California State Transportation Agency

Press Releases

CHSRA
California State Transportation Agency, CHSRA renew agreement with FRA.
The renewed agreements allows the California State Transportation Agency and CHSRA to continue assuming the FRA’s federal environmental review responsibilities under the National...
July 25, 2024
Office of the Governor of California
CalSTA approved more than $1.9 billion in funding to support public transportation throughout the state of California.
The funding is the first wave of funding from the transit recovery package in the 2023-24 state budget.
July 10, 2024
SamTrans
SamTrans hydrogen fuel cell bus.
SamTrans will utilize this funding to purchase 108 new zero-emission buses to add to its fleet.
June 21, 2024
Caltrans
Caltrans expects to enter the first hydrogen-powered trainsets from Stadler Rail into revenue service in 2027.
The new order for hydrogen-powered trainsets from Stadler will be delivered in 2027.
Feb. 15, 2024
Capitol Corridor
Capitol Corridor
The strategic initiative will begin May 8th and advance California’s goal of zero-emissions.
April 26, 2023
Metro Gold Line Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority
Crews installing light-rail tracks in Glendora.
Major construction on the project began in July 2020 and remains on budget and on schedule to be completed in early 2025.
Dec. 29, 2022
Metrolink
Construction workers on site at Burbank Junction Speed Improvement Project
The project is part of Phase 1 of the agency’s Southern California Optimized Rail Expansion program and aims to reduce travel times by allowing for increased speeds and more efficient...
Nov. 11, 2022
SFMTA
SFMTA was awarded $116 million for its Core Capacity projects.
The recently enacted state budget will invest an additional $7.65 billion over next three years.
July 11, 2022

Articles

BART
On Oct. 24, 2024, California Department of Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin announced at the North Berkeley BART Station that BART has been awarded $25 million from the Cycle 7 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) for the North Berkeley Transit-Oriented Development Mobility Enhancements Project.
The funding was awarded to 27 new public transportation projects to transform rail and transit improvements throughout the state.
Oct. 28, 2024
Caltrain
Caltrain is going to pilot the first battery-equipped electric multiple unit train in the U.S.
The California Transportation Commission approved allocation of a state grant that will allow Caltrain to operate a zero-emission train on both its electrified and non-electrified...
Aug. 21, 2023
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
Santa Cruz Metro's efforts to transition its fleet to lower emissions was one of 28 projects to receive grants from CalSTA through the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program.
The funds support service providers’ efforts to reduce their impacts on the environment.
April 27, 2023
Caltrain
CalSTA awarded $2.5 billion in TIRCP funds including $367 million for Caltrain to complete the ongoing electrification of its corridor between San Jose and San Francisco.
The funds through the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, which supports projects that expand and improve public transit throughout California.
Feb. 2, 2023
CalSTA
Darwin Moosavi, Deputy Secretary for Environmental Policy & Housing Coordination, CalSTA
Darwin Moosavi, Deputy Secretary for Environmental Policy & Housing Coordination, California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA)
Aug. 23, 2022