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APPENDIX F

FREIGHT IN AND MAG

As the “Crossroads of the West” for several Approximately 213 million tons of freight modes of transportation, Utah plays a valued at $204 billion was shipped to, major role in the movement of freight from and within Utah via the various across the United States. The smooth flow modes of transportation in 2012. The of freight in Utah and across its borders is following table shows the shipments by important to the current and future weight and value for Utah for 2012 and economy of Utah and America. The projections for 2040. Unfortunately, 2012 is geographic area of the Mountainland the latest freight information sheet by Association of Governments (MAG) is an state from the Federal Highway important location for roadways and Administration’s Office of Freight railroads, but is less important for pipelines Management and Operations. and aviation because of the lack of pipeline infrastructure and air cargo service.

UTAH MODAL SHIPMENT BY WEIGHT (MILLION TONS) AND BY VALUE (BILLION DOLLARS) 2012 2040 (Projections) Mode Tons Percent Value Percent Tons Percent Value Percent Roadways 134 63 137 67 141 87 107 88 Rail/Intermodal 52 24 52 25 12 7 10 8 Pipelines 27 13 12 7 9 6 5 4 Aviation <1 <1 3 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Total 213 100 204 100 162 100 122 100 Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Facts and Figures 2015. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Info, http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight. About two percent of the Pipeline mode also contains unknown shipments.

ROADWAYS The trucking industry is the dominant Sierra Mountain Range in mover of freight in Utah. This is due , the Humboldt River in primarily to freight traffic traveling to and Nevada and the Colorado River Canyons from the east and west coasts on I-15, I-70, in southern Utah. Truck transportation I-80 and I-84. Truck traffic averages 23 works in conjunction with pipelines, percent on Utah highways, versus a railroads and aviation to provide efficient national average of only 12 percent. multimodal transportation to Utah’s Additionally, northern Utah is the hub of shippers. The following list provides vital western refrigerated (reefer) truck freight points about trucking and its importance operations. Many large reefer truck to Utah. companies maintain terminals along the to take advantage of 1. In 2012, trucks carried 134 million Utah’s crossroads status. Geography has tons of freight in Utah accounting also made Utah a strategic trucking hub for 63 percent of the total weight because of its location relative to the shipped.

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2. In 2012, trucks carried $137 billion 5. C.R. England is the largest of freight in Utah accounting for 67 refrigerated truck company in the percent of the total value shipped. and is 3. In 2012, the trucking industry in headquartered in . Utah employed more than 20,058 people with an average annual The map shows large reclamation project salary of $40,812. growing areas in the west and the freight 4. More than 80 percent of US flow of refrigerated produce and frozen communities depend solely on foods through Utah. Refrigerated freight is trucking for delivery of goods and extremely time sensitive. commodities.

PIPELINES

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By weight, pipelines are the third largest mode of freight transportation in Utah. 1. In 2012, pipelines carried 27 million Pipelines deliver their products reliably, tons of freight in Utah accounting safely, efficiently and economically. In for 13 percent of the total weight terms of potential highway impact, it is shipped. crude oil, refined petroleum products and 2. In 2012, pipelines carried $12 billion solid material in slurry form (phosphate of freight in Utah accounting for 7 rock) that would be transported by trucks percent of the total value shipped. or trains if Utah’s pipeline infrastructure 3. In 2012, the pipeline industry in was not available. The pipeline industry Utah employed approximately 273 develops, owns, operates and maintains people with an average annual its own infrastructure. salary of $105,912. 4. In Utah, on average pipelines Pipelines carry gasoline, diesel fuel, (excluding natural gas) transport kerosene and jet fuel for transportation the equivalent of approximately uses; heating oil, natural gas and propane 2,200 truckloads each day. for homes; fertilizer for ; and 5. There are 40 different pipeline crude oil, propylene, ethane, ethylene operators in Utah that carry a and carbon dioxide for industrial uses. The variety of commodities. following list provides vital points about 6. More than 21,000 miles of pipelines pipelines and their importance to Utah. exist in Utah.

RAILROADS/SEAPORTS AND INTERMODAL RAILROADS Since the completion of America’s first (UP). The 1996 UP takeover of Southern transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Pacific (SP) resulted in a near monopoly Utah on May 10, 1869 railroads have situation in railroad freight service in Utah. played a major role in the transportation As a part of the UP/SP merger, the Federal of freight in Utah. The railroad industry Surface Transportation Board (STB) directed develops, owns, operates and maintains the west's other large railroad, Burlington its own infrastructure. Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), to provide limited freight service in Utah. The BNSF In Utah, primary railroad terminals, known Railway owns limited rail infrastructure in as freight yards, are found in Ogden, Salt Utah, primarily its two railroad freight yards Lake City, and Provo. Smaller secondary in Provo and Midvale. Most BNSF rail yards are located in Helper, Midvale operations are conducted via a trackage and Milford. Six routes of the Union Pacific rights agreement over selected UP lines. Railroad converge on the Wasatch Front, linking Utah with Northern and Southern There are a modest number of smaller California, the Pacific Northwest, as well shortline railroads in Utah who primarily as Midwestern and Eastern points. handle freight traffic to and from UP and BNSF. Utah's railroads provide specialized Most mainline railroad infrastructure in the freight service to the state's businesses state of Utah is owned and operated by and industries handling a variety of America's largest railroad, Union Pacific shipments. Seaports and Intermodal Railroads and highways link Utah with Coast of the United States as well as major virtually every major seaport on the West ports along the Atlantic Seaboard and

