California seeds next‑gen transit
Governor Newsom announced nearly $900 million for advanced transportation projects—EV charging, rail power stations and port freight upgrades—with notable allocations for Long Beach and Sacramento. Private innovation is moving too: Ionna rolled out scalable DC fast chargers aimed at closing gaps for EV motorcycles and smaller EV segments. (gov.ca.gov) (rideapart.com)
The California Transportation Commission’s action programs $848 million in new allocations and simultaneously approved a four‑year State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP) totaling $17.9 billion for safety, bridge and pavement work. (dot.ca.gov) The CTC set aside $273 million specifically to add advanced technology to rail projects across the Bay Area and Southern California, including a $100 million award to support a five‑mile tunnel launch and supports for BART’s Silicon Valley Phase II. (dot.ca.gov) The commission also adopted the 2026 State Transportation Improvement Program with a program capacity of approximately $2.71 billion for the five‑year period, including about $1.085 billion in new capacity for programming. (catc.ca.gov) Regional project awards include $35 million to complete design and construction of rail power infrastructure in Los Angeles and a $33 million allocation to construct a major public‑access EV charging facility on a 118‑acre parcel in Sacramento. (gov.ca.gov) Freight and port work won targeted support too, with $33 million earmarked to expand rail freight operations at the Port of Long Beach to speed cargo moves and shift volume from trucks to on‑dock rail. (dot.ca.gov) On the private side, Ionna reported its 100th U.S. charging location and crossed roughly 1,000 DC fast‑charging stalls in March 2026, with another ~340 hubs and 3,700 charging points under contract. (electrive.com) (evchargingstations.com) Ionna’s sites use 400‑kW peak chargers, deploy forecourts averaging about ten stalls apiece, and the company and contractor 3V3i demonstrated building a full DC fast‑charging station in five days using prefabricated components; Ionna and its OEM backers target 30,000 charging bays across North America by 2030. (evshift.com) (electrive.com)
