Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2023 Awards
Cycle 6 Selected Projects
# Agency Project Title Key Project Elements TIRCP
Funds
Awarded
Total Project Cost
1 Antelope Valley
Transit Authority
(AVTA) and
Victor Valley
Transit Agency
High Desert
Clean
Connector
Creates a new, zero‐emission commuter
transit connection between Antelope Valley
and Victorville, which is not currently served
by transit. Includes the purchase of four zero‐
emission buses that will be served by existing
charging infrastructure supporting current
zero‐emission transit operations.
$3,902,000 $5,454,000
2 Capitol Corridor
Joint Powers
Authority
(CCJPA), with City
of Sacramento,
City of Hercules,
and Santa Cruz
Metropolitan
Transit District
Capitol Corridor
Emerging
Market Access
Program
The project constructs a two‐story regional
bus and mobility hub at the Sacramento
Valley Station. Also purchases and
implements contactless EMV readers on
buses in CCJPA Thruway, SJJPA Thruway, and
Santa Cruz METRO systems.
Also includes project development activities,
with funding for design of the Hercules
station and design for the Sacramento to
Roseville Third Track Project, Phase 2 (which
will increase daily roundtrips from the three
funded in Phase 1 to ten at the end of Phase
2).
$30,871,000 $163,861,000
3 Capitol Corridor
Joint Powers
Authority (CCJPA)
Capitol
Corridor
Emerging
Market Access
Program
Funding will support planning to identify
project concepts to advance into and through
environmental review for the Link21
Megaregional Rail Program. Work will result
in a Record/Notice of Determination
(ROD/NOD) for a new transbay rail crossing
between Oakland and San Francisco, with
associated improvements elsewhere in the
area. Work is being advanced in partnership
with BART.
$11,276,000 $294,000,000
4 City of Pasadena Pasadena
Transit System
Legacy Project:
#MoreService‐
LessEmissions
Purchases 40 zero‐emission buses and
associated infrastructure and implements a
set of interrelated transit improvements.
Includes service optimization improvements
such as transit signal priority and other
corridor improvements, installation of fare
payment validators, and onboard passenger
amenities.
$14,424,000 $144,263,000
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2023 Awards
5 City of
Richmond
Richmond
MOVES
Microtransit
The Project expands existing microtransit
services to provide service with the entire city
boundaries of the City of Richmond with zero‐
emission vehicles. In total, the applicant's
microtransit fleet will expand from 3 to a
total of 8 zero‐emission vehicles to operate
the service city‐wide.
$3,117,000 $6,235,000
6 City of Santa
Monica
Ridership
Growth,
Workforce
Development,
and Zero
Emission
Regional
Connectivity
The Project expands frequency on two high‐
performing routes and fully delivers phases 2‐
4 of the City's bus charging infrastructure
plan. This includes the implementation of a
new vehicle charging system and utility
upgrades, including construction of a charging
canopy, to support fleet electrification
efforts; and purchase up to 103 zero‐emission
buses to replace existing CNG buses (which
includes a mix of 30‐foot, 40‐foot and 60‐foot
vehicles).
$22,977,000 $147,477,000
7 City of Simi
Valley
Simi Valley
Regional Transit
Center and
Pathway to
Transition to a
Zero Emissions
Transit Fleet
The Project constructs a new transit center,
linking city bus routes with regional routes,
including to regional rail service; constructs a
park‐and‐ride lot at the proposed new transit
center; purchases 6 zero‐emission buses to
replace existing CNG buses that will allow the
applicant to operate three routes with zero‐
emission buses.
$7,053,000 $8,303,000
8 Culver City CityBus Local
Mobility
Expansion
Project
The Project implements a new transit service
using electric minibuses to serve underserved
communities and includes purchasing 5 zero‐
emission buses. Also establishes an all‐day
and late‐night micro‐transit service in the
Downtown area of Culver City and includes
procuring 5 vehicles to operate the service
$3,247,000 $3,547,000
9 High Desert
Corridor Joint
Powers Agency
(HDC JPA)
High Desert
Intercity High‐
Speed Rail
Corridor
Preliminary
Engineering
Funding advances project development,
including completion of environmental
clearance and 30% preliminary
engineering. Once constructed, the project
will result in a new high speed rail
alignment between Palmdale and Victor
Valley, along with a new maintenance
facility and station in Palmdale. This will
create a connection between future
California High Speed Rail service and
planned Brightline West service to Las
Vegas, Nevada.
