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SANDAG Reports & Articles

Updated NOP of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - May 2025

Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - June 2024

Updated NOP of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - May 2025

Updated NOP of Draft EIR for the LOSSAN Rail Realignment Project located in the cities of Del Mar & San Diego. Identified five potential alignments. Page 13 states SANDAG staff will explore a northerly variation of the I-5 Alignment, known as the Northern Yellow Line.


May 16, 2025

26 Pages  

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Post Value Analysis Study Assessment - May 2025

Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - June 2024

Updated NOP of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - May 2025

 San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Project Post Value Analysis Study Assessment. This document summarizes the SANDAG staff recommendations, based on information gained during the VA Study.  

Detailed maps showing parcels are on pages 65-68.


May 8, 2025

68 Pages  

* Detail maps *

Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - June 2024

Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - June 2024

Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - June 2024

NOP of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the LOSSAN Rail Realignment Project located in the cities of Solana Beach, Del Mar & San Diego. Identified three potential alignments.


June 4, 2024

18 Pages  

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SDLRR Alignments Screening Report - MAY 2024

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering Study (Appendices) - NOV 2022

Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report - June 2024

San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Project Alignments Screening Report. Detail of the current Alignment Options A, B, and C.


May 31, 2024

95 Pages  

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SANDAG Conceptual Engineering Study - AUG 2023

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering Study (Appendices) - NOV 2022

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering Study (Appendices) - NOV 2022

 San Dieguito to Sorrento Valley Double Track

 

Del Mar Tunnels Alternatives Analysis Report 


Posted to SANDAG website 

September 2023

148 Pages  

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SANDAG Conceptual Engineering Study (Appendices) - NOV 2022

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering Study (Appendices) - NOV 2022

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering Study (Appendices) - NOV 2022

 San Dieguito to Sorrento Valley Double Track 


Del Mar Tunnels Alternatives Analysis Environmental Approach / Conceptual Engineering Study 


November 2022 

593 Pages

Report details

SANDAG Presentation with Detail on Alignment Selection Criteria

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering & Environmental Constraints for Double Track Alignment Alternatives between Del Mar Fairgrounds and Sorrento Valley -- Summary Report - 2017

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering & Environmental Constraints for Double Track Alignment Alternatives between Del Mar Fairgrounds and Sorrento Valley -- Summary Report - 2017

Regional Rail Corridor Study -- Del Mar Bluffs Update

Pages 16 -- 20 provide detail on the criteria used to evaluate the alignments.


 Presentation, May 3, 2021, 36 pp, SD-LOS 

Presentation

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering & Environmental Constraints for Double Track Alignment Alternatives between Del Mar Fairgrounds and Sorrento Valley -- Summary Report - 2017

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering & Environmental Constraints for Double Track Alignment Alternatives between Del Mar Fairgrounds and Sorrento Valley -- Summary Report - 2017

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering & Environmental Constraints for Double Track Alignment Alternatives between Del Mar Fairgrounds and Sorrento Valley -- Summary Report - 2017

December 29, 2017

38 Pages  

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SANDAG Conceptual Engineering & Environmental Constraints for Double Track Alignment Alternatives between Del Mar Fairgrounds and Sorrento Valley -- Appendices - 2017

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering & Environmental Constraints for Double Track Alignment Alternatives between Del Mar Fairgrounds and Sorrento Valley -- Summary Report - 2017

SANDAG Conceptual Engineering & Environmental Constraints for Double Track Alignment Alternatives between Del Mar Fairgrounds and Sorrento Valley -- Appendices - 2017

 December 29, 2017

299 Pages

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Resources & References

U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability

U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability

U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability

 "Profit and expediency must never outweigh the safety of the American people," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "We at USDOT are doing everything in our power to improve rail safety, and we insist that the rail industry do the same." 

February 21, 2023, U.S. Department of Transportation

USDOT Website

Railroads Must Carry Hazardous Materials

U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability

U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability

Association of American Railroads Website


Under their common carrier obligation, railroads are required to move hazmat, including fertilizer, ethanol, crude oil, refined petroleum, chlorine, sulphuric acid, radioactive material and nuclear waste. The military uses the train to transport nuclear, chemical, and conventional munitions. 

