text:
(a) The annual tolls and revenues of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, or so much thereof as may be necessary, after provision for the payment in full of all annual costs of operation, insurance, and other expenses of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and after payment or provision for payment in full of all of the costs of any project involving the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, shall be pledged and used to finance and pay for the cost of the construction of additional highway crossings across San Francisco Bay as provided below, and for such other purposes as may be authorized by law, including, but not limited to, payment of the principal of, and interest and premiums, if any, on, and provision for security of, the revenue bonds of the commission issued pursuant to this article and the California Toll Bridge Authority Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 30000)).

(b) Bonds for the construction of additional highway crossings across San Francisco Bay may be authorized and issued by the commission. In the event the commission shall be authorized to refund any and all bonds issued for the construction of other toll bridges or toll highway crossings of San Francisco Bay and the rivers and streams tributary thereto in the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma and the City and County of San Francisco, then and in that event the commission is authorized to issue all of the bonds to be issued for the additional highway crossings over San Francisco Bay and the refunding bonds in a single authorization, and to pledge to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, all of the bonds and any provisions for the further security thereof, including reserve fund or sinking fund payments or otherwise, all of the revenues of all of the bridges of San Francisco Bay and the rivers and streams tributary thereto, including the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, the Dumbarton Bridge, the Carquinez Strait Bridges, the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, the Antioch Bridge, and the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, or any thereof as may be determined by the commission, together with revenues of the additional crossings to be constructed across San Francisco Bay.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 234.)


kind: section

code: SHC

text: The rapid transit tube shall be repaired, maintained and operated, and insured against such risks and in such amount as the district deems proper by or at the expense of the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1755.)

division: 17. TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS

chapter: 2. Particular Highway Crossings

path: 17. TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS > 2. Particular Highway Crossings > 5. San Francisco-Oakland Rapid Transit Tube


text:
(a) The San Mateo-Hayward Bridge is the bridge, together with necessary approaches, across San Francisco Bay connecting the County of San Mateo near the City of San Mateo with the County of Alameda near Mount Eden. The approaches to the bridge shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) An approach along Route 92 to Route 101, including the interchange between Routes 92 and 101, in the County of San Mateo.

(2) An approach along Route 92 to a point at or near the junction of Routes 17 and 92, in the County of Alameda.

(3) An interchange between Routes 17 and 238, in the County of Alameda.

(4) The portion of Route 17 between Route 92 and Route 238, in the County of Alameda.

(b) The Dumbarton Bridge is the vehicle bridge across San Francisco Bay, together with necessary approaches, connecting the County of San Mateo near Menlo Park with the County of Alameda near Fremont.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 910.)

path: 17. TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS > 2. Particular Highway Crossings > 6. San Mateo-Hayward and Dumbarton Bridges


text: The department is authorized to modify, improve, reconstruct, and remodel the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge as is necessary to adequately handle anticipated traffic and permit the collection of tolls.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 38. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 6. San Mateo-Hayward and Dumbarton Bridges


text: The San Diego-Coronado Bridge is the bridge, together with necessary approaches, across San Diego Bay connecting the Cities of San Diego and Coronado.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1774.)

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge

path: 17. TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS > 2. Particular Highway Crossings > 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text: The department shall endeavor to obtain funds from the federal government and from other nonstate sources to conduct a study on the feasibility of maintaining and operating a ferry system for nonvehicular traffic, such as pedestrian traffic, between the Cities of San Diego and Coronado. The department shall conduct such study only if adequate funding is obtained.

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text: Upon a finding by the department that the operation of a ferry system for nonvehicular traffic between the Cities of San Diego and Coronado is feasible, the authority shall promptly take the necessary steps to secure the consent of the holders of the outstanding bonds secured by the revenues of the bridge to the operation of such a ferry system.

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text: Upon the authority securing the consent of the bondholders to the operation of a ferry system for nonvehicular traffic between the Cities of San Diego and Coronado, the department shall grant a franchise for the operation of such a ferry system at the earliest possible date.

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text: The net revenues received by the department from the operation of the ferry system shall be deposited in the San Diego-Coronado Toll Bridge Revenue Fund.

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the San Diego Association of Governments, on behalf of the state, may impose a toll on vehicles crossing the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. The toll shall be established by the association after conducting at least one public hearing.

(b) The authority of the commission relative to tolls on the bridge is hereby transferred to the San Diego Association of Governments. All tolls on the bridge shall be at the rates established by the San Diego Association of Governments, except that at no time shall the rate of toll for class 1 vehicles exceed one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per vehicle.

(c) (1) The revenues from any tolls imposed on the bridge shall be used first for expenses related to the collection of tolls, including, but not limited to, the installation and operation of an automated toll collection system, if that system is installed by the association, and operation of the bridge, including, but not limited to, reimbursement for any operating and retrofitting costs and, second, for improvements to the bridge and its approaches. Tolls shall be established at an amount which will generate revenue sufficient to meet the requirements set forth in this paragraph, as determined by the department. Maintenance of the bridge shall be funded by the state under Section 188.4.

(2) The revenues from any tolls imposed on the bridge may also be used for costs incurred by the San Diego Association of Governments in administering this section and for any of the following:

(A) Transportation services that either increase the capacity of the bridge and its approaches or reduce the demand for travel in the transportation corridor that includes the bridge.

(B) Alternative forms of transportation, within the transportation corridor that includes the bridge, that reduce congestion and air pollution, including, but not limited to, ferry service and public transit.

(C) Capital improvements and related expenditures within the transportation corridor for construction and maintenance of bikeways.

(d) For the purposes of this section, “transportation corridor” means the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and its approaches which extend from Route 5 in the City of San Diego to the North Island Naval Air Station via Route 282, and to the Naval Amphibious Base via Route 75 in the City of Coronado.

(e) All money deposited in the San Diego-Coronado Toll Bridge Revenue Fund prior to March 26, 1992, and not expended, encumbered, or programmed before January 1, 1994, is appropriated to the Controller for allocation to the San Diego Association of Governments for the purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).

(f) The San Diego Association of Governments shall include in the regional transportation improvement program, and every update thereof, an expenditure plan specifying the projects and programs that are to be funded with toll revenues.

(g) If the San Diego Association of Governments, on behalf of the state, imposes tolls pursuant to subdivision (a), it shall reimburse the department for costs incurred by the department in operating the bridge, collecting tolls, and performing other related services. The association and the department shall enter into an agreement which provides for the full reimbursement of the department for all operating costs.

(h) The San Diego Association of Governments shall prepare an annual audit of expenditures that are funded with toll revenues. The audit shall be funded solely with toll revenues and shall not include expenditures made by the department. The association shall review the annual financial report on state-owned toll bridges that is prepared by the department for revenues collected under this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text: The department may permit any class of vehicles to use the bridge on a credit basis without posting the security required by Section 30158.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1151, Sec. 2.)

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text:
(a) The San Diego Association of Governments shall deposit thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) in the Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Account in the State Transportation Fund.

(b) Maintenance of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge shall be funded by the state pursuant to Section 188.4.

(c) Of the thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) in local funds to be paid by the San Diego Association of Governments as the local toll authority for the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be paid from local toll revenue reserve funds. The balance of funds shall be paid from toll bridge revenue bonds, as specified in Section 30796.10, supported by toll revenue. This revenue shall consist of the net toll revenue gained from shifting the cost of bridge maintenance to be funded by the state pursuant to Section 188.4 and by all or part of the remaining toll revenues.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 207. Effective October 12, 2001.)

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text:
(a) The San Diego Association of Governments may issue bonds payable from the revenues derived from the tolls imposed on the bridge. The bonds may be issued by the San Diego Association of Governments at any time, and from time to time payable from the revenues from the tolls. The bonds shall be referred to as “toll bridge revenue bonds.” The association shall be an instrumentality of the state for the purposes of those issuances.

(b) The revenues from the tolls on the bridge shall be subject to a statutory lien in favor of the bondholders to secure all amounts due on the bonds and in favor of any provider of credit enhancement for the bonds to secure all amounts due to the provider with respect to those bonds. The lien shall immediately attach to the toll revenues and be effective, binding, and enforceable against the San Diego Association of Governments, its successors, creditors, and all others asserting the rights therein, irrespective of whether those parties have notice of the lien and without the need for any physical delivery, recordation, filing, or further act. The toll revenues shall remain subject to the lien until all bonds are paid in full or provisions are made therefor. The bridge shall not become a free public bridge until that time.

