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Task Force opens broad funding conversation; members ask staff for funding scenarios

Transcend Transformation Task Force, California State Transportation Agency · December 18, 2024
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Summary

Members signaled strong interest in stable operating revenue and asked staff to return with scenario estimates of 10-year operating and capital needs and the potential yield of candidate revenue sources including TDA increases, road-user charges, payroll or income surcharges, tourism fees, congestion pricing and GGRF expansion.

Task force members and the technical staff spent a large portion of the meeting reviewing the state's funding context and assembling a menu of revenue options for further study.

Staff framed the problem: across California agencies between 2013 and 2023 roughly 62% of spend went to operations and 38% to capital; fares account for a small share of revenues and non-fare value-capture revenue has been minor. Staff asked the task force what scenarios and revenue options should be modeled for a 10-year forecast, stressing…

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