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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) in 2021, which 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.

Since the adoption of CAPTI in 2021, CalSTA reported on its implementation progress with the release of two annual reports. After only two years, most of the original actions were underway or complete. As of July 2024, all 34 original actions had been implemented. A study by the Mineta Institute for Transportation (MTI) at San Jose State University estimates that due to CAPTI, the discretionary transportation infrastructure investments made by the State of California now generate only 1/5th the amount of GHG emissions as compared to investments made during prior administrations.

Despite all our progress, we know that there is more work to be done to meet our state climate goals. Throughout 2024, CalSTA engaged with stakeholders through multiple listening sessions, public workshops, and a public comment period to develop four new strategies and 14 new actions to further implement the existing CAPTI investment framework. The update, CAPTI 2.0 was released in February 2025. Over the remainder of the Newsom Administration, CalSTA and its eight departments, boards and commissions will work diligently to implement these new actions to deliver lasting results for all Californians with the intention to ensure this work lives on in the future.

 

CAPTI 2.0 Documents

 

CAPTI 2.0 Implementation

CalSTA will publish an implementation progress report before the end of 2026 to report on the final status and completion of each of the new CAPTI actions before the end of the current administration. In addition, CalSTA will measure the progress made since the last CAPTI MTI study by launching another outcomes study to evaluate changes from transportation investments on vehicle miles travelled (VMT), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, equity, and economic outcomes.

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 2nd Annual Report (2023)

CAPTI 1st Annual Report (2022)

CAPTI 1.0 Materials