(c) The liens on toll revenues created by this section shall be subject to expenditures for the collection of tolls, if those expenditures are not otherwise provided for by statute, including, but not limited to, expenditures relating to the installation and operation of an automated toll collection system, if that system is installed by the association, but shall have priority over the use of any of the toll revenues for improvements undertaken pursuant to the authorization contained in subdivision (c) of Section 30796.7.

(d) Toll bridge revenue bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the San Diego Association of Governments by a majority vote of the governing board of the association.

The San Diego Association of Governments may from time to time, issue bonds in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), for the purpose of constructing, improving, or equipping the bridge, or for any of the purposes authorized by Section 30796.7 for the expenditure of toll revenues. Operation of the bridge shall constitute an “enterprise” within the meaning of Section 54309 of the Government Code, and the San Diego Association of Governments shall constitute a “local agency” within the meaning of Section 54307 of the Government Code. Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code shall not apply to the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this section. Instead, the San Diego Association of Governments shall authorize the issuance of bonds by resolution, which resolution shall specify all of the following:

(1) The purposes for which the bonds are to be issued.

(2) The maximum principal amount of the bonds.

(3) The maximum term for the bonds.

(e) The maximum rate of interest to be payable upon the bond which interest rates shall not exceed the maximum rate specified in Section 53531 of the Government Code. The rate may be either fixed or variable and shall be payable at the times and in the manner specified in the resolution.

(f) Interest on any bonds issued pursuant to this section shall at all times be free from state personal income tax and corporate income tax.

(g) Any bonds issued pursuant to this section are a legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds. Whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within the state, those funds may be invested in the bonds issued pursuant to this section, and whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public money, the bonds issued pursuant to this section may be so used. The provisions of this section are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investments and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.

(h) The State of California pledges and agrees with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the San Diego Association of Governments pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, that the state will not limit, alter, or restrict the rights hereby vested in the San Diego Association of Governments to finance the toll bridge improvements and other projects and programs authorized by this chapter. The State of California pledges and agrees not to impair the terms of any agreements made with the holders of bonds, and with the parties who may enter into contracts with the San Diego Association of Governments pursuant to this chapter, and pledges and agrees not to impair the rights or remedies of the holders of any revenue bonds or any parties until the bonds, together with interest, are fully paid and discharged and any contracts are fully performed on the part of the San Diego Association of Governments.

(i) The San Diego Association of Governments may include the pledges made under this section in its revenue bonds.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 729, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)

article: 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge


text: The department has exclusive jurisdiction and, except as provided in this article, may grant upon the terms, limitations, conditions, and restrictions and under the supervision as in its judgment are necessary or proper, franchises, privileges, or licenses for the construction or operation of toll bridges, toll roads, and toll ferries and for the taking and keeping of tolls from the bridges, roads, and ferries situated wholly or in part within the state. “Toll ferries” do not include vessels operated by common carriers providing transportation service subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1088, Sec. 3.)

article: 1. Franchises

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text: The department shall require the grantee of any such franchise, privilege, or license to pay a license tax or fee of not less than ten dollars ($10) or more than one hundred dollars ($100) a month, the amount of which shall be fixed in the franchise.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)

chapter: 3. Toll Bridges, Toll Roads, and Toll Ferries Generally

article: 1. Franchises


text: The department may fix the rate of tolls, and from time to time regulate, modify, and change any such tolls which may be collected on any toll bridge, toll roads, or toll ferries which are built, constructed, or established pursuant to this article.

article: 1. Franchises


text: The rate of toll fixed, regulated, modified, or changed shall be determined by the department after hearing has been had thereon and a written finding rendered. Findings rendered by the department are conclusive as to the facts recited therein.

article: 1. Franchises


text: The department may provide as a condition or limitation in any franchise granted pursuant to this article for the purchase or retaking of any toll bridge, toll road, or toll ferry constructed or established by virtue of a franchise issued pursuant to this article, upon such terms and conditions as are determined by the department at the time of the execution of the franchise. The conditions and limitations upon which any franchise is granted shall be set forth in full in the instrument executed evidencing the granting of the franchise.

article: 1. Franchises


text:
Every person operating any toll road, toll bridge, or toll ferry within the State under any franchise granted pursuant to this article shall keep an accurate account showing the following:

(a) The cost of construction thereof and the amount expended in keeping such toll road, toll bridge, or toll ferry in repair.

(b) The cost for operation and maintenance thereof.

(c) A record of the true financial condition of such person. On or before March 15th of each year, he shall file with the department a statement for the preceding calendar year setting forth such information, verified by himself, or if a firm, association, or corporation by some member or officer thereof having knowledge of the facts.

article: 1. Franchises


text:
The department shall prescribe:

(a) A uniform system of accounts for all such toll roads, toll bridges, and toll ferries:

(b) The manner in which the account of costs of construction, repair, operation, and maintenance thereof and the annual statement of expenditures and revenues shall be kept.

(c) The forms of the statements required by this article.

article: 1. Franchises


text: The department may make orders and prescribe rules and regulations with respect to toll roads, and toll bridges, or toll ferries in conformity with this article.

article: 1. Franchises


text: All money received from any franchise granted by the department pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Highway Account.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 245.)

article: 1. Franchises


text: The enforcement and administration of this article is declared to be a part of the highway program of the state, and all necessary expenditures of the department therefor are payable out of the State Highway Account.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 246.)

article: 1. Franchises


text: Private entities shall reimburse the Department of the California Highway Patrol for the actual costs incurred by that department for traffic enforcement services rendered pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 23251 of the Vehicle Code on toll highways which are publicly owned and privately operated. All funds collected by the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1241, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 1. Franchises


text: The board of supervisors shall not grant franchises and licenses for the construction, taking, and keeping of tolls on roads, bridges, and ferries in its county.

article: 1. Franchises


text:
This article does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Any person who on August 14, 1929, held a franchise for a toll bridge or toll road or operated a toll bridge or toll road under such a franchise, or to any toll road or toll bridge franchise existing on that date.

(b) Any person who on August 21, 1933, held a franchise for a toll ferry or operated a toll ferry under such a franchise, or to any toll ferry franchise existing on that date.

(c) Any toll ferry operated or to be operated by a municipality.

article: 1. Franchises


text: This article does not prevent the State, or any city, county, incorporated bridge and highway district, or joint highway district from acquiring or constructing toll roads, toll bridges, and toll ferries under the restrictions imposed by any law authorizing the construction, acquisition, or condemnation of toll roads, or toll bridges through the use of revenue bonds.

article: 1. Franchises


text: This article does not conflict in any manner with any law authorizing the construction, acquisition, or condemnation of toll roads or toll bridges through the use of revenue bonds.

article: 1. Franchises


text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no toll shall be imposed on the passage of a pedestrian, a bicycle, or a personal micromobility device, as defined in Section 1940.41 of the Civil Code, over any bridge that is part of the state highway system, on which the travel of pedestrians, bicycles, or personal micromobility devices is otherwise authorized, and on which tolls are imposed on the passage of motor vehicles, including any bridge constructed pursuant to a franchise granted under this article.

(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply if the bridge was under construction on or after January 1, 2025, and if the tolls are used to fund the cost of constructing the bridge.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 731, Sec. 3. (AB 2669) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 1. Franchises


text: No person shall construct or take tolls on a bridge or ferry unless authorized by the governmental agency which has or had power to issue a franchise therefor.

article: 2. Regulations

path: 17. TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS > 3. Toll Bridges, Toll Roads, and Toll Ferries Generally > 2. Regulations


text: Any person who without authority of law demands or receives compensation for the use of any bridge or ferry or sets up or keeps any road, bridge, ferry, or constructed ford for the purpose of receiving any remuneration for its use is guilty of a misdemeanor.

article: 2. Regulations


text:
Any person who operates a motor vehicle over a toll bridge or toll highway crossing and the approaches thereto constructed or acquired by any bridge and highway district, at the entrance to which appropriate signs have been erected to notify traffic that it is entering upon a toll bridge crossing or its approaches and is subject to the payment of tolls beyond the sign, is guilty of a misdemeanor in each of the following cases:

(a) If the person refuses to pay the tolls.

(b) If the person turns, or attempts to turn, the vehicle around in the bridge, approach, or toll plaza where signs have been erected forbidding the turning.

