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Lossanplan1.Pdf TABLE OF CONTENTS L OS A NGELES TO S AN D IEGO P ROPOSED R AIL C ORRIDOR I MPROVEMENT S TUDIES TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................1 2.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ............................................................................4 3.0 OVERVIEW OF THE LOSSAN CORRIDOR .....................................................................8 3.1.1 Los Angeles County ................................................................................................9 3.1.2 Orange County ......................................................................................................11 3.1.3 San Diego County .................................................................................................13 4.0 RAIL SERVICES ALONG THE LOSSAN CORRIDOR ....................................................14 4.1 Intercity Passenger Rail................................................................................................14 4.2 Commuter Rail..............................................................................................................15 4.2.1 Metrolink................................................................................................................15 4.2.2 Coaster..................................................................................................................16 4.3 Freight Service .............................................................................................................18 5.0 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LOSSAN CORRIDOR ...........20 6.0 SCREENING OF ALTERNATIVES IN KEY LOCATIONS ...............................................30 6.1 Preliminary Options Not Carried Forward.....................................................................32 6.2 DEL MAR......................................................................................................................34 6.3 ENCINITAS ..................................................................................................................40 6.4 SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY INLAND BYPASS ALTERNATIVE .................................44 6.5 SAN CLEMENTE/DANA POINT...................................................................................51 6.6 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ...........................................................................................59 7.0 COMMUNITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS.......................................................................64 8.0 A TIMELINE OF LOSSAN CORRIDOR RAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ..................66 8.1 San Diego County ........................................................................................................68 8.2 Orange County .............................................................................................................73 8.3 Los Angeles County .....................................................................................................75 9.0 FUTURE PLANNING PROCESS.....................................................................................76 APPENDIX A ..............................................................................................................................77 APPENDIX B ..............................................................................................................................99 APPENDIX C ............................................................................................................................105 APPENDIX D ............................................................................................................................107 DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN – REVISION 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY L OS A NGELES TO S AN D IEGO P ROPOSED R AIL C ORRIDOR I MPROVEMENT S TUDIES LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 2-1 – THE LOSSAN RAIL CORRIDOR..........................................................................................4 FIGURE 3-1 – MAP OF INTERCITY RAIL SERVICES SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT ................8 FIGURE 6-1 – LOCATIONS FOR SCREENING ........................................................................................31 FIGURE 6-2 – OPTIONS TO BE RETAINED FOR FURTHER STUDY IN DEL MAR...............................36 FIGURE 6-3 – OPTIONS TO BE SCREENED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION IN DEL MAR ........38 FIGURE 6-4 – TRAIN PASSING ALONG DEL MAR BLUFFS...................................................................39 FIGURE 6-5 – OPTIONS TO BE RETAINED FOR FURTHER STUDY IN ENCINITAS............................42 FIGURE 6-6 – OPTION TO BE ELIMINATED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION IN ENCINITAS......43 FIGURE 6-7 – GRADES WITHIN THE INLAND BYPASS ALTERNATIVE STUDY AREA AND TUNNELING REQUIRED ...................................................................................................................45 FIGURE 6-8 – OPTIONS TO BE RETAINED FOR FURTHER STUDY IN SAN CLEMENTE/DANA POINT ............................................................................................................................................................53 FIGURE 6-9 – OPTIONS TO BE ELIMINATED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION IN SAN CLEMENTE/DANA POINT..................................................................................................................57 FIGURE 6-10 – EXISTING RAIL CORRIDOR AT MARIPOSA POINT......................................................58 FIGURE 6-11 – OPTIONS RETAINED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ............................................................................................................................................................61 FIGURE 6-12 – OPTION TO BE ELIMINATED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO.....................................................................................................................................63 LIST OF EXHIBITS EXHIBIT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 RELATIVE COSTS/PERFORMANCE IMPACTS AND BENEFITS OF LOSSAN CORRIDOR RAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….following page 3 EXHIBIT 8-1 TIMELINE OF LOSSAN CORRIDOR RAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ………………………………………………………………………………………………between pages 68 & 69 EXHIBIT 8-2 RELATIVE COSTS/PERFORMANCE IMPACTS AND BENEFITS OF LOSSAN CORRIDOR RAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS…………………………………between pages 68 & 69 DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN – REVISION 1 Page 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY L OS A NGELES TO S AN D IEGO P ROPOSED R AIL C ORRIDOR I MPROVEMENT S TUDIES 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The LOSSAN (Los Angeles to San Diego and San Luis Obispo) Rail Corridor is one of the busiest, most important rail lines in the United States, and serves a vital function in providing intercity and commuter rail services within and between cities in California’s most populous counties. The area of the LOSSAN corridor studied in the Department’s Proposed Rail Corridor Improvement Studies and this document, however, is that portion of the corridor between Los Angeles Union Station and San Diego Santa Fe Depot; hereafter, use of the term “LOSSAN” will refer to that segment only. The California Department of Transportation (the Department) has determined that the creation of a Strategic Plan is an important and beneficial adjunct to its ongoing Program EIR/EIS (PEIR/PEIS) process recommending conventional rail improvements for the LOSSAN corridor. This complementary planning document looks at the proposed rail improvements from a corridor-wide perspective. In supporting the PEIR/PEIS work underway, the Strategic Plan’s objectives are: • To provide an additional opportunity for public outreach, beyond that provided as part of PEIR/EIS process • To foster better communication and understanding among stakeholders at all levels • To provide an opportunity to screen out design options at key locations, so as to focus future work on the most promising alternatives • To develop short and long-term visions for the corridor, contemplating a program of projects for the next twenty years. The Strategic Plan met these objectives through a series of public workshops held in cities along the corridor. Five Public Workshops were held. The workshops provided the public with an overview of the corridor and the rail improvements under study, including information on: • The purpose and goals of the Strategic Plan • The need for improvements to the corridor • Current and projected weekday train volumes • Corridor facts, including rail owners and operators and details on Freight services • Types of services provided (Intercity Rail, Commuter Rail, and Freight) • The Strategic Plan timetable • Ranges of costs, rail performance issues, and community/environmental issues of projects throughout the corridor • Design options and alternatives at four key locations along the corridor where the range of options was sufficiently broad to allow the screening out of some options, the recommendations for screening, and the rationale and criteria used to reach the recommended screening decisions. DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN – REVISION 1 Page 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY L OS A NGELES TO S AN D IEGO P ROPOSED R AIL C ORRIDOR I MPROVEMENT S TUDIES • The Planning Process, including timelines for the completion of the Strategic Plan, and the Department’s Draft Program-level Environmental Impact Reports/Environmental Impact Statement. In addition to the public workshops, meetings were held with corridor cities as well as working groups consisting of transportation agencies and other stakeholders, resource agencies, rail operators, and partners Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)1 and the California
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