San Diego Chapter

Special to:
Construction Management Association
of America – San Diego Chapter
The County, The Trolley, The
Trains, The Border, The Ballot, &
A Flight To Balboa Park
Living And Working In A Big County
My Workplace The Last 21 Years
Waterfront Park By Day
Waterfront Park By Night
County Operations Center
County Operations Center
New Garage; Crime Lab Next
A Budget For All San Diegans
Moving On
To Light Rail
Expanding The Trolley
Mid-Coast Trolley
Moving From
From Light Rail
To Locomotives
MTS
Pacific Imperial Railroad (PIR)
Desert Line Agreement
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SD&AE Property
14
Desert Line
• Desert Line – historic freight line
– “Impossible Railroad” built by John D Spreckels
1907-1919
– 70 miles (US/Mexico border to Plaster City)
– 57 bridges
– 17 tunnels
– Difficult to maintain
– Not profitable
– Previous attempts to abandon obligation to
provide freight service on the line
Goat Canyon Trestle
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Expanded Border
Commerce Is
Important To Our
Region’s Economic
Future
U.S.- MEXICO TRADE GROWING
(BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
600
494 507
500
461
400
332
NAFTA
300
247
200
100
82
40
0
42
101 108
50
51
62
46
131
74
57
157
86
71
173
79
305
290
233 231 235
198
197
136
95
267
131
156
134
348
392
367
211
278
281
217
226
263
230
216
177
170
138
110
87
111
102
97
97
111
120
134
137
152
129
163
198
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
US Exports to Mexico
US Imports from Mexico
PRODUCTION SHARING:
VALUE OF U.S. CONTENT IN IMPORTS
Country
Percentage
Mexico
40%
Canada
25%
Malaysia
8%
Korea
5%
China
4%
Brazil
3%
European Union
2%
Japan
2%
India
2%
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IMPACT DUE
TO DELAYS AT THE BORDER
(2007 Personal Travel and Freight Movements)
California
-43,051
United States
-47,776
San Diego County
-41,678
Baja California
-9,892
Mexico
-14,581
(Annual job losses)
22
COMPLETED PROJECTS:
SR 11 (SEGMENT 1)
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Next Up Is The Regional
Transit Future:
Measure A
Promises Made, Promises Kept
MEASURE A - Overview
MEASURE A - Projects
Finally,
My Next Big Project
San Diego Zoo
Sea World Gondola
The Singapore Cable Car System
La Paz Cable Car System
Roosevelt Island Gondola
Portland Aerial Tram
Brooklyn Skyway Proposal
Georgetown Skyway Proposal
Seattle Skyway Proposal
Alignment And System Length
ALIGMENT and SYSTEMS
Studied Alignment
 West Parking to Ivy Street - 0.45 miles
(2,380 feet)
West Parking
6th Avenue
 Ivy Street to B Street - 0.73 miles (3,864
feet)
Ivy Street
 B Street to Gaslamp - .080 miles (4,224 ft.)
Museum of Man
Alcazar Garden
Station Footprint
West Parking Area
6th Avenue
B Street
Organ Pav ilion
West Parking Lot Station
6
Gaslamp
ALIGNMENT – 6th and B Street Station
View looking northwest
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View From The Cabrillo Bridge
16
Soaring From The Gaslamp
To Balboa Park
Special to:
Construction Management Association
of America – San Diego Chapter
The County, The Trolley, The
Trains, The Border, The Ballot, &
A Flight To Balboa Park