(c) If the person refuses to pass through the toll gates after having come within the area where signs have been erected notifying traffic that it is entering the area where toll is collectible or where vehicles may not turn around and where vehicles are required to pass through the toll gates for the purpose of collecting tolls.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 739, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

article: 2. Regulations


text: Any person who maliciously injures or destroys any toll house or gate is guilty of a misdemeanor.

article: 2. Regulations


text: Any person who enters into an undertaking to keep and attend a ferry and violates the conditions of such undertaking is guilty of a misdemeanor.

article: 2. Regulations


text:
Every corporation incorporated for the purpose of operating a toll bridge or toll ferry may be dissolved in any of the following cases:

(a) If within one year after filing its articles of incorporation, it has not obtained such authority from the governmental agency having authority to issue a franchise therefor, and if within one year thereafter it has not commenced the construction of the bridge, and if within two years after obtaining such authority, there has not been actually expended thereon a sum equal to at least 10 percent of the issued capital stock of the corporation.

(b) If within seven years after the time the authority to construct the bridge was granted, or any lawful extension thereof, the bridge is not completed. The governmental agency may from time to time by order extend the time of completion beyond seven years, if the actual and physical work of constructing the bridge has been diligently prosecuted from the time of commencement up to the time that application for such extension is presented to it.

(c) If the bridge of the corporation is destroyed and is not reconstructed and ready for use within three years thereafter.

(d) If the ferry of any such corporation is not in running order within one year after authority is obtained to establish it, or if at any time thereafter the corporation ceases for a like term consecutively to perform the duties imposed by law.

article: 2. Regulations


text:
This article applies only to the following:

(a) Any person who on August 14, 1929, held a franchise for a toll bridge or operated a toll bridge under such a franchise, or to any toll bridge franchise existing on that date.

(b) Any person who on August 21, 1933, held a franchise for a toll ferry or operated a toll ferry under such a franchise, or to any toll ferry franchise existing on that date.

This article does not apply to or affect any ferry owned or operated as a municipal ferry by any city over waters situated in whole or in part within the limit of such city.

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text: The license tax and rate of toll as originally fixed by the board of supervisors shall not be increased or diminished at any time during the term of 20 years, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors that the receipts from tolls in any one year is disproportionate to the cost of construction or erection, or the fair cash value thereof, together with the cost of all necessary repairs and maintenance of the bridge or ferry. The license tax fixed by the board shall not exceed 10 percent of the tolls annually collected.

article: 3. Toll Bridges Under Franchises Granted Prior to 1929 and Toll Ferries Under Franchises Granted Prior to 1933


text:
Every owner or keeper of a toll bridge or ferry shall report annually to the board of supervisors from which his license is obtained, under oath, the following facts:

(a) The actual cost of the construction or erection and equipment of the toll bridge or ferry.

(b) The repairs made during the preceding year and the actual cost thereof.

(c) The expense of labor, hire of agents, and other costs necessarily incurred in and about the conduct of the business.

(d) The amount of amortization and taxes actually paid in and about the conduct of the business.

(e) The amount of tolls collected.

(f) The estimated actual cash value of the bridge or ferry exclusive of the franchise.


text:
The president and secretary of every toll bridge and toll ferry corporation shall annually, under oath, report to the board of supervisors of the county in which the articles of incorporation are filed:

(a) The cost of constructing and providing all necessary appendages and appurtenances for the bridge, or ferry.

(b) The amount of all money expended thereon since its construction for repairs and incidental expenses.

(c) The amount of its capital stock, amount paid in, and the amount thereof actually expended.

(d) The amount received during the year for tolls, and from all other sources, stating each separately.

(e) The amount of dividends made, and the indebtedness of the corporation, specifying for what it was incurred.

(f) Such other facts and particulars respecting the business of the corporation, as the board of supervisors requires.

The president and secretary shall cause the report to be published for four weeks in a daily newspaper published nearest the bridge or ferry, if required by order of the board of supervisors.

Any corporation failing to make such report is subject to a penalty of two hundred dollars ($200), and for every week permitted to elapse after such failure an additional penalty of fifty dollars ($50), payable in each case to the county from which the authority of the corporation was derived. All violations shall be reported by the board of supervisors to the district attorney, who shall commence an action therefor.


text: Whenever the board of supervisors is about to fix the license tax and rate of tolls on a bridge or ferry it shall make inquiry into the present actual cash value and the cost of all necessary repairs and maintenance thereof, and for that purpose may examine, under oath, the owner or keeper and other witnesses, and the assessed value of the bridge or ferry on the assessment-roll of the county.


text: If the estimate of the board is not agreed to by the owner or keeper of the bridge or ferry, it shall be fixed by three commissioners, one to be appointed by the board, one by the owner and keeper, and the third by the presiding judge of the superior court, who shall hear testimony and fix the value and cost according to the facts, and report it to the board of supervisors under oath. In all estimates of the fair cash value of the bridge or ferry the value of the franchise shall not be taken into consideration.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 79. Effective January 1, 2004.)


text: When the cost of construction or erection and equipment of the bridge or ferry, or the fair cash value thereof, together with the cost of needed repairs and the conduct and maintenance thereof, is ascertained and fixed for the preceding year, the board shall on such ascertained amount fix the annual license tax, rate of tolls, and the amount of the penal bond, and direct a license to be issued by the clerk.


text: The owner or keeper of the toll bridge or ferry shall furnish a bond in the sum fixed by the board of supervisors and conditioned that the toll bridge or toll ferry will be kept in good repair and condition, and that the keeper will faithfully comply with the laws of the state and all legal orders of the board of supervisors regulating it, and pay all damages recovered against the owner or keeper by any person injured or damaged by reason of delay at or defect in the bridge or ferry, or in any manner resulting from non-compliance with the laws or lawful orders regulating it. The bond shall be approved by the chairman and filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 383.)


text: The license tax for a toll ferry or toll bridge connecting two counties shall be paid to the treasurer of the county granting it, and the license issued by the auditor thereof. The treasurer of such county shall pay to the treasury of the county in which the other end or landing of the bridge or ferry is located, one-half the sum so received annually, or the auditor may issue the license on filing with him receipts for their respective halves of the tax taken from the treasurer of the two counties.


text: A supervisor who is interested in an application to erect, construct, or take tolls, or alter tolls on a bridge or ferry shall not act in any such matter.


text: Every licensed toll bridge or toll ferry shall have the rates of toll as fixed by the board of supervisors, printed or written, posted up in some conspicuous place on or near the bridge or ferry.


text: The proceeds of the license tax on ferries and toll-bridges shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of roads and highways, or may be used by the board of supervisors at any time in the purchase of toll-roads and toll-bridges.


text: All ferry and toll bridge keepers shall keep the banks of the streams or waters at the landings of their ferries or ridges graded and in good order for the passage of vehicles. For every day compliance herewith is neglected twenty-five dollars ($25) is forfeited, to be collected for the use of the road fund of the county.


text: Any penalty recovered for any violation of the rights or obligations of the toll bridges or toll ferries described in this article shall be paid to the county treasury for the use of the general road fund of the county.


text: It is the intent of the Legislature that toll bridge revenues be used to further the development of public transportation systems in the vicinity of toll bridges in order to alleviate automobile-related congestion and pollution and to diminish the need for state expenditures on new bridge facilities.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1229.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues

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text: “Authority” means the Bay Area Toll Authority.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text: “Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text: “Department” means the Department of Transportation.

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text:
(a) “Net transit revenues” means those revenues of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the Dumbarton Bridge determined by the authority as derived from the toll increase instituted by the commission in 1977. The calculation of the amount of the net transit revenues is equal to 16 percent of the revenue generated each year from the collection of the base toll at its level in existence for the 2001–02 fiscal year on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the Dumbarton Bridge.

(b) The net transit revenues are subordinate to all of the following:

(1) The obligation to pay necessary costs of toll collection operation.

(2) The obligations of the authority under any bond resolution or indenture applicable to the toll bridges issued by the authority.

