Draft 2001 RTP Update

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Southern California Association of Governments
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Freight Transportation Emerging Issues for
Southern California Alan Bowser

• Goods Movement PlanningWorkshop
• Detroit, Michigan
• July 10-12, 2001

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2025 Forecast for Population Employment Growth
(Millions)
1997 2025 Increase Population 16.1
23.0 43 Employment 7.0 10.0
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Like adding two Chicago's toSouthern
California
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SCAGS regional domestic product is 438 billion,
which would make it the worlds 12 largest
economy, just following Canada
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The RTP Balancing Act

• MOBILITY

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Goods Movement System Purpose is to improve
efficiency of all modes (truck, rail freight,
marine shipping, and air cargo) and all cargo
types (domestic import/export, containerized,
break-bulk and bulk).
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Policy Committee Issue Review and Approvals
Regional Council
EEC
CEHD
TCC

• RTP
• EIR
• RTP Conformity
• Plan Implementation
• IGR (Transportation)

• Growth Forecast
• RHNA
• IGR

• RTP EIR
• AQMP
• Mitigation monitoring

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RTP Task Forces
RTP TAC
Long Range Finance
Aviation
Truck Lanes
High Speed Rail/ MAGLEV
2001 RTP UPDATE TCC
Regional Transit
Goods Movement
Growth
Four Corners
Transit Corridors
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• SCAG Committee Task Force Planning Process
• Goods Movement Advisory Committee
• Mission The Goods Movement Advisory Committee
  will advise the Regional Council on the
  conditions prevailing in moving goods in Southern
  California on establishing appropriate
  transportation, infrastructure, air quality and
  environmentally sound land use policies and
  propose programs and priorities to ensure the
  safe, efficient and economical movement of goods
  within the region and its competitive advantage
  in international trade.

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SCAG Committee Task Force Goods Movement
Planning Process GMAC (cont) ... responsible
for guiding SCAG in the development of an
understanding of the freight transportation
issues and needs of the region, and will work
interactively with SCAG staff to fulfill its
charge. The Committee will meet periodically to
review the progress of SCAG work, and may
establish sub-committees at its discretion to
focus on particular concerns. It will seek to
reflect the diverse interests of the region, the
public and private needs, and the goals of the
Regional Comprehensive Plan and Guide.
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SCAG Committee Task Force Goods Movement
Planning Process GMAC (cont) Membership
Includes - Elected/Appointed Officials - Local
Govt Staff - Caltrans - Federal DOT
Agencies - Private Companies - railroads,
truckers steamship lines, air cargo operations,
package express operators - Representatives of
Seaports, Airports, Environmental Groups, law
enforcement agencies, local neighborhood groups
consultants
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SCAG Committee Task Force Goods Movement
Planning Process GMAC (cont) OUTCOMES Advocate
Goods Movement System Efficiency Higher
throughput, bottleneck elimination, greater
reliability, reduced congestion and
environmental impacts corresponding economic
benefits - region, state, nation.
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County to County Travel
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SCAGs Travel Demand Model Improvment

• Trip Generation Model
• Trip Distribution Model
• Mode Choice Model
• New Traffic Analysis Zones
• Other improvements

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New SCAG Tazs
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Heavy Duty Truck Model

• Developed and incorporated the Heavy Duty Truck
  Model into SCAGs new travel demand model.

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1995 Daily Truck Volumes
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SCAG 1995 2020Freight Mode Share(Million Tons)
1995 2020 Increase Rail 91 309
240 Truck 319 527 65 Air 3 8.9
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Goods Movement Issues

• How do we meet the future demand of goods traffic
  on the regions roads, railroads, and airports?
• How do we fund improvements in an efficient and
  equitable manner?

Options

• Build dedicated truck lanes on I-710, I-15, SR-60
• Evaluate the regional grade crossing system
• Study the costs of converting the truck fleet to
  alternative fuels develop incentives
• Promote cargo airports on closed military bases
  and in the Inland Empire

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Container Growth(Ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach)
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SCAG Air Cargo Projections
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Major Infrastructure Components

• Alameda Corridor / East
• Orangethorpe Corridor
• Other railway grade crossing improvements
• Exclusive Truck Lanes
• Inter-modal facilities
• Freight throughput productivity enhancement
• Air cargo distribution

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Funding Issues

• Lack of funding for freight throughput
  enhancement
• Lack of funding for freight movement mitigation
• Difficulty in selecting projects between freight
  and people movement
• Freight factors
• Traditional funding limitations between truck and
  rail infrastructure
• Within-the-fence mentality

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Management/Operation Issues

• Encroachment between people and freight movement
• Local ordinances limiting delivery
• Ports - limited operation hours
• Transfer among air, truck, and rail cargo
• Individual bottlenecks
• Empty container issues

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What Lies Ahead?

• Public/Private Partnerships to deliver freight
  projects
• Explore use of multi-modal performance measure to
  allow tradeoffs
• Increased reliance on technology i.e. ITS
• Stronger freight movement linkage to public
  funding allocation

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