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CTC staff member Frances Diaz Sanchez, who presented the draft at the Road Charge Technical Advisory Committee meeting in Fresno on April 18, said, \"The total transportation funding needs over the next 10 years are estimated to be approximately $757,500,000,000\" and that \"the projected statewide 10 year revenue is approximately $572,000,000,000\" before noting the possible additional decline in revenue she said could reduce the projection to about $541,000,000,000 and leave a \"shortfall of 216 and a half billion, roughly.\"

The draft, prepared under direction in Senate Bill 1121, provides an inventory of statewide needs (state highways, local streets and roads, transit and rail, climate resiliency and accessible transportation) and proposes \"first principles\" and a preferred scenario calling for phased implementation of a sustainable funding mechanism to replace the state excise gas tax. The report does not identify a single replacement revenue source; CTC staff said the legislature will decide the mechanism and that options could include a road charge or vehicle registration fees.

Why this matters: The assessment is intended to inform legislative action as California continues a transition to cleaner vehicles and lower fuel consumption. CTC staff told the committee the intent of the draft is to present the high-level funding gap, highlight areas that need further study (tribal transportation needs, accessible transportation beyond ADA services, and climate resiliency), and recommend approaches to address declining fuel tax receipts.

Key details: Frances Diaz Sanchez said the draft reflects input from 11 stakeholder workgroup meetings over 15 months, regional transportation plans, the state highway system management plan and the state rail plan. The report was released for a 30-day public comment period beginning March 3 and ending April 2; staff are now assessing comments for incorporation before the May Commission meeting, when the final report will be presented for adoption and transmittal to the Legislature.

Discussion at the TAC meeting focused on how the needs are presented and whether transit and rail should be separated from roads in public discussion. Commissioner Jim Madaffer asked whether transit and rail categories should be separated from road-specific categories so lawmakers could identify distinct funding solutions. CTC staff and other presenters said the assessment was intentionally comprehensive: it catalogues needs across the entire transportation system and the revenue side covers federal, state and local sources, not only fuel excise taxes.

Several committee members and public commenters raised the importance of privacy and implementation design if the legislature moves toward road charges as one replacement option. Electronic Frontier Foundation representative Lee Tian urged officials to explicitly consider privacy and security when designing any mileage-based mechanism. CTC staff and others said program design choices (for example, offering low-data reporting options) are available to protect privacy and that the draft recommends further study of accessible and tribal transportation needs.

What the draft recommends: 1) adopt the report's first principles as a framework for decisions about long-term funding; 2) pursue a phased, sustainable replacement for the gas tax to stop the erosion of fuel-based revenues; and 3) commission additional studies on tribal needs, accessible transportation, and climate resiliency funding. The staff presentation explicitly noted legislative action would be required to implement any particular revenue mechanism.

Limits and next steps: Staff cautioned the draft is a high-level assessment; several commenters at the meeting observed it may undercount local needs and asked for more granular regional data. CTC staff said the final report to the Commission in May will incorporate public comments where feasible. The report also recommended the legislature identify ongoing funding for climate resiliency once State and Federal emergency funds are exhausted.

Ending note: The CTC will present the final 2025 needs assessment for adoption at its May meeting and then transmit the report to the state legislature for consideration of the recommendations.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","April 18th, 2025, Road Charge Technical Advisory Committee Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The California Transportation Commission\u0000(CTC) draft 2025 State and Local Transportation System Needs Assessment estimates the state\u0000faces roughly $757.5 billion in transportation needs over the next decade against projected revenues of about $572.0 billion, leaving a roughly $216.5 billion shortfall after accounting for an anticipated additional decline in fuel-related receipts.","taxTitle","Transportation Commission, Agencies under Office of the Governor, Executive, California","taxId",70065,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6250639,"Caltrans pilot shows road-charge technology feasible but rural and tribal outreach remains challenging",2122,3863000,5985000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3199674-95ae308b4b4ff975225f4d444032f123&start=3863&end=5985","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3199674-95ae308b4b4ff975225f4d444032f123/thumbnail_3863000.jpg","/articles/6250639/California/Caltrans-pilot-shows-road-charge-technology-feasible-but-rural-and-tribal-outreach-remains-challenging","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6250639-1e67122c34e7f87750212f1cbb6e4a53/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161054&Signature=dxGkoXgIm2L8yxkSgJZ8Da5iZwNjNQ-tThASYjsHImQyaMJPy-uY7QfIqJGkpcFg9~T-PjgLYaFV7RroJarphVJUDum6Hv6fLyqL4ZBZg7k~-ob6LmU1U22aFEVg2eGG~IeHsLZlPVIXN0E1nGWdDhvTEXmc8oUPu0u9UMvhz2IIdtsLakE4MW-Dxse8gu3HjDhBit5nUuzO~BmjQEVna9TUvfN00nyF9EN4JynP9mTyIDuRfTqk7U4iC68koHmflYSHXxu5migq0EHPhtYrnQ9qSDplqgbBB~~S-odGUutNELx8xgmcCvebi3I0TnW0g5BDEH-ZBRyhFoOt2RsDSA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Caltrans briefed the Road Charge Technical Advisory Committee on April 18 about two recent efforts: the Senate Bill 339-authorized road charge revenue collection pilot that concluded in January and a Public-Private Road Charge Project that focused on outreach to rural and tribal communities and examined tolling agency cross-over as a commercial account manager.