(3) The obligation to repay any advances made to the department from any other source for studies and work preliminary to the financing of any toll bridge project.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text: “Toll bridge” means any state-owned bridge, including the approaches to the toll bridge from the nearest highway that is not for the exclusive use of toll bridge traffic, located within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text: To maximize the availability of funding necessary to complete the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program, to more efficiently manage the toll revenues from the toll bridges located within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission, and to expeditiously complete the seismic retrofit and replacement of the toll bridge facilities identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 188.5, it is necessary and in the public’s interest to consolidate the financial management of all of the toll revenues that are imposed by Sections 30916, 31010, and 31011 and that the Bay Area Toll Authority manage all of those toll revenues.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 71, Sec. 4. Effective July 18, 2005.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text: The authority may increase the toll rates specified in the adopted toll schedule only if this is necessary in order to enable the authority to meet its obligations under any bond resolution or indenture.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text:
(a) The authority may grant toll-free passage or may adopt a reduced-rate schedule of tolls for vehicles occupied by three or more persons, including the driver, and for buses crossing the bridges. The reduced-rate toll for those vehicles shall be determined by the authority in consultation with the department, and may consist of reduced daily tolls or payment in lieu of daily tolls. If the authority grants toll-free passage or adopts a reduced-rate toll schedule under this subdivision, it shall grant toll-free passage or adopt the same schedule for class I vehicles designed by the manufacturer to be occupied by not more than two persons, including the driver, if these vehicles are occupied by two persons, including the driver.

(b) Tolls on the bridges shall be maintained at rates sufficient to meet any obligations to the holders of bonds secured by the bridge toll revenues, as set forth in any bond resolution or indenture or obligation contained in bonds issued pursuant to the bond resolution or indenture, and the authority shall revise or eliminate the reduced-rate toll schedule adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) as necessary to ensure compliance with those obligations.

(c) The authority may also vary, as it deems advisable, the toll rates applicable to a vehicle operated on the bridges for the carriage of passengers by any municipal or public corporation, transit district, public utility district, political subdivision, or by a transportation company operating under a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The authority shall consult with the affected operators prior to adopting any toll rate pursuant to this subdivision.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text: The authority shall transfer the net transit revenues, as defined in Section 30884, to the commission on a regularly scheduled basis as set forth in the authority’s annual budget resolution.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text: The commission may retain, for its cost in administering this article, an amount not to exceed one-quarter of 1 percent of the revenues allocated by it pursuant to Section 30892 and of the revenues allocated by it pursuant to Sections 30913, 30914, and 30914.7.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 650, Sec. 5. (SB 595) Effective January 1, 2018.)

article: 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues


text:
After deduction for its administrative cost, the commission shall allocate the remaining funds to public entities operating public transportation systems and to the department to achieve the commission’s capital planning objectives in the vicinity of toll bridges as set forth in its adopted regional transportation plan. Such objectives shall include, but not be limited, to:

(a) Transbridge corridor trunk transit services.

(b) Feeder service to transbridge trunk transit services.

(c) Bridge traffic control devices required to establish exclusive lanes for transit services.

(d) Transbridge terminal facilities.

(e) Transbridge corridor guideway facilities.

(f) Improvement of alternate public transportation facilities and routings which affect bridge traffic.

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text: The commission may also allocate the funds to public entities and the department for the establishment and operation of ferry systems within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission.

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text: The commission shall adopt and distribute procedures for the submission of applications for funding and allocation of funds. Only those applications for projects that will implement the commission’s transportation planning objectives in the vicinity of toll bridges as set forth in its adopted regional transportation plan or the commission’s objectives with respect to ferry systems shall be approved.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 56. Effective January 1, 2004.)

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text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the legislative body of a city may grant upon such terms, limitations, conditions, and restrictions and under such supervision as in its judgment are necessary and proper, franchises, privileges, or licenses for the construction, maintenance, and operation of toll ferries and for the taking and keeping of tolls from such ferries when the following conditions exist:

(a) The toll ferry is operated wholly within the boundaries of such city.

(b) None of the route or routes of such toll ferry constitute a part or an extension of a state highway or a state highway route.

(c) No part of the route or routes of the toll ferry for which a franchise, privilege or license is being processed is within 10 miles of a toll bridge in operation or under construction over any body of water across which said toll ferry is to operate.

(d) The director finds that no toll bridge is planned or contemplated in a location where such ferry would compete with it. Failure of the director to make a finding and advise the legislative body of the city of such finding in writing within 30 days after being advised in writing by the legislative body of a city that it is considering granting a franchise, privilege, or license to operate a toll ferry that such a toll bridge is planned or contemplated shall be deemed a finding that no such toll bridge is planned or contemplated.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 658.)

article: 4. Toll Ferries in Cities

path: 17. TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS > 3. Toll Bridges, Toll Roads, and Toll Ferries Generally > 4. Toll Ferries in Cities


text: In granting any such franchise, privilege, or license, the legislative body may require the grantee thereof to pay an annual fee either in a flat amount or a percentage of the gross receipts derived from the operation of such toll ferry.

article: 4. Toll Ferries in Cities


text: The provisions of this article do not relieve the operator of a toll ferry from obtaining and maintaining a current and valid certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Utilities Commission when such certificate is otherwise required.

article: 4. Toll Ferries in Cities


text:
(a) The state-owned toll bridges within the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission are the following bridges:

(1) Antioch Bridge.

(2) Benicia-Martinez Bridge.

(3) Carquinez Bridges.

(4) Dumbarton Bridge.

(5) Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.

(6) San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.

(7) San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

(b) The Antioch Bridge, the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, the Carquinez Bridges, and the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge are at times classified as the northern bridge unit, and the Dumbarton Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge are at times classified as the southern bridge unit. For purposes of operation, rehabilitation, maintenance, and financing, all of the bridges are classified as a single enterprise.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 58. Effective January 1, 2004.)

chapter: 4. San Francisco Bay Area Bridges

path: 17. TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS > 4. San Francisco Bay Area Bridges


text: “Authority” means the Bay Area Toll Authority.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 58.5. Effective January 1, 2004.)


text: If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the department develop a project to open the third lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to automobile traffic on the eastbound level and to bicycle traffic on the westbound level, the lead agency may, to the extent feasible, complete the design work for the project simultaneously with the environmental review conducted pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 393, Sec. 2. (AB 157) Effective October 1, 2015.)


text:
(a) The authority shall control and maintain the Bay Area Toll Account and other subaccounts it deems necessary and appropriate to document toll revenue and operating expenditures in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

(b) (1) After providing for expenditures pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30912 and for operating assistance pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 30914 and subdivision (c) of Section 30914.7 and after the requirements of any bond resolution or indenture of the authority for any outstanding revenue bonds have been met, the authority shall transfer on a regularly scheduled basis as set forth in the authority’s annual budget resolution, the revenues defined in subdivision (b) of Section 30913 and Sections 30914 and 30914.7 to the commission. The funds transferred to the commission shall be expended for the purposes specified in subdivision (b) of Section 30913 and Sections 30914 and 30914.7. After the commission makes a determination that the projects and programs funded by the commission have been completed, the revenues transferred to the commission shall be expended by the commission for supplemental funding for the projects and programs identified in subdivision (a) of Section 30914.7 if the voters approve a toll increase authorized pursuant to Section 30923.

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the revenues defined in subdivision (b) of Section 30913 and subdivision (a) of Section 30914 include all revenues accruing since January 1, 1989.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 206. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)


text:
(a) Revenue derived from tolls on all bridges may be expended, subject to the adopted annual budget of the authority, for any of the following purposes:

(1) Safety and operational costs, including toll collection and maintenance costs in accordance with Section 188.4.

(2) Costs of bridge construction and improvement projects, including seismic retrofit and replacement projects, and including debt service and sinking fund payments on bonds issued by the authority for those projects. The repayment of any advances from other state funds may be made from the toll revenue or bond proceeds.

(b) The revenue determined by the authority as derived from the toll increase approved in 1988, and authorized by Section 30917 for class I vehicles on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge shall be used, to the extent specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 30914, for the construction of rail extensions specified in Section 30914 or for payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued for those projects, including payments into a sinking fund maintained for that purpose.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 71, Sec. 5. Effective July 18, 2005.)


text:
(a) In addition to any other authorized expenditure of toll bridge revenues, the following major projects may be funded from toll revenues:

(1) Benicia-Martinez Bridge: Widening of the existing bridge.

(2) Benicia-Martinez Bridge: Construction of an additional span parallel to the existing bridge.

(3) Carquinez Bridge: Replacement of the existing western span.

(4) Richmond-San Rafael Bridge: Major rehabilitation of the bridge, and development of a new easterly approach between the toll plaza and Route 80, near Pinole, known as the Richmond Parkway.

