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ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

Goods Movementin the Bay Area

A presentation to the National Association of Counties

Arthur L. Dao, Alameda CTC Executive DirectorAlix Bockelman, MTC Deputy Director of Policy

March 24, 2016

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Presentation Overview

• Goods Movement in the Bay Area

• Key Findings from Bay Area and Alameda County Goods Movement Plans

• Moving Forward

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Bay Area and County Goods Movement Plans• Culmination of two-year planning effort• Coordinated regional and county goods

movement plans• Performance-based

technical analysis• Robust stakeholder outreach

Five roundtables Three rounds of interest

group meetings Executive team Technical teams Over 60 stakeholder meetings

PLAN OVERVIEW

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Goods Movement in the Bay Area• Nation’s 5th largest marine port,

two major cargo airports, four other seaports

• Roughly one-third of region’s jobs in goods movement dependent industries

• Two Class I railroads, six National Primary Freight Network routes

• Critical west coast gateway providing access to world markets for high-tech manufacturing, high-value agriculture, and more

• Supports larger Northern California megaregion

• More than $953 billion in freight flows in Northern California; anticipated 168% growth to $2.6 trillion in value by 20401

• Bay Area provides only access to world markets for some MPOs/RTPAs

1 Source: Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) 3.5 Provisional Data and Forecasts.

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The Center of Goods Movement in Northern California

• $644 billion in freight flows in the region in 2012

• Domestic movements are 85 percent of all tonnage moved

• International trade is fastest growing element, and exports are growing faster than imports

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Sustainable Global Competitiveness• Port of Oakland warehousing, rail terminal capacity and internal

circulation improvements• Regional rail access capacity and grade-crossing improvements• Emissions reduction, community benefit, workforce development programs

Smart Operations and Deliveries• Port night/weekend gates and downtown off-peak delivery programs• Port truck appointment system• ITS and Integrated Corridor Mobility projects• Zero-emission truck demonstrations

Modernized Infrastructure• Interchange improvement projects• Industrial rail spurs• Truck parking

Bay Area and County Goods Movement Plans

THREE OPPORTUNITY CATEGORIES

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Alameda County:Hub of Bay Area Goods Movement

• 21 percent of Bay Area’s population vs. 33 percent of employment in freight transportation and warehousing

• Critical economic and job diversity in high cost-of-living region

• Most of region’s critical goods movement infrastructure is in Alameda County

• Dedicated self-help funds for freight

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Multimodal Freight System

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• Oakland Army Base redevelopment at Port of Oakland presents unique opportunity to create world-class logistics facility Transload warehousing – attractive to shippers and creates

value-added services with jobs

Potential to create 2,600 direct local jobs

• Regional rail access improvements needed to fully realize benefits of OAB Shift truck traffic to rail over Altamont Pass (I-580) and in

I-880 corridor – relieve some of state’s most-congested freight and passenger freeway corridors

Sustainable Global Competitiveness

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Overall strategy to eliminate 1,280 truck trips per day on I-580 and I-880

New Approach to Rail/Port Operation: Transloading and Rail in Oakland

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Moving Forward

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Moving Forward• Coordinate Rail Investments• Develop Funding Strategy• Strengthen Partnerships

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Existing sources• FAST Act

National Highway Freight Program (formula program):CA share approximately $582 million over five years

FASTLANE Program (competitive program): $4.5 billion nationwide over five years

• County Sales Taxes- e.g. Alameda County Measure BB

Potential new sources• Cap and Trade: 40 percent remains unallocated;

recent state legislative proposals would direct a portion to freight

• New county sales taxes

• Potential future bridge tolls

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Freight Funding

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Next Steps

• Develop implementation strategy and policy commitment to inform Plan Bay Area 2040 investment strategy

• Focus on prioritizing a near-term set of projects and programs, and align these with federal, state, regional funding opportunities

• Upcoming partnership with the wider northern California “mega-region” to support mega-regional goods movement planning

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Thank You