California State Rail Plan 2005-06 to 2015-16

THE DEPARTMENT’S MISSION AND GOALS
The Department’s mission–“Caltrans Improves Mobility across California” and its
five strategic goals: safety, mobility, delivery, flexibility, and stewardship, support the
GoCalifornia vision.
INTERREGIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING
The Department’s Interregional Transportation Strategic Plan (ITSP) is the strategic
planning document for interregional capital projects, and relies heavily upon the State
Rail Plan for its intercity rail portion.
THE DEPARTMENT’S VISION FOR INTERCITY RAIL
The Department’s Intercity Passenger Rail Vision supports the GoCalifornia vision, the
Department’s mission and goals, and the ITSP. It includes the following elements:
• Provide relief to highway and airway congestion.
• Provide a rail transportation alternative to other travel modes.
• Improve air quality, conserve fuel, and contribute to efficient and environmentally
superior land use.
Chapter II–Capital Program
CAPITAL PROGRAM GOALS
• Expand capacity on existing routes for increased frequencies and reliability.
• Reduce train running times to attract riders and to provide an efficient service.
• Improve equipment, stations, and facilities.
• Increase farebox ratio to reach or exceed 50 percent.
• Improve the safety of state-supported intercity rail service, including grade crossings.
• Implement projects to allow new cost-effective routes.
TEN-YEAR INTERCITY RAIL CAPITAL PROGRAM
The Department’s ten-year $3.1 billion capital program for the three existing statesupported
routes and for new routes represents an unconstrained program based
on project needs, and not funding expectations. Full implementation of this capital
program would require major federal funding. Key projects in the program are listed in
the chapter.
If sufficient funding for the unconstrained program is unavailable, a constrained
program would be implemented with state funds from future State Transportation
Improvement Program (STIP) programming cycles, as supplemented by other funding.
This program is represented in the Department’s constrained $770 million ten-year
capital program. The program includes $60 million per year in STIP funds and $170
million in Transportation Congestion Relief Program (TCRP) funds.
CAPITAL PROGRAM FUNDING
To date, over $2.8 billion has either been invested or reserved for capital funding for
California intercity rail passenger service. The State has provided about 62 percent of
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