(b) The toll increase approved in 1988, which authorized a uniform toll of one dollar ($1) for two-axle vehicles on the bridges and corresponding increases for multi-axle vehicles, resulted in the following toll increases for two-axle vehicles on the bridges:Bridge 1988 Increase (Two–axle vehicles)Antioch Bridge$0.50Benicia-Martinez Bridge.60Carquinez Bridge.60Dumbarton Bridge.25Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.00San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.25San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.25Portions of the 1988 toll increase were dedicated to transit purposes, and these amounts shall be calculated as up to 2 percent of the revenue generated each year by the collection on all bridges of the base toll at the level established by the 1988 toll increase. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall allocate two-thirds of these amounts for transportation projects, other than those specified in Sections 30912 and 30913 and in subdivision (a) of Section 30914, which are designed to reduce vehicular traffic congestion and improve bridge operations on any bridge, including, but not limited to, bicycle facilities and for the planning, construction, operation, and acquisition of rapid water transit systems. The commission shall allocate the remaining one-third solely for the planning, construction, operation, and acquisition of rapid water transit systems. The plans for the projects may also be funded by these moneys. Funds made available for rapid water transit systems pursuant to this subdivision shall be allocated to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority beginning on the date specified in the adopted transition plan developed by the authority pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 66540.32 of the Government Code.

(c) The department shall not include, in the plans for the new Benicia-Martinez Bridge, toll plazas, highways, or other facilities leading to or from the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, any construction that would result in the net loss of any wetland acreage.

(d) With respect to the Benicia-Martinez and Carquinez Bridges, the department shall consider the potential for rail transit as part of the plans for the new structures specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a).

(e) At the time the first of the new bridges specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) is opened to the public, there shall be a lane for the exclusive use of pedestrians and bicycles available on at least, but not limited to, the original span at Benicia or Carquinez, or the additional or replacement spans planned for those bridges. The design of these bridges shall not preclude the subsequent addition of a lane for the exclusive use of pedestrians and bicycles.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 387, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2009.)


text:
(a) In addition to any other authorized expenditures of toll bridge revenues, the following major projects may be funded from toll revenues of all bridges:

(1) Dumbarton Bridge: Improvement of the western approaches from Route 101 if affected local governments are involved in the planning.

(2) San Mateo-Hayward Bridge and approaches: Widening of the bridge to six lanes, construction of rail transit capital improvements on the bridge structure, and improvements to the Route 92/Route 880 interchange.

(3) Construction of West Grand connector or an alternate project designed to provide comparable benefit by reducing vehicular traffic congestion on the eastern approaches to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Affected local governments shall be involved in the planning.

(4) Not less than 90 percent of the revenues determined by the authority as derived from the toll increase approved in 1988 for class I vehicles on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge authorized by Section 30917 shall be used exclusively for rail transit capital improvements designed to reduce vehicular traffic congestion on that bridge. This amount shall be calculated as 21 percent of the revenue generated each year by the collection of the base toll at the level established by the 1988 increase on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

(b) Notwithstanding any funding request for the transbay bus terminal pursuant to Section 31015, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall allocate toll bridge revenues in an annual amount not to exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000), plus a 3.5-percent annual increase, to the department or to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority after the department transfers the title of the Transbay Terminal Building to that entity, for operation and maintenance expenditures. This allocation shall be payable from funds transferred by the Bay Area Toll Authority. This transfer of funds is subordinate to any obligations of the authority, now or hereafter existing, having a statutory or first priority lien against the toll bridge revenues. The first annual 3.5-percent increase shall be made on July 1, 2004. The transfer is further subject to annual certification by the department or the Transbay Joint Powers Authority that the total Transbay Terminal Building operating revenue is insufficient to pay the cost of operation and maintenance without the requested funding.

(c) If the voters approve a toll increase in 2004 pursuant to Section 30921, the authority shall, consistent with the provisions of subdivisions (d) and (f), fund the projects described in this subdivision and in subdivision (d) that shall collectively be known as the Regional Traffic Relief Plan by bonding or transfers to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. These projects have been determined to reduce congestion or to make improvements to travel in the toll bridge corridors, from toll revenues of all bridges:

(1) BART/MUNI Connection at Embarcadero and Civic Center Stations. Provide direct access from the BART platform to the MUNI platform at the above stations and equip new fare gates that are TransLink ready. Three million dollars ($3,000,000). The project sponsor is BART.

(2) MUNI Metro Third Street Light Rail Line. Provide funding for the surface and light rail transit and maintenance facility to support MUNI Metro Third Street Light Rail service connecting to Caltrain stations and the E-Line waterfront line. Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000). The project sponsor is MUNI.

(3) MUNI Waterfront Historic Streetcar Expansion. Provide funding to rehabilitate historic streetcars and construct trackage and terminal facilities to support service from the Caltrain Terminal, the Transbay Terminal, and the Ferry Building, and connecting the Fisherman’s Wharf and northern waterfront. Ten million dollars ($10,000,000). The project sponsor is MUNI.

(4) East to West Bay Commuter Rail Service over the Dumbarton Rail Bridge. Provide funding for the necessary track and station improvements and rolling stock to interconnect the BART and Capitol Corridor at Union City with Caltrain service over the Dumbarton Rail Bridge, and interconnect and provide track improvements for the ACE line with the same Caltrain service at Centerville. Provide a new station at Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park. One hundred thirty-five million dollars ($135,000,000). The project is jointly sponsored by the San Mateo County Transportation Authority, Capitol Corridor, and the Alameda County Transportation Commission.

(5) Vallejo Station. Construct intermodal transportation hub for bus and ferry service, including parking structure, at site of Vallejo’s current ferry terminal. Twenty-eight million dollars ($28,000,000). The project sponsor is the City of Vallejo.

(6) Solano County Express Bus Intermodal Facilities. Provide competitive grant fund source, to be administered by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Eligible projects are Curtola Park and Ride, Benicia Intermodal Facility, Fairfield Transportation Center, and Vacaville Intermodal Station. Priority to be given to projects that are fully funded, ready for construction, and serving transit service that operates primarily on existing or fully funded high-occupancy vehicle lanes. Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000). The project sponsor is the Solano Transportation Authority.

(7) Solano County Corridor Improvements near Interstate 80/Interstate 680 Interchange. Provide funding for improved mobility in corridor based on recommendations of joint study conducted by the Department of Transportation and the Solano Transportation Authority. Cost-effective transit infrastructure investment or service identified in the study shall be considered a high priority. One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000). The project sponsor is the Solano Transportation Authority.

(8) Interstate 80: Eastbound High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Extension from Route 4 to Carquinez Bridge. Construct HOV-lane extension. Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). The project sponsor is the Department of Transportation.

(9) Richmond Parkway Transit Center. Construct parking structure and associated improvements to expand bus capacity. Sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000). The project sponsor is the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, in coordination with West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee, Western Contra Costa Transit Authority, City of Richmond, and the Department of Transportation.

(10) Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) Extension to Larkspur or San Quentin. Extend rail line from San Rafael to a ferry terminal at Larkspur or San Quentin. Thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000). Up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) may be used to study, in collaboration with the Water Transit Authority, the potential use of San Quentin property as an intermodal water transit terminal. The project sponsor is SMART.

(11) Greenbrae Interchange/Larkspur Ferry Access Improvements. Provide enhanced regional and local access around the Greenbrae Interchange to reduce traffic congestion and provide multimodal access to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and Larkspur Ferry Terminal by constructing a new full service diamond interchange at Wornum Drive south of the Greenbrae Interchange, extending a multiuse pathway from the new interchange at Wornum Drive to East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and the Cal Park Hill rail right-of-way, adding a new lane to East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and rehabilitating the Cal Park Hill Rail Tunnel and right-of-way approaches for bicycle and pedestrian access to connect the San Rafael Transit Center with the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. Sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000). The project sponsor is the Marin County Congestion Management Agency.

(12) Direct High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane connector from Interstate 680 to the Pleasant Hill or Walnut Creek BART stations or in close proximity to either station or as an extension of the southbound Interstate 680 High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane through the Interstate 680/State Highway Route 4 interchange from North Main in Walnut Creek to Livorna Road. The County Connection shall utilize up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the funds described in this paragraph to develop options and recommendations for providing express bus service on the Interstate 680 High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane south of the Benicia Bridge in order to connect to BART. Upon completion of the plan, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority shall adopt a preferred alternative provided by the County Connection plan for future funding. Following adoption of the preferred alternative, the remaining funds may be expended either to fund the preferred alternative or to extend the high-occupancy vehicle lane as described in this paragraph. Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000). The project is sponsored by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority.

