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Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI)

CAPTI Overview

The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) adopted the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) on July 12, 2021, following collaboration with many different state agencies, along with extensive outreach and engagement with hundreds of stakeholder, over 18 months. The plan details how the state recommends investing billions of discretionary transportation dollars annually to aggressively combat and adapt to climate change while supporting public health, safety and equity. CAPTI builds on executive orders signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019 and 2020 targeted at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in transportation, which account for more than 40 percent of all emissions, to reach the state's ambitious climate goals.

CAPTI Documents

(New!) CAPTI Listening Sessions – Spring 2024

CalSTA invites those interested to an upcoming listening session to provide input on new action ideas to implement the CAPTI framework. As announced at the time of our second annual report on CAPTI implementation, CalSTA is committing to a public process to accelerate progress in meeting the state’s ambitious targets to greenhouse gas emissions. This will be the first update to CAPTI actions since CalSTA adopted the plan in July 2021.

As we prepare to make this important update to CAPTI, we would like to hear from you at one or more of the following in-person listening sessions:

CAPTI Listening Session – Southern California

Monday, April 29, 1 p.m.

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, Room 1.040 A&B

100 S. Main St., Los Angeles 90012

 

CAPTI Listening Session – Bay Area

Tuesday, April 30, 1 p.m.

Caltrans District 4 Headquarters, 1st Floor Auditorium

111 Grand Ave., Oakland 94612

 

CAPTI Listening Session – Central Valley

Thursday, May 2, 1 p.m.

Fresno Council of Governments, Sequoia Room

2035 Tulare St., Fresno 93721

 

If you are unable to participate at an in-person session, CalSTA is also holding a virtual session:

CAPTI Listening Session – Virtual

Wednesday, May 1, 1 p.m.

 

The structure of each session will be the same, with a brief presentation on CAPTI progress followed by open dialogue and public engagement aimed at soliciting ideas for new actions. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in small, breakout groups to share their perspectives. Due to limited capacity at each venue, we kindly request that you register for an in-person session by 5 p.m. Thursday, April 25.

CAPTI Implementation

As called for in CAPTI, CalSTA releases annual reports detailing progress implementing the 34 CAPTI key action items.

CalSTA finalized the Second Annual CAPTI Report on January 29, 2024, after releasing a draft for public feedback in November 2023. The second annual report details how California has nearly completed all the actions to align the state’s transportation funding programs with its climate goals in only two years since adopting CAPTI. Of those 34 actions, 25 are already complete, and the remaining nine are on track to be completed by the end of June 2024.

The final report and draft report can be found here:

CalSTA solicited public comment on the draft Second Annual CAPTI Report in November and December 2023. The release of the draft report coincided with a public presentation and opportunity for public comment at the November 2, 2023, ARB-HCD-CTC Joint Commission Meeting; access the recording and materials of this event below. Additionally, the following document contains letters and emails received on the draft. Where appropriate, CalSTA made updates to the draft Annual Report to incorporate comments. The majority of comments received were on future updates to CAPTI rather than the contents of the annual report. These comments will be considered and revisited during a public process in spring 2024. Feedback received through this 2023 public comment period will inform this discussion, in which CalSTA is interested in hearing from stakeholders and partners on further action to implement the vision outlined in the CAPTI Framework and accelerate progress in meeting the Air Resources Board’s 2022 Scoping Plan targets.

Background

CAPTI builds on executive orders signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019 and 2020 targeted at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in transportation, which account for more than 40 percent of all polluting emissions, to reach the state's ambitious climate goals.

  • EO N-19-19 directs CalSTA to leverage discretionary state transportation funds to reduce GHG emissions in the transportation sector and adapt to climate change.
  • EO N-79-20 reaffirms the state's commitment to implementing EO N-19-19, and sets a date no later than July 15, 2021, for CalSTA to "identify near term actions, and investment strategies, to improve clean transportation, sustainable freight and transit options, while continuing a 'fix-it-first' approach to our transportation system."

State transportation funds - including revenue collected under Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 - must be used solely on transportation. As outlined in SB 1, California will continue the "fix-it-first" approach to maintaining the state's highways, roads and bridges. Under CAPTI, where feasible and within existing funding program structures, the state will invest discretionary transportation funds in sustainable infrastructure projects that align with its climate, health and social equity goals.

Archive

CAPTI 1st Annual Report (2022)

CAPTI Development Materials