Linking Northern, Central and Southern California to the world and the nation

California Intercity Rail Goals Relief for highway and airway congestion Provide transportation alternatives Improve air, conserve fuel, contribute to environmentally efficient land use Cut vehicle miles traveled in the State Decrease hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide Save ten million gallons of gasoline annually Clearly the goals are compatible with the Shafter San Joaquin Rail Facility

Shafter Industrial Sites To I-5 State Route 99 Santa Fe Way BNSF Mainline Union Pacific Mainline ITTC Lead track and spur 2006 Shafter Airport Industrial Park Central Shafter Meadows Field

Shafter’s San Joaquin Rail Facility AB 1768 SEC. 23. (a) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Public Transportation Account in the State Transportation Fund to the Department of Transportation, for local assistance to the City of Shafter for the Southern San Joaquin Valley Intermodal Facility.

By the numbers: Two BNSF Mainline # 15 Switches 1665 Feet Fishhook to ITTC 4364 Feet Shafter Lead 1168 Feet Runaround 778 Feet Crossover Future lead 5479 Feet

Why Shafter? Bordered by Union Pacific and BNSF Bordered by Highway 99 and I-5 Home to exports Destination for imports Easy access to Highway 58 and points east A 300 mile circle takes in 40 million consumers or 14% of U.S. population Shafter

Current logistics practices are wasteful, inefficient and harmful to the environment They must change

The goods movement problem is here now and getting worse daily Railroads do NOT provide California any intra-state rail short haul or container service Railroads oppose hauls under 500 miles and limit access California’s highways, ports and air benefit other states Cargo is being discharged in Oakland and driven via the 880, 580 and 5 to Southern California 400 additional trucks per day are on I-5 compared to this time last year

Container growth in L.A./L.B. Data: Metrans 350%

The wasteful practice of repositioning empty rail cars to Southern California daily

A California intra-state rail shuttle is needed ENVIRONMETALECONOMIC An ENVIRONMETAL solution to an ECONOMIC problem

Two ports Sierra Nevada and Coastal Range Two railroads UP BNSF Highways California is a fixed playing field that will not change

Oakland Shafter L.A./L.B. Tahoe Union Pacific Railroad Feather River Donnor Pass Tehachapi Loop I-5 Corridor Coast Route Cajon Pass Colton-Sunset Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Tehachapi

Intermodal Volumes

Northern California Jobs Air Quality Highway congestion –880, 580,80, 5 Market Share Port of Oakland San Pedro Bay Ports SeaTac Portland

Southern California Highway and port congestion relief Air quality relief 15% 6% Seattle Oakland 50% of capacity L.A / L.B. 79%

Central California Highway congestion relief through efficiencies Air quality relief through efficiencies Ability to get exports to market Jobs Linking Northern and Southern California together Balancing of California Port assets Utilization of resources already in place

Oakland 6% L.A./L.B. 79 % Asia Shafter L.A. Mojave Barstow Victorville Import distribution Export consolidation Overnight Rail Shuttle Service 2 0 h o u r s l o n g e r

A multi purpose facility: –Serving domestic and international needs –Providing Empty Return Depot (ERD) –Container Storage –Container and Chassis Maintenance –(CFS) Container Freight Station Services –California Enterprise Status –Foreign Trade Zone –Security – Shafter Police Department

California and Shafter are investing today! BNSF Mainline Santa Fe Way We should be using the tools and assets we have available now!

Shafter Oakland Common Sense for California