California commission outlines work plan and staff deliverables for road-charge pilot design

Members of California’s Road Charge Technical Advisory Committee convened for a multi-agency briefing that included presentations from Washington and Oregon. The committee chair and staff summarized near-term logistics and asked staff to prepare written materials so members can review and iterate on policy decisions in future meetings.

Staff said they will circulate the calendar and meeting locations for the committee’s next sessions, post minutes and maintain a common set of briefing and communication materials. Committee staff described a meeting-by-meeting approach: committee members will consider discrete policy questions (privacy, enforcement, reporting options, participant recruitment and cost modeling) and staff will draft language capturing the committee’s decisions for subsequent review.

Committee members raised schedule and production-process questions. Staff responded that policy-level decisions would be recorded and that Caltrans and commission staff will produce the more detailed concept-of-operations and demonstration design elements once high‑level policy direction is settled. Staff also said they plan to develop outreach materials and briefings for the governor’s office, legislators and stakeholder groups and to coordinate with Washington and Oregon on lessons learned.

Ending: Staff committed to circulate meeting dates and locations and to post minutes and meeting materials; committee members asked staff to maintain clear timelines and to ensure technical follow-up on cost, privacy and enforcement questions before the next session.