Transportation
2660 Department of Transportation

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) designs and oversees the construction of state highways, operates and maintains the highway system, funds three intercity passenger rail routes, and provides funding for local transportation projects. Through its efforts, Caltrans supports a safe, sustainable, integrated, and efficient transportation system to enhance California's economy and livability.
MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Road Repair and Accountability Act - The Budget includes $1.7 billion in dedicated resources for the Governor's Transportation Package, which provides a balanced allocation of resources for state and local transportation infrastructure needs. The package includes $1 billion of new revenue generated by a $65 Road Improvement Charge and allocates $500 million of Cap and Trade revenues to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program and the Low Carbon Road Program. This includes $173 million General Fund to accelerate the repayment of loans, including $148 million to reimburse local transportation agencies for local funds already spent on projects previously programmed in the Traffic Congestion Relief Program. The Transportation Packages also allocates $518 million for state highway repairs and maintenance, $409 million for local transit, $342 million for local roads, $211 million for trade corridor enhancement, and $100 million for local complete street greenhouse gas reduction projects.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2016-17*
Positions
Dollars
1830019 Aeronautics
24.0
$7,524
1835010 Capital Outlay Support
8,311.6
1,734,887
1835019 Capital Outlay Projects
-
3,613,155
1835020 Local Assistance
269.5
2,202,519
1835029 Program Development
222.2
78,948
1835038 Legal
278.6
128,046
1835047 Operations
1,061.2
259,580
1835056 Maintenance
5,997.3
1,686,747
1840019 State and Federal Mass Transit
64.7
151,776
1840028 Intercity Rail Passenger Program
47.7
394,491
1845013 Statewide Planning
658.9
140,523
1845022 Regional Planning
38.5
92,718
1850010 Equipment Service Program
634.6
190,963
1850019 Equipment Service Program - Distributed
-
-190,963
9900100 Administration
1,573.5
515,825
9900200 Administration - Distributed
-
-515,825
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (including Infrastructure)
19,182.3
$10,490,914
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
19,182.3
$10,490,914
NOTE: Infrastructure expenditures are included within the respective program expenditures.

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

 Entire Department of Transportation Budget (pdf * - 124K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 33K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 46K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.