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the Gulf Coast. However, Utah's major 2005, the value of containerized trade global gateway seaports are the three moving through the Ports of Los Angeles primary harbors in California. Most of and Long Beach either exported from or Utah's imports and exports are handled imported to Utah totaled more than $2 through the adjacent ports of Los Angeles billion. The following table shows Utah and Long Beach in Southern California or and bordering states trade value for 2005. via the Port of Oakland further north. For

TRADE VALUE VIA THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH IN 2005 (MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) STATE EXPORTS IMPORTS TOTAL Arizona 340 8,610 8,950 Colorado 280 2,630 2,910 Idaho 20 830 850 Nevada 60 3,660 3,720 New Mexico 30 1,880 1,910 Utah 560 1,460 2,020 10 320 330 Source: Trade Impact Study, 2007, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach, and Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

Large volumes of intermodal freight surrounding states as far distant as passing through Utah make the state a . SLCIT provides direct rail service global gateway. Intermodal freight to the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach in involves the movement of cargo in a southern California, the Port of Oakland in container or trailer via multiple modes of northern California, and major Midwestern transportation such as rail, ship or truck, and Gulf Coast terminals in Chicago, without handling the freight itself when City, St. Louis, Memphis and changing modes. Since 1984, a new form Houston. At SLCIT, most of the inbound of intermodal shipping known as double- freight from the west consists of stack rail transport has become manufactured goods from Asia, while increasingly common as millions of most of the outbound freight is food containers per year are shipped by rail in products, animal feed and seeds. A 100- the United States. Seaports and highway- car double-stack train carrying 200 rail intermodal terminals are where these containers can be unloaded in less than containers are transferred from one mode six hours at this terminal. The trailers and to another. Intermodal freight links Utah’s containers from arriving trains use the economy with the global economy. 1,100 parking stalls to await truck pickup anytime at this 24-hour facility. The The new Salt Lake City Intermodal highway system links Utah County with the Terminal (SLCIT), owned by UP, is Utah’s SLCIT. global gateway. SLCIT provides highway access to markets throughout Utah and

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UP also operates another type of where they are loaded onto auto intermodal freight facility in Utah. transport trucks for delivery to regional Located at the Roper Freight Yard in dealerships. The Roper Auto Terminal is South Salt Lake City, the Roper Auto served by trains from southern California Terminal handles inbound shipments of and the Midwest. The following list new automobiles for the entire state of provides vital points about Utah. At this facility, new vehicles are railroad/intermodal and its importance to transferred from multi-level freight cars, Utah. called autoracks, to a large parking area

1. In 2012, railroads/intermodal people with an average annual carried 52 million tons of freight in salary of $69,228. Utah accounting for 24 percent of 4. Prior to the current economic the total weight shipped. recession, approximately 800 to 2. In 2012, railroad/intermodal carried 1,000 containers or trailers were $52 billion of freight in Utah loaded and unloaded daily at accounting for 25 percent of the SLCIT. total value shipped. 5. Prior to the current economic 3. In 2012, the railroad industry in Utah recession, approximately 600 employed approximately 1,592 automobiles were handled through the Roper Auto Terminal

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each day, resulting in an average miles on a single gallon of diesel of 90 auto transport trucks fuel, generating a carbon footprint departing the terminal every 24 that is 75% less than trucks. hours. 7. Since 2000, Utah’s dominate 6. Trains are one of America’s most railroad Union Pacific has environmentally friendly modes of achieved a 17% improvement in transportation. A freight train can fuel efficiency. move one ton of freight up to 471

AVIATION Air freight is the smallest component of users of these facilities are United Parcel the freight transportation system serving Service (UPS) at the north terminal, while MAG. Air freight for the MAG area is FedEx and the United State Postal Service primarily serviced by the Salt Lake (USPS) maintain operations at the south International Airport. terminal. Air freight/parcel traffic to and from the airport is concentrated during There is no airline passenger or air cargo the Monday to Friday work week, with far service in Utah County. However, the less traffic on weekends and holidays. The Provo Airport Master Plan has evaluated a following list provides vital points about air potential for air passenger service in the cargo and its importance to Utah. future. Currently, the Salt Lake City International Airport (SLCIA) is the closest 1. In 2012, air transportation carried airline passenger service for those in the less than one million tons of freight MAG area and is a major hub for Delta in Utah accounting for less than Airlines. Service is also provided by eight one percent of the total weight other scheduled airlines as well as three shipped. air freight carriers. In calendar year 2014, 2. In 2012, air transportation carried a combined total of 356,842,048 pounds $3 billion of freight in Utah of air mail and cargo enplaned and accounting for one percent of the deplaned at the airport. total value shipped. 3. In 2012, the air transportation The Salt Lake City Airport has two terminals industry in Utah employed designated for air cargo. The north approximately 6,345 people with terminal is accessed via Interstate 215, an average annual salary of while the south freight and mail terminal is $59,052. accessed via Interstate 80. The primary

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