ARTICLE 3. Activities

Article 3 added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1253.

§§ 14030–14053 · 45 sections

§ 14030 The powers and duties of the department include, but are not limited to, all of the following activities: (a) Supporting the commission in coordinating and…
§ 14031 The Governor, the secretary, and the department may enter into such agreements, execute such documents, establish and manage such accounts and deposits, and…
§ 14031.1 In accordance with federal regulation (49 C.F.R. 661.21), the state or a local agency, relative to the use of federal funds for transit purposes, shall be…
§ 14031.5 (a) The Mass Transit Revolving Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby transferred…
§ 14031.6 (a) The Governor shall include in the Budget Bill an appropriation from the Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund or…
§ 14031.7 Prior to any allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14031. 6, for any recommended new service, the department shall submit a report to the…
§ 14031.8 (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall establish, through an annual budget process, the level of state funding available for the operation of intercity…
§ 14032 The department shall provide reports and analyses for the commission on all of the following: (a) The review and evaluation of regional transportation plans…
§ 14032.5 The department may assist regional transportation planning agencies with the preparation of regional transportation plans and improvement programs by providing…
§ 14032.6 The department shall, within existing resources, collect, analyze, and summarize highway congestion data and make it available upon request to California…
§ 14032.7 The department shall publish annually a list of major new facility projects, exclusive public mass transit guideway projects, and operational improvement…
§ 14033 On or before January 1, 2018, the department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the “complete streets” design concept.
§ 14034 (a) During the planning and development of any proposed commuter rail service, the department shall consult with the county transportation commission and the…
§ 14035 (a) The department may enter into contracts with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under Section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, or…
§ 14035.1 Commuter rail service shall be provided to the communities between San Jose and Gilroy if the conditions specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14035.4 are…
§ 14035.2 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department adopt and implement the following policies applicable to the operation of feeder bus service…
§ 14035.3 The department may request a railroad corporation under contractual obligation to the department for services to institute operating efficiencies, other than…
§ 14035.4 The department shall request the involvement and cooperation of affected local agencies and public and private passenger carriers in decisions relative to the…
§ 14035.5 The department may enter into contracts with common carriers, as defined by Section 211 of the Public Utilities Code, or with any corporation, partnership, or…
§ 14035.55 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall encourage intercity passenger rail providers and motor carriers of passengers to do both of…
§ 14035.57 The department shall encourage the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Amtrak, and any private motor…
§ 14035.65 In developing or funding intermodal passenger service facilities, the department shall give full consideration to existing and projected operational…
§ 14035.7 Funds allocated for commuter rail purposes shall be consistent with the regional transportation plan and the regional transportation improvement program for…
§ 14035.9 The department shall in conjunction with the Department of Corrections evaluate the addition of stations or stops on existing bus or rail routes, or the…
§ 14036 (a) The department shall prepare a State Rail Plan. The plan shall be submitted to the California Transportation Commission for its advice six months prior to…
§ 14036.1 As part of its ongoing marketing activities to increase the utilization and performance of rail and bus services operated pursuant to this article, the…
§ 14036.4 The department shall report in the rail passenger development plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036 on the amount of funds available to the state under the…
§ 14036.5 (a) As part of its marketing activities in support of intercity rail services and associated feeder bus services, the department shall provide for complete…
§ 14036.6 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Rail passes offering unlimited travel on certain passenger rail and associated transit…
§ 14036.7 The department shall give high priority to the development of direct linkages between intercity rail passenger services and airports served by commercial…
§ 14036.8 (a) The department, using existing rail marketing funds, shall fully participate in the railroad public safety awareness program known as “Operation…
§ 14036.9 The California Coast Passenger Rail Corridor consists of the Counties of Los Angeles, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa…
§ 14037 Funds which are available to the department for rail and bus operations may be used by the department for maintenance of capital facilities related to rail or…
§ 14038 (a) The department may purchase, sell, and lease rail passenger cars and locomotives and other self-propelled rail vehicles. (b) The department may acquire,…
§ 14038.1 Rail passenger equipment owned by the department and operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in a state-supported rail service shall…
§ 14038.2 (a) The department may acquire by purchase, lease, or eminent domain, any property necessary for the development and implementation of the state’s rail…
§ 14038.3 The department may, if requested by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire, in the name and for the use…
§ 14038.5 (a) The department may, at the request of a transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or metropolitan transit development board, and…
§ 14039 The department shall have no authority to operate railroads.
§ 14040 The department may provide by contract with a railroad corporation that any tracks or signaling devices constructed, improved, repaired, or acquired with funds…
§ 14041 The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is encouraged to coordinate with local private industry councils in service delivery areas to develop training…
§ 14050 State highway projects to be included in the program of proposed projects report submitted to the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section…
§ 14051 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Broadband provider” means a facilities-based provider of broadband, as defined in Section 5830 of the Public Utilities…
§ 14052 (a) The department shall prepare an inventory of all state-owned bridges that are required to be strengthened or replaced in order to meet seismic safety…
§ 14053 (a) For purposes of this section, “project of statewide and regional significance” means a high-priority highway project on the state highway system that would…