Hamid Bahadori
Automobile Club of Southern
California (AAA)
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Auto Club’s Role
… because we’ve been an advocate for mobility for over 100 years
… because our 52 million members nationally, including 6 million in southern California, need and want options for travel
… because California needs mobility to prosper and grow
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Good and Adequate Roads =
Mobility and Safety =
Economy =
Quality of Life.
• Automobiles: 92% to 95% of all home-to-work trips,
98% of all trips
• Highways: Almost all trips, including transit trips
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Road Capacity Has Not Kept Up
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Decades of Under-Investment
California Data
$300
$250
$200
$150
$100
$50
Population, Travel and Per Capita Highway Capital Expenditures in California 1
Adjusted for Inflation (1955 - 2000)
$0
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975
Year
1980
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) Includes expenditures for local assistance and state highway capital outlay.
1985
Population
40,000
35,000
30,000
Vehicle Miles
Traveled
Highway Expenditures
Per Capita
1990 1995
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
2000
0
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Similar Trend Nationally
Vehicle Miles Traveled Nationwide
Verses Lane Miles
3,500
3,000
Lane Miles (Thousands)
2,500
2,000
Vehicle Miles Traveled (Billions)
1,500
1980 1985 1990
Source: Federal Highway Administ rat ion Highway St at ist ic Series
1995 2000 2005
7,500
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8,500
8,250
8,000
7,750

Federal Highway Spending per 1,000 Vehicle Miles Traveled and Loss of
Purchasing Power Due to Inflation (1960 - 2005)
3.5
3
2.5
2
5
4.5
4
1.5
1
0.5
0
1960
$4.50
1965 1970
90 ¢
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
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25.0
Actual Average VMT per Gallon of Fuel Consumed
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
1970 1975 1980 1985
Source: Federal Highway Administrat ion's Highway St at istic Series
1990 1995 2000
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2005

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Breakdown of Maintained Centerline Miles by Agency in
California
California’s 58 counties and 480 cities maintain 141,235 centerline miles of highways (82% of the state’s total)
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California’s Pavement Condition Index
(PCI)
2008
2010
2020
68
66 (At Risk)
54 (if funding remains the same)
The
from $39.1 billion to $63.6 billion
71-80 (good) 50-70 (at risk) 25-49 (poor)
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What Is Needed
• $70.5 billion over the next 10 years to bring the PCI to BMP or most cost effective condition
• $2.3 billion will be needed annually to maintain the BMP conditions once it is achieved
• $3.1 billion is needed to maintain the existing conditions …….. More than
TWICE the current level of funding at
$1.42 billion/year
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What shall (or can) be done ?
• To even simply maintain the existing condition for our investment, valued at $271 billion, we NEED MORE MONEY
1) Efforts by the California Transportation Commission
(CTC)
2) The newly, soon to be formed, Stakeholders Working
Group
3) The federal transportation reauthorization bill
4) Regional transportation sales taxes, etc
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Adapting to New Economic Realities
• Changing the red tape to red carpet
• More targeted and focused application for competitive funds
• Forming inter-jurisdictional collaborative
• Using economy-of-scale in delivering projects
• Innovate funding sources (PPP, tolling, etc)
• Technological breakthroughs
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Adapting to New Realities
Working Smarter – Delivering More with Less
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Hamid Bahadori
Automobile Club of Southern California
3333 Fairview Rd. A-131
Costa Mesa, Ca 92626
(714) 885-2326
Bahadori.Hamid@aaa-calif.com
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