Transportation Issues
Traffic at the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has increased 58% since 1997. Now almost one billion containers per year arrive and leave the ports, the vast majority of which pass through Western Riverside County by rail or tractor trailer. Good movement is becoming an ever-greater issue as the global economy grows and the economic engines of China and Asia come into full realization.
Goods movement through our region is expected to continue to increase five fold between now and 2020. Western Riverside County’s rail and roadway infrastructure does not have the capacity to handle the increased demand. The location of regional distribution centers in the western portion of the Inland Empire also means that while increased freight impacts mobility, it is also an important part of our economy. WRCOG identified rail crossing improvements which led to the RCTC Rail Priorities Program.
Advancing Goods Movement through the inland empire
Advancing Goods Movement Project, Priorities, and Actions (booklet pdf)
Advancing Goods Movement Workshop (view presentation links below)
The Goods Movement Supply Chain:
John Husing, Ph.D., Economics & Politics, Inc.
Managing Growth of the Goods Movement System Challenges and Opportunities:
Gill Hicks, Cambridge Systematics
LaDonna DiCamillo, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Patty Senecal, International Warehouse Logistics Association
Ed Konjoyan, NAIOP/Majestic Realty Co.
Balancing the Benefits and Burdens in the Inland Empire:
Ty Schuiling, San Bernardino Associated Governments
Transportation Regional Briefs and Documents:
- Riverside County Rail Crossing Priority Analysis
- Goods Movement Analysis, Phase II
- Quiet Crisis - Transportation and Mobility in Southern California
- Inland Ports
- Bus Rapid Transit
- Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
- Good Neighbor Guidelines For Siting New and/or Modified Warehouse/Distribution Facilities
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