$8,000,000 $57,000,000
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2023 Awards
10 Humboldt Transit
Authority (HTA)
with Yurok Tribe
and Redwood
Coast Transit
Authority
Expanding
Transit Service
and Growing
Zero‐Emission
Fleets on
California’s
North Coast
This project deploys 4 zero‐emission buses in
Tribal and low‐income population regions,
constructs a new transit center in Crescent
City, expand existing intercity routes under a
unified Redwood Coast Express brand to
reduce transfers and increase ridership, and
accelerate statewide efforts to develop a
prototype fuel cell electric over‐the‐road
coach (procuring 1 demonstration coach)
$8,612,000 $17,591,000
11 Los Angeles
County
Metropolitan
Transportation
Authority (LA
Metro)
CORE Capacity
& System
Integration
Project
The Project includes capital, operational,
rehabilitation, and expansion (i.e., CORE)
improvements for the Metro K
(Crenshaw/LAX) Line and C (Green) Line light
rail transit (LRT) lines that are necessary to
accommodate and allow the operation of
three‐car trains, including: platform
expansion at Aviation/LAX, Douglas,
Mariposa, and Redondo Beach stations; the
addition of two new traction power
substations (TPSS); replacement of the failing
30‐year‐old Overhead Catenary System
(OCS) on Metro’s C Line; and replacement of
wooden track ties at crossovers and rail
fasteners at bridges, stations, and aerial
structures on the C Line between Redondo
Beach and Crenshaw stations.
$95,000,000 $141,700,000
12 Los Angeles
County
Metropolitan
Transportation
Authority (LA
Metro)
Eastside
Transit
Corridor Phase
2 Funding will complete project development,
including advancing to partial design, for the
locally preferred alignment of the L Line
(Gold) Eastside Corridor Extension. Once
constructed, the project will result in a 4.6‐
mile extension of the Gold Line to Greenwood
Avenue in Montebello.
$35,000,000 $47,100,000
13 North County
Transit District
(NCTD) and San
Diego Association
of Governments
(SANDAG)
San Dieguito
Bridge
Replacement,
Double Track
and Special
Events Platform
Project
Construction of Phase 2 of the San Dieguito
Double Track project. Work will include
replacement of the aging wooden trestle San
Dieguito Lagoon rail bridge, construction of a
special events platform for the Del Mar
Fairgrounds, the construction of 0.3 miles of
new main track, and siding rehabilitation/
track improvements to 0.9 miles of siding
track to create a total of 1.2 miles of new
usable double track.
$100,000,000 $230,800,000
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2023 Awards
14 Orange County
Transportation
Authority
(OCTA) with Los
Angeles – San
Diego – San
Luis Obispo Rail
Corridor
(LOSSAN)
Coastal Rail
Corridor
Relocation
Study
Assesses the potential realignment of part of
an eleven‐mile segment of the LOSSAN rail
corridor to inland on the Interstate 5 freeway
or adjacent to the I‐5. The analysis will entail
further researching into the previous
environmental analysis and preliminary
design for the FRA Program Environmental
Impact Report/Statement.
$5,000,000 $5,500,000
15 Orange County
Transportation
Authority (OCTA)
Central
Mobility
Loop
The Project includes a set of interrelated
investments with five components, including:
Purchasing 33 expansion zero‐emission buses
and associated infrastructure to expand
service; Replacing 10 gas‐powered paratransit
vehicles with zero‐emission vehicles to
support an existing paratransit bus pilot
effort; Implementation of transit signal
priority along a key 12‐mile corridor;
Installation of bicycle lockers and fast
charging stations at targeted transit stations.
$39,407,000 $75,565,000
16 Riverside County
Transportation
Commission
(RCTC) with
Southern
California
Regional Rail
Authority (SCRRA)
Metrolink
Double Track
Project:
Moreno
Valley to
Perris
Reconstructs an existing and outdated freight
track, within the Metrolink 91/Perris Valley
Line (91/PVL) right‐of‐way. As the existing
track does not currently support passenger
service, this project will create a second
mainline track that will accommodate
Metrolink trains traveling at passenger train
speeds up to 79 mph, while also safely
accommodating local freight trains serving
freight rail shippers along the corridor.
$15,500,000 $34,000,000
17 Sacramento
Regional Transit
(SacRT)
Increasing
Ridership
Through
System
Enhancement
This project will replace multiple disparate
information systems, implement new
systems, create methods of communication
between all systems and create and
implement necessary integrations between
the systems on‐board vehicles, the
Backoffice, in the stations, and to third party
apps which will ultimately deliver improved
and more efficient transit operations while in
parallel, enabling customer service
conveniences such as wireless service and
real‐time ridership information, and ability to
use third party apps.
$8,553,000 $17,079,000
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2023 Awards
18 San Diego
Metropolitan
Transit System
(MTS)
Zero Emission
Transit
Enhancements
2.0 The Project will construct a new overhead
charging system for the first 30 zero‐
emission buses based at the Kearny Mesa
Division which will maximize bus parking and
charging. and will support the applicant's
transition to a zero‐emission fleet. It will also
provide enhancements along the 18 miles of
track including grade crossing safety, new
universal interlocking crossovers and
replacement of signaling interfaces along
MTS’s Orange Line.
$60,447,000 $75,559,000
19 San Francisco
Bay Area Water
Emergency
Transportation
Authority
(WETA)
San Francisco –
Alameda/
Oakland Rapid
Electric
Emission Free
Ferry (REED)
Expands electrical infrastructure to the
Downtown San Francisco Ferry Terminal, the
Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal, and
WETA’s Central Bay Maintenance Facility.
