AB-954 • 2026

Interregional transportation strategic plan: bicycle highways.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Bennett
Last action: 2025-08-29
Official status: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific information about which two major metropolitan areas will be chosen for the pilot program or how much funding will be allocated to the project.

Bicycle Highway Pilot Program

This law requires the Department of Transportation to create a plan for building bicycle highways in two major metropolitan areas and includes this plan in future transportation projects.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Transportation to make plans for bicycle highways in two major metropolitan areas.
Includes these bike highway plans in the state's list of important transportation projects (STIP).
Asks the department to report back to lawmakers about how the project is going by July 1, 2031.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Transportation
People who live in or travel through two major metropolitan areas in California

Terms To Know

Interregional transportation strategic plan (ITSP): A big plan that helps make sure all parts of the state have good transportation.
State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP): A list of important projects to improve transportation in California.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify which two major metropolitan areas will be chosen for the pilot program.
It is unclear how much money will be used for the bike highways.

Bill History

2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.
2025-08-20 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-19 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-07-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-30 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 1867.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
Introduced measure version corrected.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 954, as amended, Bennett.
State transportation improvement program: bicycle highway pilot program.
Interregional transportation strategic plan: bicycle highways.
Existing law establishes the state transportation improvement program (STIP) process, pursuant to which the California Transportation Commission programs, on a biennial basis, available state and federal funds for transportation capital improvement projects, other than state highway rehabilitation and repair projects, for the 5-year period of the STIP, based on the interregional transportation improvement program (ITIP) prepared by the Department of Transportation and the regional transportation improvement programs (RTIP) prepared by regional transportation planning agencies.
Existing law requires projects included in the ITIP to be consistent with the interregional transportation strategic plan (ITSP). Existing law requires the department to submit the ITSP to the commission for approval and requires
the ITSP, among other things, to be directed at achieving a high functioning and balanced interregional transportation system and consistent with the California Transportation Plan.
This bill would require the department to prepare a proposal for the development, including the selection, of sites for a pilot program establishing branded networks of bicycle highways that are numbered and signed within 2 of California’s major metropolitan areas. The
bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, to include the proposal in the draft ITIP and would require the department to perform all other actions necessary for the pilot program to be programmed in the STIP, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2031, to report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature on the status of the pilot program and recommendations for the development of additional networks of bicycle highways.
This bill would require, to the extent feasible and consistent with the California Transportation Plan, the department to assess incorporating bicycle highways into strategic interregional corridors within the ITSP.

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