AB 2086: Transportation funding: California Transportation Plan: public dashboard.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the California Transportation Plan for submission to the Governor and the Legislature as a long-range planning document that incorporates various elements and is consistent with specified expressions of legislative intent. Existing law requires the department to complete the 3rd update to the plan by December 31, 2025, and to update the plan every 5 years thereafter.

This bill would require the California Transportation Plan to also include a financial element that summarizes the full cost of plan implementation through the first 10 years of the planning period and includes a summary of available revenues through the planning period and an analysis of what is feasible within the plan if constrained by a realistic projection of available revenues, as specified.

This bill would require the department to enhance an existing public online dashboard on or before January 1, 2027, to display how annual project investments from specified transportation funding programs are advancing the vision and goals of the California Transportation Plan, using performance metrics determined by the department for each funding program, as specified. The bill would require the department to display other specified information on the dashboard and to periodically update the performance metrics and data on the dashboard, as specified.