.... ..__ ··•· .. -· ...,._ -- California Rail Passenger Program Report I 1993/94 - 2002/03 - -········-~=,~ ·~ ~~-2:: ==~.;::;;;;::;.~____.........,._.._==~--=·,..,. .·•· ·.· ;~---. • ...•. ·:·.• . ..-' ...,~ ' ' ·.:.;,_• ·~· , . ,, _ State of California ·· · · .. · Department of Transportation !Ji' . December 1993 fim""""n~ STATE OF CALIFORNIA-BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AGENCY J>ETE WILSON, Governor DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 1120 N STREET P.O. BOX 942873 SACRAMENTO, CA 94273-0001 (916) 654-5267 FAX (916) 654-6608 TDD (916) 654-4014 March 1, 1994 Members, California Legislature State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Members: This transmits the California Rail Passenger Program Report 1993/94 - 2002/03. Section 14036 of the Government Code requires the Department to produce a five-year Rail Passenger Development Plan every other year. Caltrans is producing this ten-year California Rail Passenger Program Report, which includes all of the information required by Section 14036 for the five-year plan, in order to provide an extended planning horizon for rail passenger service in California. The Report examines passenger rail transportation in California. The Report reviews the current operations of State-supported intercity rail passenger service and outlines the Department's ten-year plan for intercity service for the period 1993/94 through 2002/03 for capital improvements and service expansions. Also, for the first time the State's rail report includes a summary of current operations and expansion programs for all forms of passenger rail: intercity, commuter and urban. Chapter V - The State Intercity Rail Capital Program displays a ten-year program of capital improvement projects to upgrade and expand the three State-supported intercity routes. The program totals $1.2 billion, of which 77 percent has identified funding sources. Chapters XII - Commuter Rail Services and XIII - Urban Guideway Services provide detailed operations and capital program information on existing and proposed commuter and urban rail systems. Draft copies of the Report were distributed to a number of State agencies, local public agencies - including regional transportation planning agencies, businesses - including railroads, non-profit organizations, and rail corridor agencies for review and comment. The Department responded to all comment letters received from organizations. These comment letters and the Department's responses are included in their entirety in the Report. Members, California Legislature March 1, 1994 Page2 As required by Section 14036, this Report was presented to the California Transportation Commission for its advice and consent. In January the Commission provided advice on the Report and the upcoming 1995/96 - 2004/05 Report in a Commission Resolution. In February 1994 the Commission adopted a Resolution giving its consent to the Report. Enclosed are copies of the Resolutions. Sincerely, Enclosure OCTAVIA DIENER, Ch•lrm•n STATE OF CALIFORNIA PETE WILSON JERRY B. EPSTEIN, Vice Chainnan GOVERNOR JOSEPH DUFFEL DANIEL WM. FESSLER KEN KEVORKIAN ROBERT SHELTON ROBERT A. WOLF SENATOR QUENTIN KOPP, Ex Officio ASSEMBLYMAN RICHARD KATZ, Ex Officio ROBERT I. REMEN, Execu!Mt Oirec:10r CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 1120 N STREET, P.O. BOX942873 SACRAMENTO, 94273-0001 FAX (916) 653-2134 FAX (916) 654-4364 (916) 654-4245 February 23, 1994 Honorable Quentin Kopp, Chairman Senate Transportation Committee State Capitol, Room 2195 Sacramento, CA 95814 Honorable Richard Katz, Chairman Assembly Transportation Committee State Capitol, Room 3132 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Senator Kopp and Assemblyman Katz: The California Transportation Commission is transmitting to the Legislature the 1993 Ten-Year Rail Passenger Development Program Report with the Commission's resolutions giving advice (#G-94-01) and consent (#G-94-04) (enclosures), as required by Section 14036 of the Government Code. The ten-year report discusses intercity, commuter, and urban rail service in California, explains the California rail network and service, describes the rail and connecting bus service on various individual routes, and presents the Department's ten-year recommendations concerning the level of state-supported service on a specific route and the amount of state funding required to support this service. It also discusses rail planning, programming, and funding processes for operations and capital improvements, intercity rail feasibility studies, and high speed ground transportation and other technology improvements. The Commission's advice resolution (#G-94-01) noted that Caltrans should include in its 1993 ten-year report explicit ten-year goals and policy objectives for the state's intercity service and similar goals