1 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:04,969 . 2 00:00:04,972 --> 00:00:05,370 >>> WATER LEAK OF INTERNATIONAL 3 00:00:05,373 --> 00:00:07,038 PROPORTIONS. 4 00:00:07,041 --> 00:00:09,007 >> GROUNDWATER FOR ALL THE 5 00:00:09,010 --> 00:00:11,242 REGION CANNOT BE JEOPARDIZED. 6 00:00:11,245 --> 00:00:12,977 >> CROSSING PARTY LINES HOPING 7 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:14,712 TO FIX HEALTH CARE. 8 00:00:14,715 --> 00:00:16,481 >> SO THAT WASHINGTON, D.C. IS 9 00:00:16,484 --> 00:00:16,781 NOT AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AS PEOPLE 10 00:00:16,784 --> 00:00:18,082 PLI. 11 00:00:18,085 --> 00:00:18,416 >>> PLUS, RAIL TRANSPORTATION IN 12 00:00:18,419 --> 00:00:22,053 ARIZONA. 13 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:28,926 >>> HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR 14 00:00:28,929 --> 00:00:31,295 JOINING US. 15 00:00:31,298 --> 00:00:32,663 WE BEGIN OUR PROGRAM ALONG THE 16 00:00:32,666 --> 00:00:33,498 U.S./MEXICO BORDER IN THE 17 00:00:33,501 --> 00:00:35,566 NOGALES AREA. 18 00:00:35,569 --> 00:00:38,069 IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK SINCE 19 00:00:38,072 --> 00:00:38,770 A BREACH OCCURRED IN A CROSS 20 00:00:38,773 --> 00:00:41,239 BORDER SEWER LINE. 21 00:00:41,242 --> 00:00:44,208 EVERY DAY THE UNDERGROUND PIPE 22 00:00:44,211 --> 00:00:46,177 TRANSPORTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 23 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:47,678 GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE. 24 00:00:47,681 --> 00:00:49,380 THE BRIDGE HAS CONTAMINATED 25 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:52,316 WATER IN THE NOGALES WASH. 26 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:55,153 THE GOVERNOR HAS ISSUED A STATE 27 00:00:55,156 --> 00:00:56,354 OF EMERGENCY. 28 00:00:56,357 --> 00:00:57,655 "ARIZONA WEEK'S" REPORTER 29 00:00:57,658 --> 00:00:58,990 TRAVELED TO NOGALESLE WHIER THIS 30 00:00:58,993 --> 00:01:00,625 WEEK AND JOINS ME NOW. 31 00:01:00,628 --> 00:01:01,759 WHAT TEST LATEST? 32 00:01:01,762 --> 00:01:04,495 HAS IT STOPPED? 33 00:01:04,498 --> 00:01:04,962 >> THEY ARE NOT SURE IF IT 34 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:06,697 STOPPED OR NOT. 35 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:10,768 WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS CREATED A 36 00:01:10,771 --> 00:01:12,804 BYPASS, A 18,000 FOOT BYPASS TO 37 00:01:12,807 --> 00:01:13,104 BYPASS THE AREA WHERE THERE IS A 38 00:01:13,107 --> 00:01:14,872 LEAK. 39 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:17,041 IN OTHER WORDS, CAP IT ON ONE 40 00:01:17,044 --> 00:01:18,810 END, PUT IN A PIPE BYPASS AND 41 00:01:18,813 --> 00:01:20,878 CAP IT ON THE OTHER END. 42 00:01:20,881 --> 00:01:23,147 THEY ARE CONDUCTING TESTS ALONG 43 00:01:23,150 --> 00:01:23,948 THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER TO SEE IF 44 00:01:23,951 --> 00:01:25,917 THEY HAVE IT. 45 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,685 HOWEVER, THEY WANT GET INTO THE 46 00:01:27,688 --> 00:01:29,153 WASH TO SEE WHERE THE LEAK IS 47 00:01:29,156 --> 00:01:30,455 UNTIL THE RIVER WATER SUB SIDES 48 00:01:30,458 --> 00:01:30,788 AND THAT COULD TAKE SEVERAL 49 00:01:30,791 --> 00:01:31,989 WEEKS. 50 00:01:31,992 --> 00:01:34,926 >> HOW IS IT THAT THE U.S. 51 00:01:34,929 --> 00:01:36,427 TREATS MEXICO'S SEWAGE? 52 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:38,062 CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS TREATY THAT 53 00:01:38,065 --> 00:01:38,696 GOES WAY BACK? 54 00:01:38,699 --> 00:01:40,431 >> RIGHT. 