How Did Freight Stack up in Fastlane's Inaugural Year?
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HOW DID FREIGHT STACK UP IN FASTLANE’S INAUGURAL YEAR? 19 20 1 2 21 3 34 13 33 31 32 25 26 16 15 30 4 5 17 6 8 7 10 9 14 11 22 12 24 23 Key 29 FASTLANE Applicant FASTLANE 27 28 Award 18 (pin size ≈ award size) Emerging Megaregion (as defined by America 2050’s Regional Plan Association Map) Major US Gateway (Orange is % imports; Light Purple % exports) CAGTC Member FASTLANE Applications Map Number Project Name State Total Project Cost Grant Request Project Description Project Benefits Traffic backups at the North Rivergate Boulevard at-grade rail crossing can occur up to four hours per day, limiting access to 100 businesses, according to the Port of Portland. A completed project will improve safety for Rivergate employees, who walk 1.5 miles FASTLANE funds would alleviate a major freight bottleneck on from the nearest transit hub, maximize the $432.2 million in the National Highway System by constructing a grade leveraged investments to the surrounding neighborhood, and separation over a busy maritime terminal rail lead and improve on-time freight deliveries and the efficiency of rail reconfigure roadways and intersections to better operations serving Terminal 5 and South Rivergate manufacturing 1 Portland Marine Terminal Freight and Jobs Access Project Oregon $19,803,959 $7,329,000 accommodate truck turning movements. businesses. Once completed, this project will ease congestion and move freight more efficiently through a critical Northwest freight corridor, FASTLANE funds would be used to expand the I-205 Abernethy according to ODOT. The project’s seismic upgrades have the Bridge and create a lane for the direct connection between OR potential to help maintain the bridge as a critical lifeline in the Interstate 205 (I-205): Abernethy Bridge Freight Reliability 43 and OR 99E, while maintaining the bridge’s through Pacific Northwest’s infrastructure in the event of a Cascadia 1 and Seismic Enhancement Oregon $150,000,000 $50,000,000 capacity, to help separate through and local traffic. Subduction Zone earthquake. Each year, an estimated $9.2 million is lost due to commercial vehicle related crashes on this grade, according to ODOT. Construction of a two mile truck climbing lane will improve mobility FASTLANE funds would be used to construct a two mile truck and aid interstate commerce by reducing the need for trucks to slow Interstate 84 Ladd Creek to Stockhoff Interchange Climbing climbing lane through Ladd Canyon, allowing trucks to travel at to speeds as low as 10 miles an hour while climbing the east-bound 2 Lane Project Oregon $19,100,000 $5,600,000 a safe speed up the incline while limiting traffic congestion. grade. I-5 has been designated a High Priority Corridor, a Corridor of the Future, and a part of the National Highway Freight Network and is considered to be a critical link for moving goods produced in Oregon to regional, domestic, and international markets, according to FASTLANE funds would use funds to widen I-5 to six lanes Oregon DOT. This improvement will complement previous between Kuebler Boulevard and Delaney Road, just south of investments in the South Salem area to relieve congestion, improve 3 Interstate 5 Kuebler-Delaney Project Oregon $48,000,000 $20,000,000 Salem. safety, and enhance the mobility of both freight and people. Among the project benefits, the project would 1) Improve global competitiveness for the Port of Oakland as a full-service logistics hub; 2) enhance access to world markets; 3) improve intermodal FASTLANE funds would improve truck and rail access to the efficiency; 4) improve safety, efficiency, and flexibility of rail access; nation's fifth busiest marine port. Improvements include the 5) alleviate congestion on three National Primary Freight Network 7th Street Grade Separation (eliminating truck-rail and rail-rail routes; 6) eliminate significant truck queues; 7) enable innovate conflicts), Middle Harbor Road and Maritime Street technology strategies for managing truck arrivals; 8) support Ground Operations at the Port of Oakland: Roads, Rails, and Improvements (improving major last-mile access roads), and workforce development; and 9) improve resilience and reduce 4 Technology (GoPort!) California $235,000,000 $140,000,000 ITS technologies (to manage truck arrivals). stormwater run-off. FASTLANE funds would add approximately 8 miles of both southbound and northbound HOV lanes to US-101 from the The project would relieve congestion for both northbound and Marin/Sonoma County line to the Corona Road Overcrossing in southbound commuters and freight. It will connect to an existing 22 Sonoma County. The project includes median and outside miles of HOV to create 30 miles of continuous HOV lanes through US-101 Marin-Sonoma