California AB 2307: Transportation: traffic signal synchronization pilot program: Western Riverside Council of Governments.

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 02/19/26 - Introduced

 AB-2307 Transportation: traffic signal synchronization pilot program: Western Riverside Council of Governments.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 04/06/2026 09:00 PM

AB2307:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 06, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 2307

Introduced by Assembly Member Sanchez
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Jackson and Macedo)
(Coauthor: Senator Seyarto)

February 19, 2026

An act to add and repeal Section 101.16 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2307, as amended, Sanchez.
 Transportation: traffic signal synchronization pilot program. program: Western Riverside Council of Governments.

Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with possession and control of all state highways, and authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control.

This bill would, until January 1, 2032, require the department authorize the Western Riverside Council of Governments, in required coordination with the department, to establish and administer a traffic signal synchronization pilot program for the
 its member local agencies constituting the Western Riverside Council of Governments to evaluate a regional model for coordinating traffic signal timing between state highways and local street and road systems, as specified. The bill would require the department, Western Riverside Council of Governments, in coordination with participating agencies, the department, to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program, including measurable
 assessing its impacts on congestion, travel time reliability, operational efficiency, and vehicle emissions, emissions and to submit, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a specified report to the Legislature relating to the pilot program. If the department determines, based on the evaluation, that the pilot program has demonstrated measurable transportation and operational benefits, the bill would authorize department to expand the pilot program, as provided.

This
 bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the local agencies that constitute the Western Riverside Council of Governments.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) The efficient operation of the state highway system and local street and road systems can support housing development, economic activity, and the effective use of public infrastructure.

(b) Traffic congestion and unmanaged vehicle idling on existing roadways adversely affect travel time reliability, system efficiency, air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions.

(c) Expansion of state highways and major roadways can be constrained by fiscal, environmental, and community considerations and, as a result, transportation strategies that optimize the performance of existing infrastructure are necessary.

(d) Coordinated traffic signal timing and operational management between state highways and local streets can improve traffic flow, reduce delay and vehicle idling, enhance safety, and increase the effectiveness of existing transportation infrastructure.

SECTION 1.SEC. 2.

 Section 101.16 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:

101.16.

 (a) The department shall Western Riverside Council of Governments, in coordination with the department, may establish and administer a traffic signal synchronization pilot program for the local agencies constituting the Western Riverside Council of Governments its member local agencies to evaluate a regional model for coordinating traffic signal timing between state highways and local street and road
 systems.

(b) The pilot program shall be implemented in voluntary coordination with the Western Riverside Council of Governments and its member local agencies. The department shall retain oversight autho