55 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,133 MANY PEOPLE SAY WHY IN THE WORLD 56 00:01:42,136 --> 00:01:42,467 WOULD THE U.S. TREAT SEWAGE FROM 57 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:44,869 MEXICO? 58 00:01:44,872 --> 00:01:45,169 IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SANTA CRUZ 59 00:01:45,172 --> 00:01:47,038 RIVER. 60 00:01:47,041 --> 00:01:49,774 THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER IS THE ONLY 61 00:01:49,777 --> 00:01:51,876 RIVER IN THE UNITED STATES THAT 62 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:53,411 FLOWS SOUTH INTO -- ACTUALLY 63 00:01:53,414 --> 00:01:53,744 FLOWS SOUTH INTO MEXICO FROM THE 64 00:01:53,747 --> 00:01:56,681 U.S. 65 00:01:56,684 --> 00:01:59,150 IT MAKES A U-TURN, GOES BACK 66 00:01:59,153 --> 00:01:59,817 INTO MEXICO, AND COMES BACK TO 67 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:02,386 THE U.S. 68 00:02:02,389 --> 00:02:04,722 THE THING IS, IS THAT WATER IS 69 00:02:04,725 --> 00:02:07,291 SO PRECIOUS TO US HERE IN 70 00:02:07,294 --> 00:02:08,860 ARIZONA THAT IN 1962 THERE WAS 71 00:02:08,863 --> 00:02:10,761 PART OF A TREATY BETWEEN THE 72 00:02:10,764 --> 00:02:12,997 U.S. AND MEXICO THAT SAID WE'LL 73 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:13,865 TAKE YOUR SEWAGE, WE'LL TREAT IT 74 00:02:13,868 --> 00:02:15,366 ON THE U.S. SIDE. 75 00:02:15,369 --> 00:02:17,168 WELL, THAT WAS WHEN THE 76 00:02:17,171 --> 00:02:19,570 TREATMENT PLANT WAS ONLY MAYBE A 77 00:02:19,573 --> 00:02:22,840 MILE FROM THE BORDER. 78 00:02:22,843 --> 00:02:26,277 SINCE THAT TIME IN THE 1970s, 79 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,113 THEY MOVED IT ALL THE WAY UP TO 80 00:02:29,116 --> 00:02:30,348 RIO RICO, NINE MILES AWAY. 81 00:02:30,351 --> 00:02:31,883 AND THAT PIPE HAHN HAS BEEN 82 00:02:31,886 --> 00:02:33,317 THERE FOR SOME PORTIONS 50 83 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,486 YEARS, AND OTHER PORTIONS, 45 84 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:35,786 YEARS, AND IT'S NOT HOLDING UP 85 00:02:35,789 --> 00:02:38,823 WELL. 86 00:02:38,826 --> 00:02:39,457 >> THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL 87 00:02:39,460 --> 00:02:42,493 ISSUE. 88 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:43,194 INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN GREAT 89 00:02:43,197 --> 00:02:44,462 HOEVO. 90 00:02:44,465 --> 00:02:46,297 HE IS HOME ON RECESS. 91 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:47,565 HE MADE A TRIP DOWN THERE. 92 00:02:47,568 --> 00:02:50,034 THIS IS HIS ANSWERS. 93 00:02:50,037 --> 00:02:52,370 >> THE CONSEQUENCES TO RIPARIAN 94 00:02:52,373 --> 00:02:53,971 AREAS AND THE SEQUENCES TO 95 00:02:53,974 --> 00:02:57,341 DRINKING WATER AND ACT WI 96 00:02:57,344 --> 00:02:59,310 OFFICERS ALONG THIS RIVER AND IN 97 00:02:59,313 --> 00:03:02,914 THIS AREA HERE IS JEOPARDIZED 98 00:03:02,917 --> 00:03:04,282 WHEN YOU HAVE 13,000 GALS DAILY 99 00:03:04,285 --> 00:03:04,615 FLOWING AS A RESULT OF THAT 100 00:03:04,618 --> 00:03:07,051 BREACH. 101 00:03:07,054 --> 00:03:07,518 >> WHY IS THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER 102 00:03:07,521 --> 00:03:09,587 SO IMPORTANT? 103 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,155 >> IT IS A LIFELINE. 104 00:03:11,158 --> 00:03:11,422 IT HAS BEEN SINCE TIME IN MOMENT 105 00:03:11,425 --> 00:03:13,090 YUM. 106 00:03:13,093 --> 00:03:14,425 IT CONTINUES TO BE A LIFELINE. 