(13) Rail Extension to East Contra Costa/E-BART. Extend BART from Pittsburg/Bay Point Station to Byron in East Contra Costa County. Ninety-six million dollars ($96,000,000). Project funds may only be used if the project is in compliance with adopted BART policies with respect to appropriate land use zoning in vicinity of proposed stations. The project is jointly sponsored by BART and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority.

(14) Capitol Corridor Improvements in Interstate 80/Interstate 680 Corridor. Fund track and station improvements, including the Suisun Third Main Track and new Fairfield Station. Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). The project sponsor is the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority and the Solano Transportation Authority.

(15) Central Contra Costa Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Crossover. Add new track before Pleasant Hill BART Station to permit BART trains to cross to return track towards San Francisco. Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). The project sponsor is BART.

(16) Benicia-Martinez Bridge: New Span. Provide partial funding for completion of new five-lane span between Benicia and Martinez to significantly increase capacity in the I-680 corridor. Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). The project sponsor is the Bay Area Toll Authority.

(17) Regional Express Bus North. Competitive grant program for bus service in Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, Carquinez, Benicia-Martinez, and Antioch Bridge corridors. Provide funding for park and ride lots, infrastructure improvements, and rolling stock. Eligible recipients include the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, Vallejo Transit, Napa VINE, Fairfield-Suisun Transit, Western Contra Costa Transit Authority, Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority, and Central Contra Costa Transit Authority. The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District shall receive a minimum of one million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000). Napa VINE shall receive a minimum of two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000). Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000). The project sponsor is the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

(18) TransLink. Integrate the bay area’s regional smart card technology, TransLink, with operator fare collection equipment and expand system to new transit services. Twenty-two million dollars ($22,000,000). The project sponsor is the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

(19) Real-Time Transit Information. Provide a competitive grant program for transit operators for assistance with implementation of high-technology systems to provide real-time transit information to riders at transit stops or via telephone, wireless, or Internet communication. Priority shall be given to projects identified in the commission’s connectivity plan adopted pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 30914.5. Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000). The funds shall be administered by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

(20) Safe Routes to Transit: Plan and construct bicycle and pedestrian access improvements in close proximity to transit facilities. Priority shall be given to those projects that best provide access to regional transit services. Twenty-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($22,500,000). City Car Share shall receive two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to expand its program within approximately one-quarter mile of transbay regional transit terminals or stations. The City Car Share project is sponsored by City Car Share and the Safe Routes to Transit project is jointly sponsored by the East Bay Bicycle Coalition and the Transportation and Land Use Coalition. These sponsors must identify a public agency cosponsor for purposes of specific project fund allocations.

(21) BART Tube Seismic Strengthening. Add seismic capacity to existing BART tube connecting the East Bay with San Francisco. One hundred forty-three million dollars ($143,000,000). The project sponsor is BART.

(22) Transbay Terminal/Downtown Caltrain Extension. A new Transbay Terminal at First and Mission Streets in San Francisco providing added capacity for transbay, regional, local, and intercity bus services, the extension of Caltrain rail services into the terminal, and accommodation of a future high-speed passenger rail line to the terminal and eventual rail connection to the East Bay. Eligible expenses include project planning, design and engineering, construction of a new terminal and its associated ramps and tunnels, demolition of existing structures, design and development of a temporary terminal, property and right-of-way acquisitions required for the project, and associated project-related administrative expenses. A bus- and train-ready terminal facility, including purchase and acquisition of necessary rights-of-way for the terminal, ramps, and rail extension, is the first priority for toll funds for the Transbay Terminal/Downtown Caltrain Extension Project. The temporary terminal operation shall not exceed five years. One hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000). The project sponsor is the Transbay Joint Powers Authority.

(23) Oakland Airport Connector. New transit connection to link BART, Capitol Corridor, and AC Transit with Oakland Airport. The Port of Oakland shall provide a full funding plan for the connector. Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000). The project sponsors are the Port of Oakland and BART.

(24) AC Transit Enhanced Bus-Phase 1 on Telegraph Avenue, International Boulevard, and East 14th Street (Berkeley-Oakland-San Leandro). Develop enhanced bus service on these corridors, including bus bulbs, signal prioritization, new buses, and other improvements. Priority of investment shall improve the AC connection to BART on these corridors. Sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000). The project sponsor is AC Transit.

(25) Transbay Commute Ferry Service. Purchase two vessels for transbay ferry services. Second vessel funds to be released upon demonstration of appropriate terminal locations, new transit-oriented development, adequate parking, and sufficient landside feeder connections to support ridership projections. Twelve million dollars ($12,000,000). The project sponsor is the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority. If the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority demonstrates to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that it has secured alternative funding for the two vessel purchases described in this paragraph, the funds may be used for terminal improvements or for consolidation of existing ferry operations.

(26) Commute Ferry Service for Berkeley/Albany. Purchase two vessels for ferry services between the Berkeley/Albany Terminal and San Francisco. Parking access and landside feeder connections must be sufficient to support ridership projections. Twelve million dollars ($12,000,000). The project sponsor is the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority. If the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority demonstrates to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that it has secured alternative funding for the two vessel purchases described in this paragraph, the funds may be used for terminal improvements. If the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority does not have an entitled terminal site within the Berkeley/Albany catchment area by 2010 that meets its requirements, the funds described in this paragraph and the operating funds described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (d) shall be transferred to another site in the East Bay. The City of Richmond shall be given first priority to receive this transfer of funds if it has met the planning milestones identified in its special study developed pursuant to paragraph (28).

(27) Commute Ferry Service for South San Francisco. Purchase two vessels for ferry services to the Peninsula. Parking access and landside feeder connections must be sufficient to support ridership projections. Twelve million dollars ($12,000,000). The project sponsor is the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority. If the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority demonstrates to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that it has secured alternative funding for the two vessel purchases described in this paragraph, the funds may be used for terminal improvements.

(28) Water Transit Facility Improvements, Spare Vessels, and Environmental Review Costs. Provide two backup vessels for water transit services, expand berthing capacity at the Port of San Francisco, and expand environmental studies and design for eligible locations. Forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000). The project sponsor is the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority. Up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the funds described in this paragraph shall be made available for the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority to study accelerating development and other milestones that would potentially increase ridership at the City of Richmond ferry terminal.

(29) Regional Express Bus Service for San Mateo, Dumbarton, and Bay Bridge Corridors. Expand park and ride lots, improve HOV access, construct ramp improvements, and purchase rolling stock. Twenty-two million dollars ($22,000,000). The project sponsors are AC Transit and the Alameda County Transportation Commission.

(30) I-880 North Safety Improvements. Reconfigure various ramps on I-880 and provide appropriate mitigations between 29th Avenue and 16th Avenue. Ten million dollars ($10,000,000). The project sponsors are the Alameda County Transportation Commission, City of Oakland, and Department of Transportation.

(31) BART Warm Springs Extension. Extension of the existing BART system from Fremont to Warm Springs in southern Alameda County. Ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000). Up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be used for grade separation work in the City of Fremont necessary to extend BART. The project would facilitate a future rail service extension to the Silicon Valley. The project sponsor is BART.

(32) I-580 (Tri Valley) Rapid Transit Corridor Improvements. Provide rail or High-Occupancy Vehicle lane direct connector to Dublin BART and other improvements on I-580 in Alameda County for use by express buses. Sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000). The project sponsor is the Alameda County Transportation Commission.

(33) Regional Rail Master Plan. Provide planning funds for integrated regional rail study pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 30914.5. Six million five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000). The project sponsors are Caltrain and BART.

(34) Integrated Fare Structure Program. Provide planning funds for the development of zonal monthly transit passes pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 30914.5. One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000). The project sponsor is the Translink Consortium.

(35) Transit Commuter Benefits Promotion. Marketing program to promote tax-saving opportunities for employers and employees as specified in Section 132(f)(3) or 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Goal is to increase the participation rate of employers offering employees a tax-free benefit to commute to work by transit. The project sponsor is the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Five million dollars ($5,000,000).

