Metro - File #: 2019-0849

• File #: 2019-0849
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 11/19/2019
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 1/15/2020
• Final action: 1/15/2020
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status update on the development of the Los Angeles County Goods Movement Strategic Plan.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Air quality, California State Transportation Agency, Cleaning, Equity Focus Communities, Hubs, Informational Report, Logistics, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Multimodal, Multimodal transportation, Plan, Public health, Quality of life, Research, Safety, Strategic planning, Trucking
• Related files: 2020-0067

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/15/2020	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 15, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: LOS ANGELES COUNTY GOODS MOVEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT STATUS UPDATE

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status update on the development of the Los Angeles County Goods Movement Strategic Plan.

Issue
ISSUE

In November 2018, Metro awarded a contract to develop the Los Angeles County (County) Goods Movement Strategic Plan (Plan). The intent of the Plan is to develop a strategic vision for the Metro Board, in collaboration with the many goods movement stakeholders in the County, to address the many challenges and capture the tremendous number of opportunities presented by Los Angeles County's status as the nation's leading freight gateway. The Plan will also inventory existing conditions surrounding goods movement activities in Los Angeles County-including economic benefits, community impacts, and system performance-and develop a robust stakeholder engagement process to inform the recommendations of the Plan to allow the County to maintain its national freight competitiveness in a sustainable manner.

This report serves as an update for the Board on the current activities of the Plan development since the last update in June 2019.

Background
BACKGROUND

The County is home to over 10 million people - a population that would rank as approximately the ninth largest state - and generates a tremendous demand for goods on a daily basis. The daily activities and purchases made by the residents, visitors and businesses of the County are the main drivers of goods movement, which fuel our regional economy. The County also serves the nation as its premier global trade gateway, comprising the nation's largest container port complex, the nation's sixth busiest air cargo hub, nearly 35,000 warehouse sector buildings, and the extensive multimodal transportation network that connects all these important trade hubs to the popu...