107 00:03:14,428 --> 00:03:15,026 IT IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN US 108 00:03:15,029 --> 00:03:16,394 AND MEXICO. 109 00:03:16,397 --> 00:03:18,462 AND IT IS A CONNECTOR ALL THE 110 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:20,898 WAY TO THE GILA RIVER. 111 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:22,567 THIS SOURCE NOT ONLY OF WATER 112 00:03:22,570 --> 00:03:24,635 BUT OF GROUNDWATER FOR ALL THE 113 00:03:24,638 --> 00:03:25,903 REGION CANNOT BE JEOPARDIZED. 114 00:03:25,906 --> 00:03:26,904 THAT'S THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL 115 00:03:26,907 --> 00:03:28,706 THREAT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 116 00:03:28,709 --> 00:03:29,540 >> NANCY, THE INTERNATIONAL 117 00:03:29,543 --> 00:03:30,775 BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION IS 118 00:03:30,778 --> 00:03:32,610 IN CHARGE OF THIS. 119 00:03:32,613 --> 00:03:35,046 BUT IT IS A BYE NATIONAL EFFORT. 120 00:03:35,049 --> 00:03:36,881 WHO ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO FOOT 121 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:38,349 THE BILL TO FIX THIS? 122 00:03:38,352 --> 00:03:40,151 >> ACCORDING TO THE CONGRESSMAN 123 00:03:40,154 --> 00:03:41,419 HE THINKS THE FEDS SHOULD PICK 124 00:03:41,422 --> 00:03:43,087 UP THE TAB FOR IT. 125 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:45,122 THE CITY OF NOGALES DOESN'T HAVE 126 00:03:45,125 --> 00:03:46,958 THE MONEY, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY 127 00:03:46,961 --> 00:03:48,526 DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY OF THE SO 128 00:03:48,529 --> 00:03:50,027 IT DOES FALL, BECAUSE OF THE 129 00:03:50,030 --> 00:03:50,428 TREATY TO THE FEDERAL 130 00:03:50,431 --> 00:03:51,295 GOVERNMENT. 131 00:03:51,298 --> 00:03:53,264 THERE ARE SOME COST ESTIMATES 132 00:03:53,267 --> 00:03:54,832 THAT GO UP AS HIGH AS $40 133 00:03:54,835 --> 00:03:57,268 MILLION, AND IT COULD TAKE 134 00:03:57,271 --> 00:04:00,204 SEVERAL YEARS. 135 00:04:00,207 --> 00:04:03,341 THIS ONE SMALL BYPASS THAT WAS 136 00:04:03,344 --> 00:04:03,708 CREATED IS COSTING ABOUT 137 00:04:03,711 --> 00:04:05,910 $300,000. 138 00:04:05,913 --> 00:04:07,311 >> YOU SAY THE FEDS WERE TAKING 139 00:04:07,314 --> 00:04:08,412 U.S. AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT? 140 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:10,081 >> THERE IS THE CONTROVERSY. 141 00:04:10,084 --> 00:04:11,349 THE TREATY WAS SIGNED BETWEEN 142 00:04:11,352 --> 00:04:13,050 THE TWO COUNTRIES, HOWEVER IT 143 00:04:13,053 --> 00:04:13,851 WAS THE U.S. THAT COMMITTED TO 144 00:04:13,854 --> 00:04:16,854 PAYING FOR IT. 145 00:04:16,857 --> 00:04:18,322 SO BACK IN 1972. 146 00:04:18,325 --> 00:04:19,924 WE'RE ALMOST 50 YEARS LATER, 147 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:20,258 LET'S SEE IF THE FED WILL PICK 148 00:04:20,261 --> 00:04:21,659 IT UP. 149 00:04:21,662 --> 00:04:23,594 >> NANCY, THANKS. 150 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:23,995 YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE 151 00:04:23,998 --> 00:04:26,497 CONGRESSMAN. 152 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:28,466 HE IS BACK IN A AS ON RECESS 153 00:04:28,469 --> 00:04:29,800 FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. 154 00:04:29,803 --> 00:04:31,569 SO IS CONGRESSWOMAN MARTHA 155 00:04:31,572 --> 00:04:33,271 McSALLY. 