California State Rail Plan 2007-08 to 2017-18

2007-08 – 2017-18 California State Rail PlanIn 1997, Chapter 622, Statutes of 1997 [Senate Bill (SB) 45-Kopp], was passedwhich gives intercity rail projects a minimum of nine percent of the interregionalportion of the STIP as part of the Interregional Transportation ImprovementProgram (ITIP). Intercity rail projects can also be funded in the RegionalTransportation Improvement Program (RTIP). As a result, in the 1996 STIP, 1998STIP, the 1998 STIP Augmentation, the 2000 STIP, the 2002 STIP and the2006 STIP and STIP Augmentation (due to severe funding constraints, the2004 STIP did not program any new funding for intercity rail projects), a total of$567 million was programmed. Of this amount $402 million has been allocated.Since the passage of SB 45 in 1997, most intercity rail funding provided by theState has come from projects proposed by the Department in the ITIP, whichreceives only 25 percent of all STIP funding. The RTIP, for which projects areproposed by the Regional Transportation Planning Agencies (RTPAs), receivesthe remaining 75 percent of STIP funding. However, as part of the partnershipbetween the Department and the RTPAs, significant intercity rail expansions willrequire funding commitments from RTPAs in the RTIP.Chapter 91, Statutes of 2000 [Assembly Bill (AB) 2928–Torlakson], establishedthe Governor’s TCRP to be funded from the TCRF. The TCRP contained$201.5 million for specific intercity rail capital projects, including $148.5 millionfor the Pacific Surfliners, $25 million for the San Joaquins, and $28 million forthe Capitol Corridor.The 1999-00 Budget provided $17.5 million for equipment acquisition. Also in1999-00, $17 million in proceeds from leveraged leaseback of the existingCalifornia Car and locomotive fleet was received for purchase of new intercity railequipment. The 2001-02 Budget included $91 million in PTA funds for trackimprovements on all three State-supported routes.Additional funding will come from Proposition 1B. The intercity rail programwill receive $400 million from this Act. A total of $187 million has beenappropriated for projects in the 2007-2008 Budget, including $150 million for newequipment.Figure 2D provides a summary of all capital funding for intercity rail in Californiasince the beginning of State-supported rail service. The summary reflects allexpended and allocated funds, including funds from Propositions 108 and 116,funds provided by the TCRP, and funds from all sources programmed in the 1996,1998, 2000, and 2002 STIPs and carried over to the 2004 STIP. As of December2005 over $2.8 billion has been invested or reserved, including projects forstations, track and signal improvements, maintenance and layover facilities androlling stock. Although the State has provided about 63 percent of the totalinvestment, local entities, the Federal government, Amtrak, and the privaterailroads have made substantial contributions.28