The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) recently
released the draft Climate Action Plan for Transportation
Infrastructure (CAPTI) and will be extending the public review
period to Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The CAPTI is
designed to implement the Governor’s Climate
Change Executive Order (N-19-19) and describes CalSTA’s
draft plans to invest discretionary transportation funds to
address climate change and promote public health, safety, and
equity.
Key issues for counties presented by the draft include: how
changes in competitive programs to implement the plan could
interact with needed safety and capacity projects, especially in
areas of the state that are still growing rapidly; the ability of
counties to compete for funding to add complete streets features
and make safety improvements in areas that may be less populous
than more urban areas; and opportunities to improve coordination
with Caltrans to add and fund improvements that facilitate active
transportation and safety, especially where state highways serve
as a local main street.
A summary of the draft CAPTI is available in this
bulletin article. CSAC will be filing formal comments on the
draft and encourages counties to share their feedback and
concerns via email to Marina Espinoza at mespinoza@counties.org.
CalSTA will be hosting workshops on the draft CAPTI this month.
Upcoming workshop dates are available below.
Workshop Session #1 – April 20, 2021, 1:00 pm to 5:00
pm.
Register Here.
Hosted by the California
Transportation Commission
The purpose of this workshop will be to cover the
implementation of the Climate Action Plan for Transportation
Infrastructure and each of the seven strategies.
Hosted by the California
Transportation Commission
The purpose of this workshop will be to cover the implementation
of the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure and
each of the seven strategies.
CalSTA has posted follow-up materials from the March 18, 2021,
CAPTI overview workshop to the CAPTI
webpage. These materials include:
