommendations on how to better plan and make procurements for transit and intercity rail projects, including recommendations on statewide procurement of buses and trains for transit fleets and whether to create or designate a state department to assist in planning transit projects.(3) Recommendations for replacing fare box recovery ratios required under the Transportation Development Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code) with performance metrics that better measure transit growth opportunities and customer service opportunities, and recommendations on which state department or agency should be responsible for transit system oversight and reporting.(4) Recommendations on whether the state should create a new revenue source to pay for transit operations and projects or shift existing revenue sources towards transit operations and projects and restrict revenues from local transportation funds established pursuant to Section 29530 to transit operations.(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
13979.3. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, the secretary shall establish and convene the Transit and Intercity Rail Recovery Task Force.
(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the University of California and other academic institutions, the Department of Transportation, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, bicycle and pedestrian safety organizations, transportation advocacy organizations, and labor organizations.
(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to grow transit and intercity rail ridership and improve transit and intercity rail operations for users of those services.
(d) The secretary shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025.
(e) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:
(1) The existing funding sources for transit and intercity rail, with a breakdown of funding available for operations, rolling stock, and fixed guideways and a description of federal, state, and local funding currently used for other transportation investments that could be used for transit and intercity rail projects.
(2) Existing policies on state and local metrics on transit performance.
(3) Overall service provided by transit agencies, including, but not limited to, service to commuting populations and service for elderly, disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.
(f) The report shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following recommendations:
(1) Recommendations on how to grow public transit use and reduce operational costs, including, but not limited to, recommendations on all of the following:
(A) Consolidating transit agencies or having a network manager to coordinate transit routes.
(B) Fare coordination and methods of payment for transit to make transit more accessible, including single fare payments within an established zone.
(C) Increasing the frequency and reliability of transit, including a statewide technology requirement enabling real-time transit information, including arrival and departure predictions, vehicle locations, occupancy, and service alerts using the General Transit Feed Specification data format.
(D) Changes to land use policies that could improve public transit use.
(2) Recommendations on how to better plan and make procurements for transit and intercity rail projects, including recommendations on statewide procurement of buses and trains for transit fleets and whether to create or designate a state department to assist in planning transit projects.
(3) Recommendations for replacing fare box recovery ratios required under the Transportation Development Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code) with performance metrics that better measure transit growth opportunities and customer service opportunities, and recommendations on which state department or agency should be responsible for transit system oversight and reporting.
(4) Recommendations on whether the state should create a new revenue source to pay for transit operations and projects or shift existing revenue sources towards transit operations and projects and restrict revenues from local transportation funds established pursuant to Section 29530 to transit operations.
(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
There shall be allocated to the county and the transportation planning agency the sums that are necessary to administer this chapter.