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MEGA-REGIONS

IS THERE A THERE,THERE?

Jim GosnellExecutive Director

West Coast Corridor Coalition


Alaska Washington Oregon California

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Clean

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Membership

Clean, Green and Smart

Dedicated transportation professionals from:

- the four state DOTs- regional planning

agencies - metropolitan planning

organizations- ports- railroad and trucking

companies

Collaborating since 2003

Mission


To forge consensus strategies to solve the massive Corridor mobility challenges that transcend state and local borders to make the Corridor clean, green and smart.

Vital Transportation Network


7 major seaports

3 international landports5 major air hubs

Key bi-national trade arteries for trade with Canada, Mexico, and the Pacific Rim – America’s largest trading partners

Vast highway & rail system

Nationally Significant


Seaports handle over 50% of all containerized shipments entering and departing the USAirports handle 42% of overseas freight

East-west infrastructure handles the lion’s share of over all freight, but increasing NAFTA volume of is challenging north-south systems

Mega-Regions


The concept reflects the perception that urbanization has reached a new scale.

Yet, to be socially meaningful, Mega-regions must reflect real underlying structures and new forms of functional integration that generate significant policy issues that can be resolved most effectively at this new scale.

The web of decision making in states is dense and variegated, and the hold on power at existing levels is very strong.

Public Policy Institute of California

Metro Area

Air Quality

Recreation

Freight

Water

Economy

Energy

Function vs.Form


Urbanized Land

2000

Source: America 2050

Urbanized Land

2025


Urbanized Land

2050


Ports by Value with Freight Movement

Seattle

San Francisco

Los Angeles

All systems are under stress


…and freight volume is projected to triple by 2030

Cascadia

No. Cal.

So. Cal.

U.S. MEGA-REGIONS


Metro Regions


Western Regional Air Partnership


Partnership of Governors, Tribes and Federal Agencies formed “WRAP” in 1997 to develop innovative measures to improve air quality in the West.

Largely a coordinating organization, carrying no legal authority.

Due to the consensus nature of it recommendations, its decisions are usually adopted by the states without the need for intervention by the federal government.

State MembersWashingtonOregonCaliforniaArizonaNew MexicoIdahoMontanaWyomingUtahColoradoNorth DakotaSouth Dakota

Tribal MembersCampo Band of Kumeyaay IndiansCortina Indian RancheriaHopi TribeHualapai Nation of The Grand CanyonNative Village of ShungnakNez Perce TribeNorthern Cheyenne TribePueblo of AcomaPueblo of San FelipeConfederated Tribes of Salish & KootenaiShoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall

Federal MembersU.S. Dept. of AgricultureU.S. Dept. of the InteriorU.S. EPA

Electric Grid Connectivity


West Coast Ports Collaborative


November, 2009

Six major US West Coast Ports and two major rail companies announced the first-ever collaboration at the World Shipping Summit in Qingdao, China

The US West Coast Collaboration (USWCC) showcased the benefits of the US West Coast as the premier region for trans-Pacific trade.

Identified Corridor Chokepoints


Trade and Transportation Study

California


Sacramento Area• Congested urban interchanges• Highway capacity constraints• Truck climbing lane/operational

problems• Freight/passenger rail conflicts• Insufficient sidings

LA Basin/Inland Empire• Freight/passenger rail conflicts• Congested urban interchanges• Highway capacity constraints• At-grade railroad crossings• Truck climbing lane/operational

issues• Heavy Freight Rail Traffic

• Congested urban interchanges

• Port rail yard congestion

Bay Area

• Highway capacity constraints

• Rail capacity constraints and congestion

Central Valley

• Highway access problems• Rail yard congestion

San Pedro Bay Ports

• Border crossing congestion

San Diego Area

Washington & Oregon


Whatcom Region• Border crossing congestion• Lack of double-stack train

clearance

• Congested interchanges

• Rail/highway port access problems

• Lack of highway capacity

• Rail congestion/capacity constraints

• Freight/passenger rail conflicts

• Rail yard congestion• Severe weather

closures

Puget Sound/Chehalis

• Congested interchanges

• Highway capacity constraints

• Geographical constraints (rivers and hills)

