AB 2432, as introduced, Brown. Designated state and local truck routes and services.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law requires the department, among other things, to develop, in cooperation with local and regional transportation entities, the full potential of all resources and opportunities that are now, and may become, available to the state and to regional and local agencies for meeting California’s transportation needs, as specified.
Existing federal law establishes the National Network of highways available to commercial motor transportation as truck routes authorized by provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (STAA), as amended, that can safely and efficiently accommodate the large vehicles authorized by the STAA. Existing federal law provides that this network includes the Interstate System plus other qualifying Federal-aid Primary System Highways.
This bill would require the department to prepare an inventory of all state and locally designated truck routes and services, publish or cause to be published a statewide Truck Route Network Internet Web site, and prepare a plan and schedule for addressing all inefficiencies and truck transportation network gaps, including an estimate of the annual cost and the total cost of carrying out the plan. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and schedule, together with the cost estimates, to the Governor and the Legislature not later than July 1, 2019.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(a) California’s vast transportation system connects 38 million
4residents and supports an economy with $2.2 trillion in annual
5gross domestic product, including a complex freight transportation
6system that is responsible for one-third of the state’s economy and
7jobs, with freight-dependent industries accounting for over $700
8billion in revenue and over five million jobs.
9(b) The efficient movement of freight through our state is critical
10to the growth and health of our local, regional, intraregional,
11intrastate, interstate, and international freight economies and supply
12chains. Inefficiencies and bottlenecks in our
freight transportation
13infrastructure and highway network result in unnecessary
14congestion and emissions.
15(c) While a patchwork of truck routes throughout the state is
16the inevitable result of a statewide transportation that melds state
17highways and local roadways serving freight facilities governed
18primarily by local land use decisions, the integration of statewide
19and local truck routes to the greatest extent possible is preferable
20to the current system and will help to ensure the most efficient
21operation of the state’s freight transportation networks.
22(d) There are gaps in trucking services, including fueling
23stations, parking, and rest areas, and inconsistent rules from
24jurisdiction to jurisdiction regarding truck weights, heights, hours
25of operations, and routes.
26(e) The state is the best entity to consolidate
the various
27components of the state highway and local roadway system into
28a functional trucking transportation network.
Section 14053.1 is added to the Government Code, to
30read:
(a) The department shall prepare an inventory of all
2state-designated truck routes. This inventory shall include all truck
3route information including maps, weight limits, and height
4restrictions for all routes, as well as all trucking services provided
5on those routes.
6(b) The department shall prepare an inventory of all
7locally-designated truck routes. This inventory shall include all
8truck route information including maps, weight limits, and height
9restrictions for all routes, as well as all trucking services provided
10on those routes.
11(c) The department shall publish or cause to be published a
12statewide Truck Route Network Internet Web site that shall include
13an interactive map
that details all of the information for every route
14included in subdivisions (a) and (b).
15(d) The department shall identify infrastructure inconsistencies
16in designated truck routes that might result in unnecessary
17bottlenecks, hours of delay, system inefficiencies, and
18nonstandardized weight limits and height restrictions across
19jurisdictions. In addition, the department shall determine where
20gaps in services, parking, and rest area locations may result in
21significant inefficiencies in the trucking network.
22(e) The department shall notify local governments of both of
23the following:
24(1) Trucking transportation network gaps and cross-jurisdictional
25inefficiencies identified pursuant to subdivision (d).
26(2) Deficiencies in locally designated truck route
information
27identified pursuant to subdivision (b).
28(f) (1) The department shall prepare a plan and schedule for
29addressing all inefficiencies and trucking transportation network
30gaps identified pursuant to subdivision (d). The schedule shall be
31based upon the department’s estimates of the shortest possible
32time to perform the work.
33(2) The plan shall include the department’s estimate of the
34annual cost and the total cost of carrying out the plan.
35(3) The department shall submit the plan and schedule, together
36with the cost estimates, to the Governor and the Legislature, in the
37manner provided in Section 9795, not later than July 1, 2019.
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