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The Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (L.A. port complex) are together the nation’s busiest container port complex and primary gateway for waterborne trade between the United States and Asia. Last year, the L.A. port complex handled almost $380 billion of trade goods, connecting businesses and consumers across the entire nation to trading partners in Asia. How does trade through the L.A. port complex affect you? 37% of all imports and 21.7% of all exports flow through these ports, touching every state in nation. Learn how this trade impacts your state in the map below.

Full post is here by the Port of Los Angeles.

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program Grants 2019

Congress authorized this grant program for the Secretary of Transportation to invest in a wide range of projects within the United States to improve railroad safety, efficiency, and reliability; mitigate congestion at both intercity passenger and freight rail chokepoints; enhance multi-modal connections; and lead to new or substantially improved Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation corridors. Rail safety projects include, but are not limited to, grade crossing enhancements, rail line Relocations and Improvements, and deployment of railroad safety technology. Eligible work also includes: regional rail and corridor Planning, environmental analyses, and research, workforce development, and training.

Details are in this document and at https://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P1167. Applications are due October 18, 2019.

2019 CSLRA Fall Train Trip!

This year we will be on a new route, Los Angeles (probably Burbank) to San Luis Obispo and return. Details are still in work but we anticipate that our Union Pacific business car special will depart mid-morning on Wednesday October 16 and reach SLO in mid-afternoon, with lunch en route. We will overnight in SLO and have an early departure back to Los Angeles on Thursday October 17 with breakfast on the train and a mid-day arrival back in Los Angeles. Hotel room arrangements in SLO will be announced as soon as they are confirmed. As with past fall train trips, guests may ride both ways or one way in either direction. Save the dates and plan on attending CSLRA’s premier networking event of the year! We greatly appreciate Union Pacific’s efforts to find a spot in the schedule for CSLRA amid high demand for business car assets during the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad.

CSLRA 2019 Annual Meeting July 23 – 24

• CSLRA’s next Annual Meeting will be held at the Westin Hotel in San Diego July 23 – 24, 2019.
• Plan now to attend this informative event which aside from the annual business of the Association will provide great networking opportunities and a variety of presentations on topics of interest. The meeting agenda will include timely technical presentations from the FRA, an overview of wildfire risks for short lines in California, a session on management of fatigue/sleep disorders for railroad/contractor employees, and an update from the Short Line Safety Institute. The meeting will conclude with optional golf or sailing on beautiful San Diego Bay.
• Hotel rooms and event registration are available here.