Speaker: Arthur Goodwin, P.E.

The Alameda Corridor designated by the White House, Congress and USDOT as a project that will received the largest federal transportation infrastructure loan in the county. The corridor is a $2.4 billion 20 mile rail and highway intermodal infrastructure project expected to increase the access to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, the two largest seaports in the United States.

• Topics included in the presentation: *Historical perspective of port landside access *Projects planning and environmental considerations *Ports' cargo's growths and projections *ACTA's plan of finance and revenue projections *Implementation strategies for a 20 mile long project *Status of construction *Development of partnerships to ensure success

Arthur B. Goodwin is a professional engineer in California with over 25 years of experience in transportation engineering, primarily with rail freight and intermodal terminal layout and development. Mr. Goodwin initiated a planning concepts study in 1980 that eventually lead to the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF). As the ICTF project manager he was responsible for planning, negotiating the rail agreements with Southern Pacific, assisted in obtaining project financing, and supervised design and construction.

Mr. Goodwin has been working on the Alameda Corridor program for the past ten years and is the Assistant Director of Construction and Engineering where he is responsible for the daily oversight of the $700 million dollar design/build contract and other areas of overall project development.

Mr. Goodwin has been very active in a number of professional and educational activities he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Railroad Intermodal Association of North America, and a member of several Transportation Research Board Committees.