About the Plan
What?
The California Transportation Plan (CTP) is a statewide, long-range transportation plan for meeting our future mobility needs. The CTP defines goals, policies, and strategies to achieve our collective vision for California’s future transportation system. This plan, with a minimum 20-year planning horizon, is prepared in response to federal and State requirements and is updated every five years. The current California Transportation Plan, the CTP 2030, is now being updated for a 2035 planning horizon.
Why?
The purpose of the CTP is to provide a common policy framework that will guide transportation investments and decisions by all the levels of government and the private sector. This policy plan (which by statute does not include projects) provides strategic direction to the regional transportation plans prepared by California’s 44 regional transportation planning agencies (RTPAs), who have responsibility for the planning, prioritizing and funding of transportation projects within their regions. The CTP is supported by the California Transportation Investment System Tool that maps short and long-range projects planned by the State and the regional transportation planning agencies.
When?
The California Transportation Plan 2025 was approved in 2006 and updated by an Addendum in October of 2007 to comply with new federal planning requirements governing development of the plan. The 2035 update will begin with a Futures Symposium on September 2 and 3, 2008, and will conclude with plan approval by the Secretary of the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency in September of 2010.
How?
The California Transportation Plan 2035 will be developed in collaboration with transportation partners and stakeholders across the State and through ongoing public engagement as outlined in the State’s CTP Public Participation Plan. The vision of the CTP 2030 is one of a fully integrated, multimodal, sustainable transportation system that supports the three outcomes (3Es) that define quality of life – prosperous economy, quality environment, and social equity.
Beginning with the vision and policy framework of the 2030 plan (see below), this update will focus on updating that framework to meet new trends and challenges, such as climate change. In addition, the CTP 2035 will build on the foundation laid in the 2007 Addendum for Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy of Users (SAFETEA-LU) compliance to better integrate transportation planning with environmental and natural resource planning.
Contact:
Pam Korte, Project Manager, at (916) 653-2593 or Pam.Korte@dot.ca.gov. For more information see our webpages linked on the right side of this page.
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