Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 75220
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program
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Current — January 1, 2015
As of January 1, 2013
(a) The Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program is hereby created to fund capital improvements and operational investments that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, modernize California’s intercity, commuter, and urban rail systems to achieve all of the following policy objectives: (1) Reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (2) Expand and improve rail service to increase ridership. (3) Integrate the rail service of the state’s various rail operators, including integration with the high-speed rail system. (4) Improve rail safety.
(a) The Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program is hereby created to fund transformative capital improvements, as defined in subdivision (d), that will modernize California’s intercity, commuter, and urban rail systems and bus and ferry transit systems to achieve all of the following policy objectives: (1) Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. (2) Expand and improve transit service to increase ridership. (3) Integrate the rail service of the state’s various rail operators, including integration with the high-speed rail system. (4) Improve transit safety.
(b) The Transportation Agency shall evaluate applications for funding under the program consistent with the criteria set forth in this chapter and prepare a list of projects recommended for funding. The list may be revised at any time.
(b) The Transportation Agency shall evaluate applications consistent with the criteria set forth in this part and approve a multiyear program of projects for funding pursuant to Section 75224, which may be revised as necessary.
(c) The California Transportation Commission shall award grants to applicants pursuant to the list prepared by the Transportation Agency.
(c) The California Transportation Commission shall allocate funding to applicants pursuant to the program of projects approved by the Transportation Agency.
(d) “Transformative capital improvement” means a rail, bus, or ferry transit project that will significantly reduce vehicle miles traveled, congestion, and greenhouse gas emissions by creating a new transit system, increasing the capacity of an existing transit system, or otherwise significantly increasing the ridership of a transit system.
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