Funding Guide

Local Funding Categories

Category	Approximate Annual Funding (Bay Area)	Eligible Uses	Who can claim the money?	Who decides which projects get the money?
Gas Tax Subventions	$130 million	Local street and road maintenance and rehabilitation	Cities and counties	Cities and counties
Transportation Development Act (TDA) Articles 4 and 8 (1/4-cent sales tax)	$294 million	Transit operating assistance and capital projects; if there are no unmet transit needs, then local street and road maintenance and rehabilitation projects are eligible	Public transit operators; cities and counties	MTC
TDA Article 4.5	$12 million	Paratransit operating assistance and capital projects	Cities and counties	MTC
TDA Article 3	$6 million	Bicycle and pedestrian facilities, safety programs, planning	Cities and counties	MTC
Bridge Tolls (Base toll, state-owned bridges)	$135 million	Maintenance and operation of state-owned toll bridges (not the Golden Gate) Voter-approved Regional Measure 1 projects to relieve traffic congestion in bridge corridors (bridge and approach improvements) Ferry operations and improvements Transit services Bicycle and pedestrian routes	Caltrans, cities, counties, public transit operators, Association of Bay Area Governments	Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA)/ MTC
Bridge Toll Seismic Retrofit Surcharge (New $1 surcharge on state-owned bridges)	$115 million	Earthquake retrofit of state-owned Bay Area toll bridges and traffic mitigation projects related to retrofit work	Caltrans	Caltrans
Golden Gate Bridge Tolls	$59 million	Maintenance, rehabilitation, seismic retrofit and operation of the Golden Gate Bridge, capital and operating costs for Golden Gate Transit buses and ferries	Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District	Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) $4 Vehicle Registration Fee	$20 million	Ridesharing, clean fuel buses, alternative fuel vehicle demonstrations, shuttles, traffic management, rail/bus integration, regional transit information, bicycle programs, implementation of smoking vehicle program	Public agencies - public transit agencies, MTC, cities, counties, school districts, Caltrans	Bay Area Air Quality Management District (60%); County Congestion Management Agencies (40%)
SAFE (Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways) $1 Vehicle Registration Fee	$5 million	Motorist-aid call box installation, maintenance, dispatcher charges; also used for related motorist-aid programs, such as Freeway Service Patrols	MTC Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (SAFE)	MTC
AB 1107 Permanent 1/2¢ Sales Tax for Transit in Alameda, San Francisco and Contra Costa Counties	$217 million	BART, AC Transit and San Francisco Muni transit capital and operations	BART (75%), AC Transit, San Francisco Muni and BART (25%)	BART (75%), MTC (25%)
Santa Clara County Permanent 1/2¢ Sales Tax for Transit	$147 million	Transit capital and operations	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
San Mateo County Permanent 1/2¢ Sales Tax for Transit	$52 million	Transit capital and operations	SamTrans, Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (Caltrain)	San Mateo County Transportation Authority
Alameda County Measure B(expires 2002)1/2¢ Sales Tax	$82 million	19% to local streets and roads, 11.6% to AC Transit, 1.5% to paratransit; balance to capital highway improvements	Caltrans, county, cities, BART, AC Transit	Voter-approved program administered by the Alameda County Transportation Authority
Contra Costa County Measure C(expires 2008)1/2¢ Sales Tax	$53 million	41% to highways, 28% to transit, 0.4% to trails, and 30% to other programs	County, cities, BART, Caltrans	Voter-approved program administered by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority
San Francisco City/CountyProposition B(expires 2009)1/2¢ Sales Tax	$60 million	60% to transit, 30% to streets & traffic safety, 8% to paratransit, and 2% to transportation system management	Muni, departments of public works, public transportation, parking and traffic, and city planning	Voter-approved program administered by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority
San Mateo County Measure A (expires 2008)1/2¢ Sales Tax	$52 million	20% to local agencies, 0.7% to transportation system management, 0.01% to bike projects; remainder to transit and roads as specified in ballot measure; also establishes trust fund for paratransit	SamTrans, Peninsula Corridor (Caltrain) Joint Powers Board, county, cities	Voter-approved program administered by the San Mateo County Transportation Authority
Santa Clara County Measure B (expires 2006) 1/2¢ Sales Tax	$ 147 million	General tax with advisory measure (Measure A) listing highway improvements, light-rail extensions, Caltrain upgrades, commuter rail, local street and road rehabilitation, bicycle lane improvements	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, county, cities	Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Transit Fares	$370 million	Transit operations and capital projects	Transit operators	Transit operators
BART Property Tax	$14.5 million	BART operations, maintenance and capital improvements	BART	BART
AC Transit Property Tax	$35 million	AC Transit operations, maintenance and capital improvements	AC Transit	AC Transit
Developer Impact Fees	Varies, based on local government assessments	Cost to local government of new development, including roads, sidewalks, sewers, utilities	Local governments	Local governments

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