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San Joaquin Valley Interregional Goods Movement Plan Task 9: Final Report Prepared for San Joaquin Valley Regional Transportation Planning Agencies Prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. with The Tioga Group, Inc. Fehr & Peers Jock O’Connell Date: August 2013 Task 9: Final Report prepared for San Joaquin Valley Governments Regional Transportation Planning Agencies prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 555 12th Street, Suite 1600 Oakland, CA 94607 date August 2013 San Joaquin Valley Goods Movement Plan Task 9: Final Report Table of Contents 1.0 Purpose and Scope .............................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Study Background and Purpose ............................................................... 1-1 1.2 Need for Goods Movement Planning ...................................................... 1-2 1.3 Study Scope and Approach ....................................................................... 1-3 2.0 SJV Goods Movement ....................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Importance of Goods Movement .............................................................. 2-1 2.2 SJV Goods Movement Infrastructure ....................................................... 2-6 2.3 SJV Goods Movement Demand .............................................................. 2-15 2.4 Expected Goods Movement Growth ..................................................... 2-20 2.5 Goods Movement Issues and Challenges ............................................. 2-24 3.0 Goods Movement Planning and Projects ....................................................... 3-1 3.1 Goods Movement Vision and Goals ........................................................ 3-1 3.2 Goods Movement Planning Principles .................................................... 3-1 3.3 Linking Constraints and Approaches ...................................................... 3-4 3.4 Goods Movement Projects ......................................................................... 3-6 3.5 Goods Movement Policy Options .......................................................... 3-27 3.6 Next Steps and Areas for Future Study ................................................. 3-30 4.0 Funding and Implementation .......................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Approval, Funding, and Implementation Steps..................................... 4-1 4.2 Integration with Other Transportation Plans ......................................... 4-2 4.3 Funding Sources ....................................................................................... 4-12 4.4 Funding Recommendations .................................................................... 4-26 A. Dominant Commodities by County ............................................................... A-1 B. Stakeholder Outreach Process ......................................................................... B-1 B.1 Stakeholder Groups ................................................................................... B-1 B.2 Interviews ................................................................................................... B-3 C. Additional Goods Movement Projects .......................................................... C-6 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. i 8536.009 San Joaquin Valley Goods Movement Plan Task 9: Final Report List of Tables Table 2.1 Categorizing Industries Based on their Transportation Needs ......... 2-1 Table 2.2 Major Trading Partners, Rail Commodities, 2007 ............................. 2-19 Table 2.3 Types of Issues that Impact Goods Movement in the SJV ............... 2-25 Table 3.1 Final SJV Goods Movement Project and Strategy List – Priority Projects ....................................................................................................... 3-9 Table 3.2 Regional Highway Capacity Projects .................................................. 3-14 Table 3.3 East-West Connector Projects ............................................................... 3-15 Table 3.4 “Last Mile” Access Projects ................................................................... 3-16 Table 3.5 Modal Capacity Projects........................................................................ 3-16 Table 3.6 Economic Development Projects ......................................................... 3-17 Table 3.7 Inland Port Projects ................................................................................ 3-18 Table 3.8 Strategic Programs ................................................................................. 3-19 Table 4.1 Regional Planning Stages ........................................................................ 4-7 Table 4.2 MAP-21 vs. SAFETEA-LU ...................................................................... 4-9 Table 4.3 MAP-21 Planning Factors ..................................................................... 4-10 Table 4.4 Potential Relevant Federal Funding Sources ..................................... 4-16 Table 4.5 TIGER Grant Program Cycles .............................................................. 4-17 Table 4.6 Potential Relevant State Funding Sources .......................................... 4-20 Table 4.7 Freight Provisions in MAP-21 .............................................................. 4-27 Table 4.8 Short Line Rail Recommendations ...................................................... 4-28 Table 4.9 Freight Rail Assistance Programs from Other States ........................ 4-29 Table A.1 Top 10 Commodities Shipped from SJV Counties ............................. A-2 Table A.2 Top 10 Commodities Shipped to SJV Counties .................................. A-3 Table B.1 Stakeholder Groups and their Roles in the SJV Goods Movement Study ..................................................................................... B-2 Table B.2 Interview Subjects ................................................................................... B-4 Table C.1 Other Goods Movement Projects in the San Joaquin Valley ............ C-6 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. iii San Joaquin Valley Goods Movement Plan Task 9: Final Report List of Figures Figure 1.1 Project Approach ...................................................................................... 1-4 Figure 2.1 Locations of Key Goods Movement Businesses in the SJV ................ 2-4 Figure 2.2 Percentage Employment Growth in Goods Movement- Dependent Industries between 2010 and 2040..................................... 2-5 Figure 2.3 2040 Goods Movement Industry Employment in the SJV ................. 2-5 Figure 2.4 Freight Transportation Facilities in the SJV Overview ......................... 2-7 Figure 2.5 Truck Volumes in the San Joaquin Valley, 2007 .................................. 2-9 Figure 2.6 Key Rail Facilities in the SJV ................................................................. 2-11 Figure 2.7 Airports in the San Joaquin Valley ...................................................... 2-14 Figure 2.8 Tonnage Distribution in the SJV by Direction (Nonthrough Flows), 2007a ........................................................................................... 2-16 Figure 2.9 Tonnage Distribution in the SJV by Mode, 2007 ................................ 2-17 Figure 2.10 Inbound, Outbound, and Intraregional Truck Commodity Distribution (Percentages are of Nonthrough Flows), 2007 ............. 2-18 Figure 2.11 2007 and 2040 Commodity Volumes Moving into, out of, or within the SJV ......................................................................................... 2-21 Figure 2.12 Truck Volumes in the SJV, 2040 (SJV Truck Model) ......................... 2-22 Figure 2.13 Growth in Rail Tonnage, 2007 to 2040................................................. 2-23 Figure 2.14 Actual vs. Forecast Air Cargo Tonnage at California Airports, 1990 to 2011 ............................................................................................. 2-24 Figure 2.15 Future Highway Performance in the SJV, 2040 SJV Truck Model ....................................................................................................... 2-26 Figure 3.1 Constraint/Approach Matrix ................................................................. 3-5 Figure 3.2 Six-Step Methodology Used to Create SJV Goods Movement Project List ................................................................................................. 3-7 Figure 3.3 “Bridging” Hydrogen Fueling Stations – Conceptual ....................... 3-23 Figure 3.4 Truck Crashes and their Severity in the SJV ...................................... 3-24 Figure 4.1 Caltrans SR 99 Business Plan Implementation Process ...................... 4-2 Figure 4.2 SR 99 Business Plan 2035 Concept Facility ........................................... 4-6 Figure 4.3 State and Federal Programming Process ............................................ 4-13 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. v San Joaquin Valley Goods Movement Plan Task 9: Final Report Figure 4.4 Federal/State Planning and Programming Process .......................... 4-14 Figure B.1 Interview Locations ................................................................................ B-5 vi Cambridge Systematics, Inc. San Joaquin Valley Goods Movement Plan Task 9: Final Report 1.0 Purpose and Scope 1.1 STUDY BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Located in the central part of California, the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) region is composed of eight counties (Kern, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus,