South Bay Goods Movement Study The Goods Movement System 2. The Goods Movement System The goods movement system in the South Bay is a major component of Southern California’s economic success. Its seaports, airports, roadways, railroads, intermodal facilities, and warehousing and distribution facilities are components of a large, complex system through which tons of freight, worth billions of dollars, are moved every day. The size and diversity of this system allows goods to easily switch to alternate methods, modes, and schedules to meet changing demands. While individual shipments of goods are moved through the system in an efficient manner, the full spectrum of goods movement, and the interaction of individual components, is bewildering. It is difficult for decision makers to make infrastructure investment choices given the complexity of goods movement and its sensitivity to economic forces. It is important to know the difference between commercial and passenger uses of the transportation system. Roadways serve two transportation systems simultaneously, one for passengers and one for goods movement. Despite this, decisions about major transportation improvements are generally based on passenger needs. Traditional methods of traffic impact analysis focuses on passenger trips, and cannot be used when studying goods movement because: Goods movement uses the system in different ways • The speed of trucks and freight rail is more limited than passenger equivalents • Trucks are restricted to certain roadways and generally to the right two lanes of highways • Trucks have different travel patterns than passenger trips, and in general do not have as high peak demands (morning and evening commute periods) • Freight uses the transportation system for commercial reasons and require comparatively more reliability than passenger vehicles Goods movement affects the system in different ways • Trucks and freight trains are longer and slower than their passenger counterparts • Trucks have a disproportionate impact on pavement deterioration Goods Movement in the South Bay Goods movement in the South Bay is conducted for local pickup and delivery services, domestic trade to other regions, and international trade through one of the South Bay’s trade gateways. The Commodity Flow Survey, compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, produces data on the movement of goods in the United States. It provides information on commodities shipped, their value, weight, and mode of transportation. The last survey for the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside Consolidated Statistical Area was completed in 2002. The Table 11 describes which mode of transportation is used to move the domestic and foreign goods within the Los Angeles region. The data is compiled for the Los Angeles- Long Beach-Riverside consolidated statistical area for 2002. Data is not available for all Page 38 South Bay Goods Movement Study The Goods Movement System air freight, however most air freight originating or destined for Southern California is trucked to/from Los Angeles International Airport and Ontario International Airport. As part of this study, Los Angeles World Airport staff members were interviewed to obtain the best available data for air cargo movements. Table 11 Modes used for Goods Movement in the Los Angeles Region Percent of Mode Total Tons Total Tons Air & Truck 483 0.1% Other Intermodal 4,667 0.6% Pipeline & Unknown 136,202 17.8% Rail 37,910 5.0% Truck 574,942 75.2% Truck & Rail 5,082 0.7% Water 5,064 0.7% Nearly all of the freight in the Los Angeles Region is moved by pipeline and truck. Rail and intermodal freight serve the ports, with some bulk service as discussed in Section 2.2.2. Because this data was collected before the opening of the Alameda Corridor, it does not account for the shift of container traffic to/from the ports from truck to rail. However, because the ports account for only a portion of the truck trips in the region (13.5 percent according to the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey), trucks will continue to be the primary mode of goods movement in the South Bay. The following narrative is intended to cast the transportation infrastructure of the South Bay in goods movement terms so that improvements to accommodate or mitigate goods movement can be inventoried and evaluated. 2.1 Roadways The South Bay’s roadway infrastructure is dominated by a grid arterial pattern, much like the rest of the Los Angeles Basin. Many north/south and east/west arterial roadways cross multiple cities and serve regional, as well as local traffic. Two major freeway facilities serve the majority of South Bay Cities: Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) and Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway). Two other freeways, State Route 91(Gardena Freeway) and Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), originate in the South Bay. State Route 47 (Terminal Island Freeway) is located in Wilmington, and connects the POLA with Sepulveda Boulevard. While Interstate 710 (Long Beach Freeway) is not located within the South Bay, its close proximity, and importance to goods movement, make it an important freeway facility for the South Bay. Caltrans data on 2005 auto and truck average daily traffic volumes for the Interstate and state highways of the South Bay are shown in Figure 18. Page 39 SLAUSON AV SAN DIEGO CENTINELA AV HYDE PARK VD FLORENCE AV NORTH JEFFERSON BL FWY 1 MILE 1 MILE WEST MANCHESTER BLVD 56,000 ARBOR VITAE ST VIST LINCOLN BLVD A DEL MAR 1,210 BLVD INGLEWOOD AV INGLEWOOD A BLVD A CENTURY BLVD P A 104TH ST 235,000 BRE LA 303,000 110 C I F I C D 10,881 W 16,089 INTERSTATE BLVD 112TH ST 198,000 IMPERIAL HWY CRENSHA IMPERIAL HWY 117,000 BLV CIENEGA LA 251,000 INTERSTATE208,000 105 4,025 11,266118TH ST AVIATION 35,190 CENTURY FWY 120TH ST 13,208 67,000 311,000 LVD BLVD BROADWAY GRAND AV 2,064 12,813 B THORNE EL SEGUNDO BLVD 259,000 HAW 132ND ST 132ND ST V 17,819 DIE T ST T EDA NORMAN VERMON IE AV IE 139TH ST 139TH ST A WESTERN SEPULV PRAIR ROSECRANS AV 147TH ST 147TH ST MARINE AV 220,000 MANHATTAN BEACH BLVD 238,000 CH BLVD 18,707 38,236 O C NDO BEA REDO AY 251,000 E A N 52,000 249,000 GARDENA FWY 208,000 64,000 BROADW SR-91 35,190 1,732 AV INGLEWOOD 188,000 ARTESIA BLVD 11,529 13,208 177ST ST 2,989 11,938ALBERTONI ST VICTORIA ST 191,000 GRANT AV 182ND 000 ST 270,000 RIPLEY AV 28,077 186TH1,411 ST 272,000 24,246 AVE TRAL CEN UNIVERSITY DR 190TH ST INTERST 14,742 BLVD AVALON AV ATE 40 SUSANA RD VALLEYDR ANITA ST 263,0005 DEL AMO BLVD NESS VAN DEL AMO DEL AMO BLVD BLVD 12,177SAN DIEGO 228,000 A FE AV MARICOPA ST 11,719 FWY SANT180,000 ALAMEDA ST TORRANCE BLVD 26,982 LE AV LE CARSON ST MAP T 295,000 BLVD 294,000 KNOB HI LL AV CIR MO PLAZA DEL AMO S EROA PALOS VERDES PALOS SEPULVEDA BLVD 223RD ST 16,078 FIGU 15,935 C AV A DEL ERN AV ERN C COAST HWY 163,000 DIE AV MAIN ST MAIN V WEST V BLVD PACIFI 22,298 ACH FWY ACH LON ANZA AV AV ANZA ANZA NORMAN MADISON ST MADISON AV OCEAN A OCEAN AVA LOMITA AV A WILMINGTON A ON ON BLVD ANI SEPULVEDA BE LONG NGT BLVD AV ARLI CRENSHAW BLVD CRENSHAW RNE SKYPARK PENNSYLV V DR V AIRP CABRILLO HAWTHO 147,000 40,500ORT V 152,000 DR FWY VERMONT A VERMONT 9,584A VERMONT 1,482 AV S ST S INTERSTATE 710 INTERSTATE V 22,390 K AV K NN AV NN RD RD E A E NARBONNE A NARBONNE BLI TUN CYPRES 40,000 EUBAN 25,500 SANFO AV 54,000 FWY 44,500 41,000 NEP TERMINAL IS. PORTE AV PORTE ST OAK ST 1,964 PACIFIC COAST HWY 6,291 8,464 2,468 SIDENT 2,916 PRE WALNUT ST HARBOR 133,000 112,000 ANAHEIM ST PALOS VERDES R W SR-103 19,591 D 7,885 ES D S VER ALAMEDA O SILVER SPU DR N 110 INTERSTATE PAL R RD GAFFEY B ST ST 16,100 PAL OCEAN BLVD OS 8,259 75,000 2,558 VINCENT VERDE SR-47 THOMAS DR E 53,000 S SUMMERLAND AV BRIDGE VERD ES 9,657 ERN AV PALOS DR S WEST A N O C E 75,000 AUTO VOLUME 2,558 TRUCK VOLUME F I C STREET P A C I FREEWAY 2005 Caltrans Average Daily Traffic Figure for Autos and Trucks 18 South Bay Goods Movement Study The Goods Movement System 2.1.1 Freeways For graphics illustrating auto and truck average daily traffic for each South Bay Freeway, refer to Appendix A. Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) Interstate 110 originates at the west end of the port area in San Pedro, and terminates in Pasadena. It passes through the South Bay communities of San Pedro, Wilmington, West Carson, Harbor Gateway, and Carson. According to 2005 Caltrans data, average daily truck traffic is approximately 2,500 at its beginning at Interstate 110, about 12,000 south of Interstate 405, about 25,000 between Interstate 405 and State Route 91, and about 18,000 north of State Route 91. Interstate 110 is a eight-lane facility south of State Route 91, and a ten-lane facility north of State Route 91. The South Bay portion of Interstate 110 includes a significant truck volume proportion at the Interstate 405 interchange. Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway) Interstate 405 bisects the South Bay from the northwest to southeast through Inglewood, Lennox, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Lawndale, Torrance, Harbor Gateway, and Carson.