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(WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 23:50
by NEcorridor
Some of you have seen some of the screenshots and the video i posted on youtube but its in the plans of release of the Alameda Corridor. The Alameda Corridor was completed back in 2002
This was stated from ACTA site
The Alameda Corridor is located in southern Los Angeles County, California, running from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles 20 miles north to downtown Los Angeles, primarily along and adjacent to Alameda Street. The project extends through or borders the cities of Vernon, Huntington Park, South Gate, Lynwood, Compton, Carson, Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles.

The project's origin can be traced to October 1981, when the Ports Advisory Committee (PAC) was created by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). This committee was established in response to growing concerns about the ability of the ground transportation system to accommodate increasing levels of traffic in the port area. PAC members included local elected officials, as well as representatives of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the U.S. Navy, Army Corps of Engineers, affected railroads, trucking industry, and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC).



The first phase of the PAC's study, completed in 1982, dealt with the problems of highway access to the ports. In this phase, the PAC addressed a number of problem areas and recommended a cost-effective set of highway improvements, including the widening of certain streets. The second phase, a study of rail access, was completed in 1984. Additional highway improvements were recommended, but the focus of the second phase was concern over the impact of projected train traffic on communities north of the ports. Three routing alternatives were evaluated and the results of the analysis indicated that consolidating all trains on an up-graded Southern Pacific San Pedro Branch right-of-way would be the most cost-effective alternative.

To pursue this objective, in February 1985 SCAG created the Alameda Corridor Task Force (ACTF), whose membership was similar to that of PAC, with the addition of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and each of the cities along the corridor. The need for the project was further confirmed by the Consolidated Rail Corridor Strategic Plan published by the two ports in November 1988. The ACTF concluded that a Joint Powers Authority should be created to have design and construction responsibility for the Alameda Corridor, and the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) was created in August of 1989.


Nearing the ports while Metrolink trains overpass
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The Los Angeles Port and Long Beach Ports actually they are oil refineries that recieve oil.
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Challenge:
The Challenge will be to deliver 800,000 crates of goods within 60 years

Question???
I have one question though the final delivery point what should i call it?

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Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 04 Jul 2008 00:47
by busman
ok from looking at your screenshots i can tell you have never been in that area at all.

here are some big mistakes

1 the area is almost totally flat
2 its not a desert its completely urban
3 the port is a island
4 metrolink goes nowhere near the Alameda corridor
5 its 3 tracks completely built in a trench with room for a fourth, and its covered
6 the area around the corridor is totally industrial

its not worth the time to make a secarino as all the frieght that runs up the corridor comes off ships and is headed over the cajon pass
and there are no sidings at all off the corridor after it leaves the up yard in carson, untill it comes out at redondo jct south of dtwn la

Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 04 Jul 2008 00:59
by Plastikman
busman wrote:
here are some big mistakes.......
You could have just asked him to bend over.....

The kid wants to build it.... w/e.... then let him build it.. even if it is completely inaccurate.

Maybe you can point him to some reference material....


You have all valid points and I know you live/work right on the corridor so you have a bit of expertise on it.
it was my understanding it is sort of like a subway/expressway for the freight trains to get inland through the city.

PS. At least he did not put metra or NJT trains on it.....

Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 04 Jul 2008 01:10
by NEcorridor
Plastikman wrote:
busman wrote:
here are some big mistakes.......
You could have just asked him to bend over.....

The kid wants to build it.... w/e.... then let him build it.. even if it is completely inaccurate.

Maybe you can point him to some reference material....


You have all valid points and I know you live/work right on the corridor so you have a bit of expertise on it.
it was my understanding it is sort of like a subway/expressway for the freight trains to get inland through the city.

PS. At least he did not put metra or NJT trains on it.....
Thanks the main focus was actually delivering that amount of goods within 60 years
i first tried 200,000 but after like 7 years i was like at 25%

Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 04 Jul 2008 01:19
by Zhall
busman wrote:ok from looking at your screenshots i can tell you have never been in that area at all.

here are some big mistakes

1 the area is almost totally flat
2 its not a desert its completely urban
3 the port is a island
4 metrolink goes nowhere near the Alameda corridor
5 its 3 tracks completely built in a trench with room for a fourth, and its covered
6 the area around the corridor is totally industrial

its not worth the time to make a secarino as all the frieght that runs up the corridor comes off ships and is headed over the cajon pass
and there are no sidings at all off the corridor after it leaves the up yard in carson, untill it comes out at redondo jct south of dtwn la
Lets see you do it right then...

Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 04 Jul 2008 01:52
by NEcorridor
busman wrote:ok from looking at your screenshots i can tell you have never been in that area at all.

here are some big mistakes

1 the area is almost totally flat
2 its not a desert its completely urban
Well it's still a WIP it's not official yet

1: it is almost totally flat
2: hadnt had the time to change that over yet

Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 04 Jul 2008 02:14
by busman
hmmm i wonder if this map counts

Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 04 Jul 2008 02:19
by busman
or maybe these, you know a very accurate map of the rail lines in the la basin and the cajon pass, i just happen to live in the area

Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 06 Jul 2008 19:28
by rdrdrdrd
busman, first it is a WIP, second, if people get negative comments then they might not work on scenarios, and that is what we really need, try to give friendly sugestions

Re: (WIP) Alameda Corridor

Posted: 08 Jul 2008 17:09
by NEcorridor
i tried a map with the map generator
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