156 00:04:33,274 --> 00:04:35,740 EARLIER THIS WEEK SHE SPOKE WITH 157 00:04:35,743 --> 00:04:37,375 ARIZONA PUBLIC IMMEDIATE'S CHRIS 158 00:04:37,378 --> 00:04:40,444 OVER CONOVER ABOUT HER ROLE IN 159 00:04:40,447 --> 00:04:42,580 THE PROBLEM SOLVER CAUCUS A 160 00:04:42,583 --> 00:04:44,548 BIPARTISAN CAUCUS OF 43 161 00:04:44,551 --> 00:04:45,483 REPRESENTATIVES TO STABILIZE THE 162 00:04:45,486 --> 00:04:48,219 HEALTH CARE MARKET SPECIFICALLY 163 00:04:48,222 --> 00:04:50,187 DEALING WITH THE MEDICAL DEVICE 164 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:53,090 TAX AND THE INSURANCE MANDATE. 165 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:55,293 SHE SAYS SHE HOPES IT WILL START 166 00:04:55,296 --> 00:04:59,830 THE CONVERSATION TOWARD FINDING 167 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:00,598 A SOLUTION TOWARD REPEALING AND 168 00:05:00,601 --> 00:05:00,898 REPLACING THE AFFORDABLE CARE 169 00:05:00,901 --> 00:05:04,502 ACT. 170 00:05:04,505 --> 00:05:04,869 >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT REPLACING 171 00:05:04,872 --> 00:05:05,936 OBAMACARE. 172 00:05:05,939 --> 00:05:07,738 THERE ARE THINGS I TOLLY 173 00:05:07,741 --> 00:05:10,107 DISAGREE WITH AND DO BELIEVE WE 174 00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:12,810 NEED TO MOVE BETTER TO A BETTER 175 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:15,079 SUSTAINABLE MODEL, REPLACING IT 176 00:05:15,082 --> 00:05:18,449 IN THE LONG RUN. 177 00:05:18,452 --> 00:05:19,684 IN THE SHORT RUN WE HAVE TO HAVE 178 00:05:19,687 --> 00:05:21,085 LASER TARGETS. 179 00:05:21,088 --> 00:05:22,620 HOW DO WE TARGET STRUCTURAL 180 00:05:22,623 --> 00:05:25,156 CHANGES AND THINGS THAT WILL 181 00:05:25,159 --> 00:05:26,490 ALLOW BETTER CHOICES BRING DOWN 182 00:05:26,493 --> 00:05:27,625 COSTS, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES GET 183 00:05:27,628 --> 00:05:28,759 SOME CERTAINTIES SO THERE ARE 184 00:05:28,762 --> 00:05:29,727 MORE CHOICES FOR INDIVIDUALS 185 00:05:29,730 --> 00:05:31,729 THAT WE REPRESENT. 186 00:05:31,732 --> 00:05:33,030 THAT WAS OUR FOCUS. 187 00:05:33,033 --> 00:05:34,632 AGAIN, IT WAS A TOUGH PROBLEM 188 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:34,965 BUT WE ARE THE PROBLEM SOLVING 189 00:05:34,968 --> 00:05:37,168 CAUCUS. 190 00:05:37,171 --> 00:05:37,535 WE SAID LET'S TRY AND TACKLE 191 00:05:37,538 --> 00:05:38,669 THIS THIN. 192 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:41,405 IT TOOK ABOUT THREE WEEK. 193 00:05:41,408 --> 00:05:44,041 WE CAME UP WITH FOUR SOLUTIONS. 194 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:44,742 THE INTENT IS THAT THIS ISN'T 195 00:05:44,745 --> 00:05:47,712 SPECIFIC LEGISLATION THAT WE 196 00:05:47,715 --> 00:05:48,412 WANT PEOPLE TO VOTE ON RIGHT NOW 197 00:05:48,415 --> 00:05:49,780 BUT IT SHOULD BE THE START OF 198 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:51,882 THE DISCUSSION THAT GOES THROUGH 199 00:05:51,885 --> 00:05:53,417 THE COMMITTEE PROCESS ON BOTH 200 00:05:53,420 --> 00:05:55,319 SIDES, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. 201 00:05:55,322 --> 00:05:56,854 IT MAY NOT BE THE END RESULT BUT 202 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,322 AT LEAST WE WERE TRYING TO BREAK 203 00:05:58,325 --> 00:06:00,291 THE FEVER AND SAY LOOK WE HAVE 204 00:06:00,294 --> 00:06:01,959 GOT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM NOW 205 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:03,828 BECAUSE 20181 COMING FAST. 206 00:06:03,831 --> 00:06:04,261 I THINK IT IS A GOOD START FOR 207 00:06:04,264 --> 00:06:05,596 THOSE IDEAS. 208 00:06:05,599 --> 00:06:06,664 >> YOU SAID THIS IS A START. 