Website Reference

As Powerful Railroad Companies Race to Maximize Profits through Efficiency, Safety is Left Behind

U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability

The total number of derailments reported by U.S. freight railroads rose 13% last year compared with the same period in 2022, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal railroad data.

Trains are getting longer. Railroads are getting richer. But trains are jumping off the tracks across America and regulators are doing little to curb the risk.


April 3, 2023, ProPublica

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The total number of derailments reported by U.S. freight railroads rose 13% last year compared with the same period in 2022, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal railroad data.

The total number of derailments reported by U.S. freight railroads rose 13% last year compared with the same period in 2022, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal railroad data.

The total number of derailments reported by U.S. freight railroads rose 13% last year compared with the same period in 2022, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal railroad data.

BNSF Railway, CSX, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern reported 172 derailments on their main lines between February and October last year, up from 152 derailments in the same period in 2022.  

 February 3, 2024, The Wall Street Journal

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Are Train Derailments Happening More Often? The Wall Street Journal analyzed more than 20 years of federal data on accidents

The total number of derailments reported by U.S. freight railroads rose 13% last year compared with the same period in 2022, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal railroad data.

“It’s not a moment to settle for the status quo,” said Amit Bose of the FRA. “Regardless of the nature of the incident, we need to be mindful of how it impacts communities.”

 Despite fewer miles being traveled, the rate of derailments has increased in five of the last seven years. The derailment rate among the seven Class I railroads is also higher than it was a decade ago. 

 Source: WSJ analysis of Transportation Department data
 

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“It’s not a moment to settle for the status quo,” said Amit Bose of the FRA. “Regardless of the nature of the incident, we need to be mindful of how it impacts communities.”

The total number of derailments reported by U.S. freight railroads rose 13% last year compared with the same period in 2022, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal railroad data.

“It’s not a moment to settle for the status quo,” said Amit Bose of the FRA. “Regardless of the nature of the incident, we need to be mindful of how it impacts communities.”

 On Thanksgiving 2023 in Livingston, Ky., a freight train carrying products including molten sulfur and plastic derailed because a railcar wheel bearing failed. The accident resulted in a fire and the evacuation of residents nearby. 

 February 3, 2024, The Wall Street Journal 

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There were 1,164 Train Derailments in the U.S. in 2022

There were 1,164 Train Derailments in the U.S. in 2022

There were 1,164 Train Derailments in the U.S. in 2022

NPR Article, March 9, 2023


There are about 3 U.S. train derailments per day.

They aren't usually major disasters

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Hazardous Chemical Accidents

There were 1,164 Train Derailments in the U.S. in 2022

There were 1,164 Train Derailments in the U.S. in 2022

 Hazardous chemicals travel right next to each of us every day. Crashes and spills are more common than you think. 


 February 28, 2023, Poynter.org

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Dangerous Cargo

There were 1,164 Train Derailments in the U.S. in 2022

Every two weeks a train carrying hazardous materials derails in the United States

The Electricity Journal, via ScienceDirect Website

Railroad Transportation of Nuclear Waste and Other Hazardous Materials

 Railroads must carry all commodities without regard to whether they are dangerous.

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Every two weeks a train carrying hazardous materials derails in the United States

Every two weeks a train carrying hazardous materials derails in the United States

Every two weeks a train carrying hazardous materials derails in the United States

La Coalition’s Rail Safety Campaign is an official campaign of the Woods & Wetlands Group, Sierra Club - IL Chapter  


https://la-coalition.org/

LA COALITION FACT SHEET

SANDAG Management of Consulting Firms under Investigation for Multiple Violations

Independent auditor finds unauthorized contract extensions, project delays, procedural violations specific to SANDAG management of consultants. 


 "Broken Tolling Software, Lax Oversight: A New Lawsuit Against SANDAG Echoes Audits' Critiques of its Practices"

The firing of a senior finance officer at the San Diego Association of Governments has drawn fresh attention to troubling and persistent business practices within the $1.2 billion regional planning agency, deficiencies that have been previously pointed out by auditors. 

San Diego Union Tribune -- Watchdog Feature

BY JEFF MCDONALD

DEC. 3, 2023


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