(36) Caldecott Tunnel Improvements. Provide funds to plan and construct a fourth bore at the Caldecott Tunnel between Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. The fourth bore will be a two-lane bore with a shoulder or shoulders north of the current three bores. The County Connection shall study all feasible alternatives to increase transit capacity in the westbound corridor of State Highway Route 24 between State Highway Route 680 and the Caldecott Tunnel, including the study of the use of an express lane, high-occupancy vehicle lane, and an auxiliary lane. The cost of the study shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) and shall be completed not later than January 15, 2006. Fifty million five hundred thousand dollars ($50,500,000). The project sponsor is the Contra Costa Transportation Authority.

(d) Not more than 38 percent of the revenues generated from the toll increase shall be made available annually for the purpose of providing operating assistance for transit services as set forth in the authority’s annual budget resolution. The funds shall be made available to the provider of the transit services subject to the performance measures described in Section 30914.5. If the funds cannot be obligated for operating assistance consistent with the performance measures, these funds shall be obligated for other operations consistent with this chapter.

Except for operating programs that do not have planned funding increases and subject to the 38-percent limit on total operating cost funding in any single year, following the first year of scheduled operations, an escalation factor, not to exceed 1.5 percent per year, shall be added to the operating cost funding through the 2015–16 fiscal year, to partially offset increased operating costs. The escalation factors shall be contained in the operating agreements described in Section 30914.5. Subject to the limitations of this paragraph, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission may annually fund the following operating programs as another component of the Regional Traffic Relief Plan:

(1) Golden Gate Express Bus Service over the Richmond Bridge (Route 40). Two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000).

(2) Napa VINE Service terminating at the Vallejo Intermodal Terminal. Three hundred ninety thousand dollars ($390,000).

(3) Regional Express Bus North Pool serving the Carquinez and Benicia Bridge Corridors. Three million four hundred thousand dollars ($3,400,000).

(4) Regional Express Bus South Pool serving the Bay Bridge, San Mateo Bridge, and Dumbarton Bridge Corridors. Six million five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000).

(5) Dumbarton Rail. Five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000).

(6) San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, Alameda/Oakland/Harbor Bay, Berkeley/Albany, South San Francisco, Vallejo, or other transbay ferry service. A portion of the operating funds may be dedicated to landside transit operations. Fifteen million three hundred thousand dollars ($15,300,000). Funds historically made available to the City of Vallejo or the City of Alameda shall continue to be allocated to those cities until the date specified in the adopted transition plan developed by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 66540.32 of the Government Code. The authority may use up to six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to support development of the transition plan and for transition-related costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative costs incurred by the authority and transferring agencies on or after July 1, 2008, in accordance with subdivision (e) of Section 66540.11 of the Government Code, upon a determination by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that these costs are reasonable and substantially the result of the transition. After adoption of the transition plan and after formal agreement by the Cities of Alameda and Vallejo to transition their ferry services to the authority in accordance with the transition plan, the authority may use additional funds, above the limits previously referenced in this paragraph, for transition and transition-related activities, incurred before or after the actual transfer of services, as specified in the transition plan and approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The authority may utilize funds from this section for operation of the services transferred from the City of Vallejo or the City of Alameda if approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

(7) Owl Bus Service on BART Corridor. One million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000).

(8) MUNI Metro Third Street Light Rail Line. Two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) without escalation.

(9) AC Transit Enhanced Bus Service on Telegraph Avenue, International Boulevard, and East 14th Street in Berkeley-Oakland-San Leandro. Three million dollars ($3,000,000) without escalation.

(10) TransLink, three-year operating program. Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) without escalation.

(11) San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, regional planning and operations. Three million dollars ($3,000,000) without escalation.

(e) For all projects authorized under subdivision (c), the project sponsor shall submit an initial project report to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission before July 1, 2004. This report shall include all information required to describe the project in detail, including the status of any environmental documents relevant to the project, additional funds required to fully fund the project, the amount, if any, of funds expended to date, and a summary of any impediments to the completion of the project. This report, or an updated report, shall include a detailed financial plan and shall notify the commission if the project sponsor will request toll revenue within the subsequent 12 months. The project sponsor shall update this report as needed or requested by the commission. No funds shall be allocated by the commission for any project authorized by subdivision (c) until the project sponsor submits the initial project report, and the report is reviewed and approved by the commission.

If multiple project sponsors are listed for projects listed in subdivision (c), the commission shall identify a lead sponsor in coordination with all identified sponsors, for purposes of allocating funds. For any projects authorized under subdivision (c), the commission shall have the option of requiring a memorandum of understanding between itself and the project sponsor or sponsors that shall include any specific requirements that must be met prior to the allocation of funds provided under subdivision (c).

(f) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall annually assess the status of programs and projects and shall allocate a portion of funding made available under Section 30921 or 30958 for public information and advertising to support the services and projects identified in subdivisions (c) and (d). If a program or project identified in subdivision (c) has cost savings after completion, taking into account construction costs and an estimate of future settlement claims, or cannot be completed or cannot continue due to delivery or financing obstacles making the completion or continuation of the program or project unrealistic, the commission shall consult with the program or project sponsor. After consulting with the sponsor, the commission shall hold a public hearing concerning the program or project. After the hearing, the commission may vote to modify the program or the project’s scope, decrease its level of funding, or reassign some or all of the funds to another project within the same bridge corridor. If a program or project identified in subdivision (c) is to be implemented with other funds not derived from tolls, the commission shall follow the same consultation and hearing process described above and may vote thereafter to reassign the funds to another project consistent with the intent of this chapter. If an operating program or project as identified in subdivision (d) cannot achieve its performance objectives described in subdivision (a) of Section 30914.5 or cannot continue due to delivery or financing obstacles making the completion or continuation of the program or project unrealistic, the commission shall consult with the program or the project sponsor. After consulting with the sponsor, the commission shall hold a public hearing concerning the program or project. After the hearing, the commission may vote to modify the program or the project’s scope, decrease its level of funding, or to reassign some or all of the funds to another or an additional regional transit program or project within the same corridor. If a program or project does not meet the required performance measures, the commission shall give the sponsor a time certain to achieve the performance measures before reassigning its funding.

(g) If the voters approve a toll increase pursuant to Section 30921, the authority shall within 24 months of the election date include the projects in a long-range plan that are consistent with the commission’s findings required by this section and Section 30914.5. The authority shall update its long-range plan as required to maintain its viability as a strategic plan for funding projects authorized by this section. The authority shall, by January 1, 2007, submit its updated long-range plan to the transportation policy committee of each house of the Legislature for review.

(h) If the voters approve a toll increase pursuant to Section 30921, and if additional funds from this toll increase are available following the funding obligations of subdivisions (c) and (d), the authority may set aside a reserve to fund future rolling stock replacement to enhance the sustainability of the services enumerated in subdivision (d). The authority shall, by January 1, 2020, submit a 20-year toll bridge expenditure plan to the Legislature for adoption. This expenditure plan shall have, as its highest priority, replacement of transit vehicles purchased pursuant to subdivision (c).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 491, Sec. 33. (SB 1318) Effective January 1, 2011.)


text: Funding of the TransLink operating program in the amount of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be made pursuant to paragraph (10) of subdivision (d) of Section 30914 without regard to the three-year limitation stated therein.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 515, Sec. 5. (AB 1175) Effective January 1, 2010.)


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(a) Prior to the allocation of revenue for transit operating assistance under subdivision (d) of Section 30914, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall adopt performance measures related to fare-box recovery, ridership, and other performance measures as needed. The performance measures shall be developed in consultation with the affected transit operators and the commission’s advisory council.

(b) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall execute an operating agreement with the sponsors of the projects described in subdivision (d) of Section 30914. This agreement shall include, at a minimum, a fully funded operating plan that conforms to and is consistent with the adopted performance measures. The agreement shall also include a schedule of projected fare revenues or other operating revenues to indicate that the service is viable in the near term and is expected to meet the adopted performance measures in future years. For any individual project sponsor, this operating agreement may include additional requirements, as determined by the commission, to be met prior to the allocation of transit assistance under subdivision (d) of Section 30914.

(c) Prior to the annual allocation of transit operating assistance funds by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 30914, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall conduct, or shall require the sponsoring agency to conduct, an independent audit that contains audited financial information, including an opinion on the status and cost of the project and its compliance with the approved performance measures. Notwithstanding this requirement, each operator shall be given a one-year trial period to operate new service. In the first year of new service, the sponsor shall develop a reporting and accounting structure for the performance measures. Commencing with the third operating year, sponsors shall be subject to the approved performance measures.