Caltrans road charge program manager Lauren Perhota said the SB 339 pilot exceeded recruitment goals and delivered a large, diverse sample: \"We had 802 participants,\" Perhota said, and added the pilot produced high completion and low attrition (17 closure requests) after participants finished reporting in January and paid final bills in February. Caltrans staff said the agency will analyze survey and closeout data and prepare the statutorily required report to the Legislature.

The pilot and the public-private project tested a range of operational questions. The public-private project specifically explored GPS-based differentiation between public and private roads (for example, frontage roads, private residential communities or tribal roads) and tested a tolling-agency integration scenario with the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA). Caltrans found GPS mapping and differentiation to be \"pretty reliable\" when authoritative state maps (Caltrans-maintained shape files) were available, but staff cautioned that map accuracy and ongoing updates are essential and that data processing and storage costs can be significant.

Important participant and technical details: Caltrans reported early vehicle-type counts from the pilot: 479 gasoline, 90 hybrid, 65 electric, 63 plug-in hybrid, 15 diesel and 10 hydrogen vehicles. The public-private project used higher recruitment incentives (up to $250 for that project and SB 339 authorized up to $400 in subsequent pilots) and targeted rural organizations, tribal leadership groups and locally trusted partners to boost participation.

Rural and tribal outreach: The public-private project deliberately focused on rural and tribal perspectives. Perhota said rural participants often begin skeptical but that lived experience in pilots tended to increase acceptance; she reported that roughly 75% of participants in the rural-focused pilot later said the approach worked for them. Tribal leaders, however, raised sovereignty and economic concerns. Caltrans staff reported tribes that operate tribally owned gas stations were concerned that a switch away from a gas tax would affect a revenue stream tribes currently use for tribal services because tribally sold gasoline is not subject to the state gas tax. Tribes also flagged culturally sensitive-location privacy and sovereignty concerns; several committee members and public commenters urged continued tribal-focused outreach and written comment review.

Privacy and program design trade-offs: Privacy was a recurring theme in the meeting. Electronic Frontier Foundation representative Lee Tian told the committee he joined to \"represent the interests of privacy, and security and consumers,\" and asked the committee to place location privacy explicitly among design principles for any mileage-based mechanism. Caltrans and other panelists emphasized program design choices matter: reporting options can range from an odometer-photo or annual odometer read (low-data options) to GPS-based reporting that delivers more precise billing but incurs higher data and administrative costs. One approach staff discussed was a standardized deduction for a predictable amount of non-chargeable mileage (for example, an out-of-state or private-road allowance) as an alternative to continuous location reporting.

Toll agency crossover: The project tested handing mileage data to a tolling agency for account management. TCA and other toll agencies were able to ingest pilot mileage data and simulate billing in existing account structures; staff described the experiment as successful and noted toll agencies could be a viable commercial account manager in a future statewide system, subject to policy decisions about accounting and avoiding double-charging where toll revenues already fund maintenance.

Next steps and reporting: Caltrans said it will complete data analysis, incorporate lessons learned, and submit the SB 339 pilot report to the Legislature. The public-private project report and appendices are available on the Caltrans website; committee members asked staff to continue tribal outreach and to ensure that privacy, map accuracy, and administrative cost trade-offs are presented clearly to policymakers.

Ending: Committee members and public commenters urged further tribal and rural outreach and called for clarity on privacy protections and administrative costs before any legislative move to a mileage-based revenue mechanism.","Caltrans reported that a recent six-month SB 339 road-charge revenue collection pilot recruited 802 participants and that GPS-based technology can distinguish public from private roads, but ongoing tribal and rural outreach, privacy protections and data-cost trade-offs remain key obstacles to any statewide rollout.","actionData","errors"]

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California transportation needs outpace revenues by about $216.5 billion over 10 years, CTC draft finds

Caltrans pilot shows road-charge technology feasible but rural and tribal outreach remains challenging