Narrows (MSN), Segments C2 and B2 widening to accommodate the HOV lanes, ramp Sonoma County. The project will improve safety by improving sight 4 Phase 2 California $122,000,000 $73,000,000 improvements, and bridge widenings and improvements. distance and providing standard shoulders. The project would yield congestion relief, resulting in an average increase of 57% vehicle throughput in both AM and PM peak FASTLANE funds would improve the interchange at I-80/680/12 periods, and an average of 67% reduction in vehicle delay. The in Solano County, including construction of I-680/Red Top Road interchange accident rates at this location are above statewide Interchange, and construction of a connector from I-80 average, and safety improvements as a result of the proposed 5 I-80/680 Interchange Improvements California $207,000,000 $124,000,000 Westbound to I-680 Southbound. project will reduce accident rates to below the statewide average. CAGTC Member FASTLANE Applications The Port of Hueneme achieved record cargo volumes in 2015 and needs to increase handling and processing capacity within its current operating footprint to accommodate additional growth. A FASTLANE funds would go towards the reconfiguration of finished project, according to the Port, will promote more efficient terminal traffic circulation, electrical system upgrades for movement of freight, increase network capacity, create ladders of Port of Hueneme South Terminal Cargo Handling & reefers, installation of reefer racks, reconfiguration of the gate opportunity that grow jobs, increase the port's cargo handling 6 Processing Enhancements California $8,400,000 $5,000,000 and related controls, and the relocation of Building 141. capabilities and enhance terminal capacity. Benefit-cost ratio of 10.3; reduction of 2,900 truck trips and 31,000 truck-miles traveled per day on Primary Highway Freight System FASTLANE funds would be used to expand Port of Los Angeles’ routes project will also significantly reduce emissions, decrease existing AMP Terminal (AMPT) on-dock railyard capacity by 80 logistics costs, and improve reliability at a container terminal serving percent, thereby increasing the terminal’s efficiency and 6 percent of the nation’s international container traffic valued at maximizing the number of containers moved via rail. $50 billion. Additionally, the POLA estimates the project will create Additionally, AMPT will purchase and install eight electrified 761 direct new construction jobs in an “Economically Distressed 7 Port of Los Angeles On-Dock Rail Improvements California $98,800,000 $35,100,000 zero emission RMG cranes. Area” with 13 percent unemployment. Once completed, the Port of Long Beach estimates this project will reduce truck trips and increase rail use, leading to lower emissions, FASTLANE funds would be used to construct a technologically less congestion and vehicle-miles traveled, improved air quality, and advanced, zero emission container terminal with upgraded 14,000 permanent jobs in the Southern California region. The wharves and container yards and an expanded on-dock rail project is expected to eliminate nearly 876,700 truck trips from local 7 Port of Long Beach Middle Harbor Upgrades and Expansion California $1,300,000,000 $90,000,000 yard. roadways in 2040. The project will eliminate nearly 435,000 truck trips from local roadways in 2035 by facilitating several critical rail operations, including building trains, managing intermodal block-swaps, and FASTLANE funds would be used to build approximately 12,000 switching locomotives and trains. Additionally, the project improves feet of additional track through the south leg of the high-traffic rail safety by pulling trains onto Terminal Island rather than 7 Port of Long Beach Terminal Island Wye Track Realignment California $23,100,000 $13,800,000 Terminal Island Wye, where only a single track currently exists. shoving , an operation known to have higher incidence of accidents. FASTLANE funds would be used to increase capacity of the I- Once completed, this project will increase the capacity of the I-110 110 mainline and provide an auxiliary lane for the NB I-405 to mainline & provide an auxiliary lane for NB I-405 to SB I-110 8 I-110/I-405 Capacity/Interchange Improvements California $37,000,000 $15,000,000 SB I-110 connector. connector. FASTLANE funds would be used to deploy connected vehicle, Once completed, this project will help determine the effectiveness ITS, and integrated corridor management strategies on the I- of FRATIS in improving intermodal truck utilization, improving and 710. I-710 serves as a vital transportation artery, linking the automating the process by which containers are transferred I-710 Freight Advanced Traveler Information System ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to major Southern between marine