Transportation Program Status Orange County Transportation

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Transportation Program StatusOrange County
Transportation

• OCBC Infrastructure Committee Meeting
• April 14, 2009
• Kia Mortazavi, OCTA, Executive Director,
  Development

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Transportation Network

• Freeways
• Toll Roads
• Commuter Rail
• Public Bus System

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Current Projects

• Over 3.5 Billion in Projects Underway
• Freeway improvement projects
• Metrolink service expansion program
• Railroad grade separation projects
• Rail station and station parking projects
• Signal synchronization projects
• Transportation planning projects

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OCTA Role

• Operations
• Operates bus transit system
• Manages commuter rail system
• Operates 91 Express Lanes
• Operates freeway service patrol
• Planning and Development
• Plans and programs transportation funding
• Provides funding to local agencies
• Delivers major capital projects

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Revenue Sources

• Federal Gas Tax
• State Gas and Sales Tax
• Local Transportation Sales Tax
• State Infrastructure Bonds
• Toll Revenues

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Revenue Trends

• Federal and State Gas Taxes
• Tax rate not indexed for inflation
• Increase in automobile fuel economy
• Decrease in miles traveled
• Measure M Sales Taxes
• Decrease in taxable sales
• Decrease in rate of growth in taxable sales

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Revenue Trends

• New or Potential Revenues Sources
• Federal economic stimulus program
• Reauthorization of federal highway program
• Extension of 91 Express Lanes
• Container fee program

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Construction Cost Trends

• Historical Cost Growth
• 1991 2001 4 growth
• 2003 2006 24 growth
• 2008 5 growth
• Forecasted Cost Growth
• Very competitive bid pricing
• Flat or declining cost growth
• Little cost growth for the next year,modest
  increases thereafter

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Short-Term Strategies

• Maintain Current Projects
• Hold to Early Construction Schedules
• Leverage Use of State and Federal Funds
• Craft Projects to Fit Available Funding
• Avoid Project Scope Additions

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Freeway Project Status
Interstate 5 Corridor
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Freeway Project Status
State Route 22 State Route 55 Corridors
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Freeway Project Status
State Route 57 Corridor
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Freeway Project Status
State Route 91 Corridor
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Freeway Project Status
Interstate 405 Corridor
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Up Coming Projects

• Freeway Projects
• SR-91 final design
• I-405 construction management (2)
• SR-57 construction management (2)
• Project Study Reports
• Rail Projects
• Grade separation studies
• Grade crossing safety projects
• Street Improvement Projects