• Freight/passenger rail conflicts

• Rail yard congestion

Portland/Vancouver

Central/Eastern Washington• Severe weather closures• Lack of double-stack train

clearance

Columbia River Gorge• Rail capacity constraints• Single tracks with long siding

spacing

Central Oregon• Lack of double-stack train

clearance• Insufficient siding length

Alternative Fuel Corridors


• I-5 initial focus• Governor’s Green Highway

Initiative• Federal & State Climate

Change legislation• Oregon & Washington

legislative issues• Budget issues for all three

states• Passenger and heavy duty

vehicles

Alaska

Washington

Oregon

California

CANADA

MEXICO

West Coast Marine Highway


Corridor Designation• 2007 National Energy Act• Alternative to surface

congestion• Already heavily used in

other parts of the U.S.• Mexican border north to

Alaska• Stockton Ship

Channel/Columbia River System

• Smaller ports/economic development

Alaska

Washington

Oregon

California

CANADA

MEXICO

Best Practices Manual


A comprehensive roster of continuously updated ideas and innovations that can move the transportation system toward

becoming“Clean, Green and Smart.”

Clean, Green and SmartBest Practices Manual

http://thewccc.org

MEGA-REGIONS

IS THERE A THERE,THERE?



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Clean

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Thank You

www.westcoastcorridors.org

Our Strategic Plan


1.Encourage the Federal Government to create a national goods movement program in the next transportation authorization that:A. Invests in gateways and corridors of national

significanceB. Facilitates multistate planning and funding

mechanismsC. Promotes innovative project development

strategies:eg. Corridor level ITS strategies

Pricing and user fee programsClean freight technologyPublic-private institutional

arrangementsD. Establishes performance-based criteria and

standardsE. Provides funding for mitigation of

environmental impacts

Our Strategic Plan


2.Develop and mutually support a roster of projects of corridor significance.

3.Share best practices to optimize the capacity and performance of the system.

4.Seek out and create working partnerships with the Western Governors Association (established Climate Change Initiative), environmental groups, international organizations along the Canadian and Mexican borders, and international maritime associations.

5.Establish a new website with an information sharing capability.

1. Transportation Systems Analysis


• Investments targeted to severity of congestion

• Enables enhanced efficiency through “smart” supply chain logistics

Environmental Benefit

Goods Movement Benefits

Personal Travel Benefit

• Enables more effective deployment of Bus Rapid Transit as an alternative to personal vehicle use

• Enables measurement of current vehicle emission levels to determine rate of progress in attaining greenhouse gas reduction targets

2. Traveler Information Integration


• Comprehensive information on travel conditions for efficient trip planning by drivers




• Information on options for car sharing, ridesharing, smart parking and transit connections

• Minimizes time loss and fuel consumption related to congestion and delay

3. Intelligent Trans. Infrastructure


• Technology allows firms to provide drivers with up-to-the-minute info “in the cab”




• Real-time traveler information and enhanced collision avoidance capability

• Minimizes time loss and fuel consumption related to congestion and incident delay

4. Cleaner Fuels and Engines


• Fuel cost savings and emission reductions protecting economic viability of rail and road freight operators

• Reduces risk of regional air quality non-attainment




• Enhanced air quality

• Less vulnerability to gas price swings

• Less dependence on foreign oil

• Enhanced energy security

• Progress toward achievement of greenhouse gas reduction targets

5. Law and Regulation


• Expedites motor carrier regulation through automated, interoperable information technologies




• Choices between cost and travel time through use of “value pricing” – tolling related to level of congestion

• Provides new basis for infrastructure funding by basing taxation on actual system use rather than type of fuel used



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Jim GosnellExecutive Director

One of Our First Steps


We contracted Cambridge Systematics to conduct

a Trade and Transportation Study to identifyfreight challenges in the Corridor.

It was our first step to inform decision makers about the importance of the Corridor as an unparalleled driver of

economic growth and innovative technology.

Trade and Transportation Study

New Priority


Goods movement and personal travel rely largely

on the same transportation system and impact the same environment

Where they are intertwined, both need to be addressed

Freight

Freight

Freight

Freight

FreightFreight

Freight

Freight

People

People

People

People

PeoplePeople

People

People

Mega-Regions


It is hard to imagine any system that could respond to all challenges.

In some cases, single-purpose planning entities may be most useful for dealing with urgent concerns (such as goods movement) in a concerted fashion.

Combining outcome orientedperformance objectives with flexible implementation can produce innovative strategies responsive to local aswell as wider goals.

Public Policy Institute of California

Categories & Benefits Analysis


Environment

Goods Movement

Personal Travel

Transportation Systems Traveler InformationIntelligent Infrastructure

Cleaner Fuels & Engines Laws & Regulation

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