Freight Systems
SANDAG coordinates freight/intermodal planning efforts and border area freight planning, and is developing a plan for intermodal connections for the San Diego region.
Current Freight Systems Projects
The completion of SR 905 will provide a critical connection to the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
State Route 11 and Otay Mesa East Port of Entry
This innovative project will improve the efficient movement of people, goods, and services between the United States and Mexico.
Analysis of Freeway Operational Strategies Related to the Use of Managed Lanes by Trucks
Analyzes different strategies for accommodating and managing trucks on the region’s freeways.
Assesses the state-of-the-practice for collection and application of big data sources related to truck visualization at major freight gateways and along the region's truck routes.
Provides a forecast of regional freight traffic in San Diego and Imperial Counties through 2050.
Port of San Diego Freeway Access Improvements
Includes improvements at Bay Marina Drive at I-5, Civic Center Drive at Harbor Drive and I-5, and 10th Avenue at Harbor Drive.
Improvements include double tracking, curve realignments, and the addition of crossovers to increase capacity and enhance reliability.
Goods Movement Strategy and San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
Considers the importance of freight and goods movement to the region’s economic prosperity and seeks to balance regional and national freight priorities.
Past Freight Systems Projects
South Line Rail Freight Capacity Project
Provided expanded freight operations through the construction of improved San Ysidro Yard capacity, trackage, and train control safety improvements.
San Diego and Imperial County Freight Gateway Study
In March 2010 SANDAG published the Comprehensive Freight Gateway Study. The Gateway Study provides a forecast of regional freight traffic in San Diego and Imperial Counties through 2050.
The 2050 Goods Movement Strategy (GMS) serves as the freight component of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan. The GMS considers the growing importance of freight and goods movement to the region’s economic prosperity, and it seeks to balance regional and national freight priorities.
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