Multi-County Goods Movement Action Plan Draft Technical Memorandum 3 – Existing Conditions and Constraints Table of Contents GLOSSARY OF TERMS............................................................................... G-1 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................... A-1 REFERENCES ............................................................................................. R-1 E.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY E.1 MULTI-COUNTY GOODS MOVEMENT ACTION PLAN............................... E-1 E.2 EXISTING CONDITIONS......................................................................................... E-3 E.3 EXISTING ISSUES AND CONSTRAINTS ............................................................ E-4 E.4 CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPS ........................................................................ E-11 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES, STUDY AREA, AND ADMINISTRATION ............. 1-1 1.2 BUILDING AN ACTION PLAN: OVERVIEW OF PROJECT TASKS............ 1-3 1.3 ORGANIZATION OF THIS TECH MEMO .......................................................... 1-4 1.4 OVERALL CONTEXT.................................................................................................. 1-5 2.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS 2.1 WAREHOUSING AND TRANSLOAD CENTERS............................................... 2-1 Overview of Warehousing in the Goods Movement Supply Chain .......................... 2-1 Warehousing Market Outlook............................................................................................. 2-4 Los Angeles County................................................................................................................ 2-10 The Inland Empire................................................................................................................... 2-10 Orange County........................................................................................................................ 2-12 Ventura County ....................................................................................................................... 2-12 Trends in Warehousing ......................................................................................................... 2-12 2.2 FREIGHT RAIL ........................................................................................................... 2-14 Rail Cargo Market Sectors.................................................................................................... 2-19 Intermodal...................................................................................................................... 2-19 Carload Traffic ............................................................................................................... 2-23 Intra-Regional Rail Traffic ............................................................................................. 2-24 Inventory of Systems .............................................................................................................. 2-24 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway......................................................................... 2-24 Union Pacific Railroad................................................................................................... 2-25 BNSF and UP Lines in the Los Angeles Basin............................................................... 2-27 Publicly Owned Track .................................................................................................... 2-30 Short Lines...................................................................................................................... 2-31 BNSF and UP Train Volume .......................................................................................... 2-32 Rail Border Crossings..................................................................................................... 2-33 Rail Processing Facilities........................................................................................................ 2-34 On-dock Intermodal Facilities....................................................................................... 2-36 Near-dock Intermodal Facilities ................................................................................... 2-36 Off-Dock Intermodal Facilities - BNSF ........................................................................ 2-37 Off-Dock Intermodal Facilities - UP............................................................................. 2-37 Carload Facilities and Support Yards ........................................................................... 2-38 Automobile Distribution Centers................................................................................... 2-39 Bulk Transfer Facilities................................................................................................... 2-39 Wilbur Smith Associates i Multi-County Goods Movement Action Plan Draft Technical Memorandum 3 – Existing Conditions and Constraints Table of Contents 2.3 ROADWAYS ................................................................................................................. 2-39 Inventory of Systems .............................................................................................................. 2-40 Truck Traffic and Goods Movement................................................................................... 2-43 Existing Volumes throughout the Study Area..................................................... 2-43 Truck Lanes............................................................................................................................... 2-51 Truck Activity by Truck Size................................................................................................... 2-52 Historical Growth Trends for Truck Travel........................................................................ 2-53 Truck Travel Patterns ........................................................................................ 2-56 Time of Day Distribution of Truck Travel ........................................................... 2-63 Time of Day in Relation to Non-Truck Traffic..................................................... 2-66 Port-Related Truck Travel.................................................................................. 2-67 2.4 PORTS ............................................................................................................................ 2-69 Air Cargo and Cargo Airports ............................................................................................. 2-71 The Overall Air Freight Structure.................................................................................. 2-71 Air Cargo Activities in the Study Area........................................................................... 2-72 Inventory of Air Cargo Systems..................................................................................... 2-73 Potential MCGMAP Air Cargo Airports......................................................................... 2-75 Ocean Cargo and Seaports ................................................................................................. 2-76 Inventory of Port Systems .............................................................................................. 2-77 Overview of Containerized Trade................................................................................. 2-86 3.0 THE MODAL SYSTEM’S ROLE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN 3.1 OVERVIEW OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN................................................................... 3-1 3.2 INTEGRATION ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN ................................................ 3-3 Ocean Carriers ........................................................................................................................ 3-4 Railroads.................................................................................................................................... 3-4 Trucking ..................................................................................................................................... 3-5 Air Cargo Industry................................................................................................................... 3-5 Shippers..................................................................................................................................... 3-5 Third Party Logistics Providers ............................................................................................. 3-6 Technology in the Supply Chain......................................................................................... 3-6 Coordinated Logistics ............................................................................................................ 3-7 3.3 MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERMODAL SYSTEM ...... 3-7 Performance Optimization within the Modes ................................................................. 3-7 Lack of Industry Standards for Performance ................................................................... 3-8 The Importance of Performance Measures...................................................................... 3-9 System Performance Monitoring ....................................................................................... 3-9 4.0 CONSTRAINTS, ISSUES, AND PROBLEMS 4.1 COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT AIR QUALITY, CONGESTION, AND LAND USE............................................................................... 4-1 Port Development 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