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October 22, 2025|Regulatory

Calif. Invests Nearly $5B in Local Transportation Projects

Written by Carolina Worrell, Senior Editor
SFMTA will receive $30 million to upgrade the agency's Automatic Train Control System with a modern CBTC system. (SFMTA photo)
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) on Oct. 20 approved $4.9 billion to improve safety and mobility on local streets and state highways, as well as fund new alternative transportation options and zero emissions projects.

More than half of the funds, CTC says, will provide 600 local governments and regional transportation agencies with their annual funding to fix roads, bridges, and other transportation needs statewide.

Of the nearly $5 billion, $2.7 million has been allocated to upgrade bridge rails in Marin County; $78 million will go to the City and County of San Francisco to rehabilitate bridges by overlaying deck, replacing joint seals, and repairing bridge rails; and $30 million will go to the Train Control Upgrade Project (TCUP) Phase 0 and 1, which will replace San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) aging Automatic Train Control System with a modern Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) system. Phase 0 delivers the systemwide CBTC design of the TCUP project, while Phase 1 develops detailed designs for installation along the T Third corridor.

In Santa Clara County, $6.9 million is being allocated for the construction of 2,600 feet of railroad siding near the Santa Clara-Great American Station, adjacent to Levi’s Stadium and the Great America theme park, between railroad mileposts 40.9 and 41.5, to reduce vehicle miles traveled, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase ridership through enhanced service reliability and increased train operations, including during entertainment and sporting events at Levi’s Stadium and various stadiums between Oakland and San Jose.

In Solano County, $1.2 million is being allocated to rehabilitate Putah Creek Bridge No. 23-0099 near Winters by upgrading bridge rails and overlaying bridge deck.

Of the total allocation this month, $470 million has come via Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, and $4.2 billion from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The “larger than normal” expenditure of federal money, CTC says, “relates almost exclusively to the annual allocation provided to local governments and regional transportation agencies.”

California is expected to receive nearly $42 billion in federal infrastructure funding over a span of five years. These investments will upgrade the state’s roads, bridges, rail, public transit, airports, ports and the electric vehicle charging network.