This will enhance the electric capacity at
those sites and allow for expansion of
electric propelled, zero‐emission ferry
service along the Main Street Alameda‐
Oakland to San Francisco route utilizing 3
zero emission expansion ferries and
conversion to zero emission for existing
vessels.
$13,800,000 $134,353,000
20 Santa Clara
Valley
Transportation
Authority (VTA)
Eastridge to
BART Regional
Connector
(EBRC)
The project would extend the existing Orange
Light Rail line by 2.4 miles from Alum Rock
Station to the Eastridge Transit Center,
creating a direct rail link between VTA's 2nd
busiest bus transit center at Eastridge Mall in
San Jose, the new Milpitas BART Station (now
in service), and the rest of the VTA light rail
system. The project also constructs 2 new
light rail stations.
$46,593,000 $529,900,000
21 Santa Cruz
County Regional
Transportation
Commission
(RTC)
Zero Emission
Passenger Rail
& Trail Project
Award funds the project concept report
phase of the project. The project concept
report will refine the locally preferred
alternative from earlier planning work and
provide a stable project definition that would
then be carried through subsequent project
phases to and through the draft and final
CEQA/NEPA environmental documents. Once
constructed, the full scope the project will
result in a zero‐emission passenger rail
service on 22 miles of the RTC‐owned Santa
Cruz Branch Rail Line, as well as the
remaining sections the Coastal Rail Trail.
$3,450,000 $8,760,000
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2023 Awards
22 Santa Cruz
Metropolitan
Transit District
(Metro)
Santa Cruz Zero
Emission
Intercity Transit
Service
Expansion
Project
Purchases 24 zero‐emission buses to expand
service frequency on the heavily traversed
Highways 1 and Highway 17 corridors while
also redeveloping the Watsonville Transit
Station and Pacific Station to include more
than 180 mixed‐use, affordable housing units
and implements real time passenger
information, bicycle amenities and other
multimodal improvements.
$38,589,000 $201,975,000
23 Southern
California
Regional Rail
Authority
(SCRRA)
Metrolink
Locomotive
Modernization
Study, Pilot and
Implementation
The Project includes three phases (Study,
Pilot, Implementation) resulting in
deployment of one or more fuel efficiency
strategies to significantly reduce locomotive
fuel consumption and associated GHG and
criteria pollutant emissions. The Project also
studies, pilots, and implements modern
maintenance activities, such as a transition
to condition‐based maintenance for
Metrolink assets, to improve safety,
reliability, state‐of‐good‐ repair, and to
reduce operations and maintenance costs to
support service.
$10,000,000 $12,000,000
24 Town of
Truckee
Keep Truckee
Moving:
Expansion and
Electrification
Purchases on‐demand micro‐transit
technology to implement a new microtransit
service and includes the purchase of 7 zero‐
emissions vans for expansion, and 2 zero‐
emission replacement vans with associated
infrastructure to support the service.
$4,437,000 $8,520,000
25 Transbay Joint
Powers
Authority
(TJPA)
Downtown Rail
Extension TIRCP
Project
Development
Funding will advance final design for the
Downtown Rail Extension (DTX) while
positioning the project to advance in
engineering work with the Federal Transit
Association (FTA) Capital Investment Grants
(CIG) New Starts program by meeting FTA
local funding milestones. Once constructed,
the project will extend Caltrain's existing
terminus approximately two miles into
downtown San Francisco which will connect
two new stations including the Salesforce
Transit Center and a new underground
station at Fourth and Townsend streets.
$60,000,000 $146,968,000
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 2023 Awards
26 Transportation
Agency for
Monterey
County (TAMC)
Pajaro/
Watsonville
Multimodal
Station Project
The project will advance environmental work
on the project, including completion of NEPA
review and an update to the CEQA
document. Once constructed, the project will
deliver a new multimodal transit station in
Pajaro located in Monterey County which
will serve as regional hub in a disadvantaged
community, providing key links to local
transit, intercity rail, and long‐distance rail
services.
$2,274,000 $2,274,000
27 Tri-Valley – San
Joaquin Valley
Regional Rail
Authority
Valley Link Rail The project will advance design, equity focused community engagement and third‐
party agreements for the Valley Link Rail
Project during the current Project
Development phase under the Federal
Transit Administration’s (FTA) Capital
Investment Grants (CIG) Program. Once
completed, the project will create a new 22‐
mile passenger rail transit system connecting
the cities of Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore,
and the Mountain House Community
Services District with all‐day, bi‐dir ectional
service at frequent intervals throughout the
day.
$25,000,000 $40,000,000
28 Yuba-Sutter
Transit
Next
Generation
Zero‐Emission
Bus Operations
and
Administration
Facility
Constructs a new transit facility that can
support a growing zero‐emission vehicle fleet
and purchases 15 zero‐emission buses to
implement a new on‐demand local bus
service in five newly formed transit service
zones within Yuba and Sutter counties. Also
includes 1 zero‐emission over‐the‐road
coach to implement a new commuter service
to Roseville.
$13,725,000 $49,259,000
TOTALS $690,254,000 $2,609,043,000