for assisting the commuter and urban rail systems~ explain the impact of funding shortfalls; and address the need for rehabilitation of rolling stock and capital assets. Senator Kopp and Assemblyman Katz Page2 Further, the Commission advised Caltrans to address in its ypcoming 1995 ten-year report the following: • Explain the impact on California's rail systems, if the 1994 AB 973 rail bond measure does not pass. • Study and quantify the issue of rehabilitation of rolling stock and capital assets and examine legislative, planning, and financing mechanisms for adequate rehabilitation. • Inventory the anticipated aggregate demand for rolling stock in California over the coming decade and beyond and the potential demand for enhancing California's economic base. • Inventory the anticipated aggregate demand for use of railroad rights-of-way and agreements with private railroads for increased passenger rail service. • Propose legislative and policy changes that would enable the State to :financially and effectively operate and expand its intercity rail service and facilitate the development of high-speed rail service, providing those changes support the SCR 6 20-year High-Speed Intercity Ground Transportation Plan. • Identify federal policies that need to be changed or established to develop California's high speed rail (San Diego-Los Angeles-San Francisco Bay Area-Sacramento) corridor in a manner similar to the Northeast corridor (Washington, D.C.-New York-Boston). We appreciate the opportunity to give advice and consent on Caltrans' 1993 Ten-Year Rail Passenger Development Program Report. We intend our comments to be constructive in producing a document that identifies and addresses current and potential future issues for the Administration and the Legislature. We hope to continue, in cooperation with Caltrans and local agencies, the implementation and expansion of intercity and commuter rail service in California. Sincerely, ~ -~~ OCTAVIA DIENER Chair Enclosures RPASSLTR:RC:cj PASSED BY CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION CO:MMISSION Commission Advice on the Department's 10-Y ear Rail Passenger Program Report Resolution G-94-01 1.1 WHEREAS the California Transportation Commission is required by Government Code Section 14036 to give its advice and consent on the Department's Rail Passenger Development Plan; and · 1.2 WHEREAS the Rail Passenger Development Plan which was due in 1993 on a biennial basis was suspended by AB 2824 (Speier, 1992), as a cost saving measure, during the 1992 budget process; and 1.3 WHEREAS Caltrans has prepared the California Rail Passenger Program Report in order to update its five-year planning efforts as part of a more comprehensive 10-year report; and 1.4 WHEREAS the IO-Year Rail Passenger Program Report is complementary to the Department's 20-Year California Transportation Plan; and 1.5 WHEREAS the Commission has reviewed the Caltrans draft 1993 Rail Passenger Program Report at its August 1993 meeting, and the revised draft 1993 Rail Passenger Program Report at its December 1993 and January 1994 meetings; 2.1 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the California Transportation Commission has reviewed the Department's draft 1993 IO-Year Rail Passenger Program Report and under Section 14036 of the Government Code gives its advice below. 2.2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the tinal 1993 Rail Passenger Program Report include: a. Explicit 10-year goals and policy objectives for the state's intercity rail s~rvice and similar goals for assisting the commuter and urban rail systems. ' b. Explain how the report is interlinked and complementary to the California State Transportation Plan. 2 c. For state intercity rail services show all necessary resources, including local and federal contributions, for a 10-year period of operations and capital improvements and identify the potential need that Caltrans has by five-year period, rather than showing a cumulative 10- year total. Further, Caltrans should prioritize elements of the 10-year program if sufficient funds are not available. d. Explain the impact caused by the failure of Proposition 156 on California's rail systems. e. When proposing new or any enhanced rail services, Caltrans should develop a funding plan which identifies ill financial resources necessary to fund capital improvements, rolling stock and operations of the service, as well ilS any estimated shortfalls from existing revenue sources. f. Address the need to rehabilitate rolling stock and capital assets (rolling stock, tracks, stations, signals, etc.) both for urban/commuter and for intercity rail services, over the next 10 years due to life-cycle requirements and the estimated costs, as well as potential funding services. g. All charts and sections in the plan should reflect the entire I 0-year period.