(d) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall adopt a regional transit connectivity plan by May 1, 2006. The connectivity plan shall be incorporated into the commission’s Transit Coordination Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 66516.5 of the Government Code. The connectivity plan shall require operators to comply with the plan utilizing commission authority pursuant to Section 66516.5 of the Government Code. The commission shall consult with the Partnership Transit Coordination Council in developing a plan that identifies and evaluates opportunities for improving transit connectivity and shall include, but not be limited to, the following components:

(1) A network of key transit hubs connecting regional rapid transit services to one another, and to feeder transit services. “Regional rapid transit” means long-haul transit service that crosses county lines, and operates mostly in dedicated rights-of-way, including freeway high-occupancy vehicle lanes, crossing a bridge, or on the bay. The identified transit hubs shall operate either as a timed transfer network or as pulsed hub connections, providing regularly scheduled connections between two or more transit lines.

(2) Physical infrastructure and right-of-way improvements necessary to improve system reliability and connections at transit hubs. Physical infrastructure improvements may include, but are not limited to, improved rail-to-rail transfer facilities, including cross-platform transfers, and intermodal transit improvements that facilitate rail-to-bus, rail-to-ferry, ferry-to-ferry, ferry-to-bus, and bus-to-bus transfers. Capital improvements identified in the plan shall be eligible for funding in the commission’s regional transportation plan.

(3) Regional standards and procedures to ensure maximum coordination of schedule connections to minimize transfer times between transit lines at key transit hubs, including, but not limited to, the following:

(A) Policies and procedures for improved fare collection.

(B) Enhanced trip-planning services, including Internet-based programs, telephone information systems, and printed schedules.

(C) Enhanced schedule coordination through the implementation of real-time transit-vehicle location systems that facilitate communication between systems and result in improved timed transfers between routes.

(D) Performance measures and data collection to monitor the performance of the connectivity plan.

The connectivity plan shall focus on, but not be limited to, feeder transit lines connecting to regional rapid transit services, and the connection of regional rapid transit services to one another. The connectivity plan shall be adopted following a Metropolitan Transportation Commission public hearing at least 60 days prior to adoption. The commission shall adopt performance measures and collect appropriate data to monitor the performance of the connectivity plan. The plan shall be evaluated every three years by the commission as part of the update to its regional transportation plan. No agency shall be eligible to receive funds under this section unless the agency is a participant operator in the commission’s regional transit connectivity plan.

The provisions of this subdivision shall only be effective if the voters approve the toll increase as set forth in Section 30921, and the expenditures incurred by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) that are related to the requirements of this subdivision, including any study, shall be reimbursed from toll revenues identified in paragraph (33) of subdivision (c) of Section 30914.

(e) The TransLink Consortium, per the TransLink Interagency Participation Agreement, shall, by July 1, 2008, develop a plan for an integrated fare program covering all regional rapid transit trips funded in full or in part by this section. “Regional rapid transit” means long-haul transit services that cross county lines, and operate mostly in dedicated rights-of-way, including freeway high-occupancy vehicle lanes, crossing a bridge, or on the bay. Interregional rail services, originating or terminating from outside the Bay Area, shall not be considered regional rapid transit. The purpose of the integrated fare program is to encourage greater use of the region’s transit network by making it easier and less costly for transit riders whose regular commute involves multizonal travel and may involve the transfer between two or more transit agencies, including regional-to-regional and regional-to-local transfers. The integrated fare program shall include a zonal fare system for the sole purpose of creating a monthly zonal pass (monthly pass), allowing for unlimited or discounted fares for transit riders making a minimum number of monthly transit trips between two or more zones. The number of minimum trips shall be established by the plan. The integrated fare program shall not apply to fare structures that are not purchased on a monthly basis. For the purposes of these zonal fares, geographic zones shall be created in the Bay Area. To the extent practical, zone boundaries for overlapping systems shall be in the same places and shall correspond to the boundaries of the local transit service areas. A regional rapid transit zone may cover more than one local service area, or may subdivide an existing local service area. The monthly pass shall be created in at least the following two forms:

(1) For the use of interzonal regional rapid transit trips without local transit discounts.

(2) For the use of interzonal regional rapid transit trips with local transit discounts. The plan may recommend the elimination of existing transit pass arrangements to simplify the marketing of the monthly pass. The integrated fare program shall establish a monitoring program to evaluate the impact of the integrated fare program on the operating finances of the participating agencies. The integrated fare program shall be adjusted as necessary to ensure that the program does not jeopardize the viability of local or regional rapid transit routes impacted by the program, and to the extent feasible, provide an equitable revenue-sharing arrangement among the participating agencies. This subdivision shall only be effective if the voters approve the toll increase as set forth in Section 30921, and any expenditures related to the implementation of this subdivision incurred by the TransLink Consortium shall be reimbursed by toll revenues designated in paragraph (34) of subdivision (c) of Section 30914.

(f) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) shall, by September 29, 2007, adopt a Bay Area Regional Rail Plan (plan) for the development of passenger rail services in the San Francisco Bay Area over the short, medium, and long term. Up to six million dollars ($6,000,000) of the funds described in paragraph (33) of subdivision (c) of Section 30914 may be expended by MTC, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), and the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (Caltrain) for the plan. A project management team comprised of staff from MTC, Caltrain, the High-Speed Rail Authority, and BART shall provide day-to-day project management of the technical development of the plan. The plan shall formulate strategies to integrate passenger rail systems, improve interfaces with connecting services, expand the regional rapid transit network, and coordinate investments with transit-supportive land use. The plan shall be directed by a steering committee consisting of appointees from the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), BART, Caltrain, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, the Altamont Commuter Express, the High-Speed Rail Authority, MTC, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART), the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, the Solano Transportation Authority, the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, the Port of Oakland, the Alameda County Transportation Commission, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, the Transportation Authority of Marin, the Napa County Transportation Planning Agency, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, the San Mateo City-County Association of Governments, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and the owners of standard gauge rail. Under direction from the steering committee and with input from Bay Area transit agencies, MTC shall act as the fiscal agent for the study and oversee consultant contracts on behalf of the project management team. The plan proposals shall be evaluated using performance criteria, including, but not limited to, transit-supportive land use and access, ridership, cost-effectiveness, regional network connectivity, and capital and operating financial stability. Additional performance criteria shall be developed as necessary. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Identification of issues in connectivity, access, capacity, operations, and cost-effectiveness.

(2) Identification of opportunities to enhance rail connectivity and to maximize passenger convenience when transferring between systems, including the study of the feasibility and construction of an intermodal transfer hub at Niles (Shinn Street) Junction.

(3) Recommendation of improvements to the interface with shuttles, buses, other rail systems, and other feeder modes.

(4) Identification of potential impacts on capacity constraints and operations on existing passenger and freight carriers.

(5) Identification of bottlenecks where added capacity could cost-effectively increase performance.

(6) Recommendation of potential efficiency improvements through economies of scale, such as through joint vehicle procurement and maintenance facilities.

(7) Recommendation of strategies to acquire right-of-way and station property to preserve future service options.

(8) Identification of potential capital and operating funding sources for proposed actions.

(9) Identification of locations where the presence of passenger rail could stimulate redevelopment and thereby direct growth to the urban core.

(10) Recommendation of technology-appropriate service expansion in specific corridors. Technologies to be considered include conventional rail transit modes, bus rapid transit, and emerging rail technologies. Identify phasing strategies for the implementation of rail services where appropriate.

(11) Examination of how recommendations would integrate with proposed high-speed rail to the Central Valley and southern California. The intent of this element of the study is to help reduce the number of alternatives that the High-Speed Rail Authority would need to evaluate as part of any follow-on environmental assessment of future high-speed rail system access to the Bay Area. Selection of a preferred alignment for the Bay Area shall remain the responsibility of the High-Speed Rail Authority pursuant to Section 185032 of the Public Utilities Code.

(12) Recommendation of a governance strategy to implement and operate future regional rail services.

This subdivision shall only be effective if the voters approve the toll increase as set forth in Section 30921. Any expenditures incurred by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or the project sponsors identified in paragraph (33) of subdivision (c) of Section 30914 related to the requirements of this subdivision, including any study and administration, shall be appropriate charges against toll revenue to be reimbursed from toll revenues.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 491, Sec. 34. (SB 1318) Effective January 1, 2011.)