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The SCAG Goods Movement Program strives to create, maintain, and provide information and tools that advance planning for freight in Southern California. Please use the resources below to access past regional freight studies, videos on goods movement in Southern California, an interactive map of the FreightWorks system, quarterly trade reports, and fact sheets.
Goods movement in Southern California is complex and can be viewed through many different perspectives. As the regional MPO, SCAG attempts to provide information to stakeholders and residents about the benefits and challenges of freight. Below are videos that SCAG has created to inform the dialogue about goods movement in the region.
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This short animation provides a general overview of the importance of goods movement – an industry that delivers consumer goods both near and far, in addition to providing thousands of valuable jobs locally. To maintain the region’s economic advantage, Southern California needs to develop a more efficient freight transportation network, one that is safe and reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
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The SCAG region has identified a portfolio of goods movement projects estimated at nearly $60 billion that are critical to the economic growth and prosperity for the region and the nation.
SCAG’s Goods Movement Program, Freightworks, seeks to optimize the region’s transportation system through increases in economic efficiency, congestion mitigation, safety and air quality improvements, and enhancements to system security. Find out more about SCAG’s program and the importance of goods movement to Southern California’s regional economy below:
As a critical link for international supply chains, and a vital center for domestic trade, Southern California delivers the goods.
The SCAG region has identified a portfolio of goods movement projects estimated at nearly $60 billion that are critical to the economic growth and prosperity for the region and the nation.
In Southern California, the movement of freight provides the goods and services needed to sustain regional and national industries and consumers on a daily basis. As part of the 2012 RTP/SCS, SCAG identified over $50 billion of needed investment in its regional goods movement system.