209 00:06:06,667 --> 00:06:07,965 THERE ARE THINGS IN IT THAT YOU 210 00:06:07,968 --> 00:06:09,367 DON'T LIKE AND YOU WERE THE LEAD 211 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:11,235 ON IT OR ONE OF THE LEADS ON IT 212 00:06:11,238 --> 00:06:13,971 IN ORDER TO GET IT THROUGH THE 213 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:15,473 CAUCUS, THE BIPARTISAN CAUCUS. 214 00:06:15,476 --> 00:06:16,073 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF 215 00:06:16,076 --> 00:06:18,542 APPROVAL WITHIN. 216 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:19,810 THIS WAS THE BEGINNING, I GUESS, 217 00:06:19,813 --> 00:06:21,512 THE FIRST COMMITTEE, ALMOST. 218 00:06:21,515 --> 00:06:23,681 >> IT WAS. 219 00:06:23,684 --> 00:06:25,683 GOVERNING IS HARD, AND YOU DON'T 220 00:06:25,686 --> 00:06:27,451 ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. 221 00:06:27,454 --> 00:06:28,519 I WISH I WAS IN DIFFERENT 222 00:06:28,522 --> 00:06:30,388 CIRCUMSTANCES AND I WISH I HAD 223 00:06:30,391 --> 00:06:31,355 DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT BUT YOU HAVE 224 00:06:31,358 --> 00:06:31,622 TO FIGHT THE WAR THAT YOU ARE 225 00:06:31,625 --> 00:06:34,225 IN. 226 00:06:34,228 --> 00:06:35,860 THE ONE THAT WE ARE IN NOW IS 227 00:06:35,863 --> 00:06:36,660 THE CLOCK IS TICKING THE 228 00:06:36,663 --> 00:06:38,462 INDIVIDUAL MARKET IS COLLAPSING 229 00:06:38,465 --> 00:06:39,029 AND WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO 230 00:06:39,032 --> 00:06:40,064 ADDRESS IT. 231 00:06:40,067 --> 00:06:41,465 THIS WAS HARD. 232 00:06:41,468 --> 00:06:42,633 BUT GOVERNING IS HARD. 233 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:43,934 IT WAS GIVE AND TAKE. 234 00:06:43,937 --> 00:06:46,404 I DO THINK FOR THE THINGS THAT I 235 00:06:46,407 --> 00:06:47,838 WAS FOCUSED ON AND THE GOP WAS 236 00:06:47,841 --> 00:06:49,707 FOCUSED ON THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT 237 00:06:49,710 --> 00:06:51,542 WINS WITH CHANGING THE EMPLOYER 238 00:06:51,545 --> 00:06:53,177 MANDATE FROM 50 EMPLOYEES 239 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:54,078 WORKING 30 HOURS A WEEK -- WE 240 00:06:54,081 --> 00:06:55,212 HEAR FROM SMALL BUSINESSES ALL 241 00:06:55,215 --> 00:06:58,115 THE TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT 242 00:06:58,118 --> 00:06:59,683 ARE SITTING AT 49 EMPLOYEES OR 243 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:01,152 WORKING A LOT OF PART-TIME 244 00:07:01,155 --> 00:07:02,653 EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THE MANDATES, 245 00:07:02,656 --> 00:07:03,354 THE PENALTIES IT COSTS ARE WAY 246 00:07:03,357 --> 00:07:05,289 TOO HIGH. 247 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:06,223 SO IT'S STIFLING JOB GROWTH, 248 00:07:06,226 --> 00:07:08,426 THIS SPECIFIC MANDATE. 249 00:07:08,429 --> 00:07:14,131 WE'VE MOVED IT IN OUR PROPOSAL 250 00:07:14,134 --> 00:07:15,666 TO 50 # 500 EMPLOY -- TO 5 HUB 251 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:16,901 EMPLOYEES AND STANDARD 40 HOUR 252 00:07:16,904 --> 00:07:19,437 WORK WEEK. 253 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,005 IT CAN BE A GAME CHANGER FOR 254 00:07:21,008 --> 00:07:23,507 SMALL BUSINESSES THEY CAN 255 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:25,309 UNLEASH AND GROW AND ALLOW THEIR 256 00:07:25,312 --> 00:07:26,310 EMPLOYEES IF THEY DON'T PROVIDE 257 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:27,778 INSURANCE TO SHOP ON THE 258 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:29,280 INDIVIDUAL MARKET WHICH COULD 259 00:07:29,283 --> 00:07:30,815 ALSO HELP STABILIZE IT. 260 00:07:30,818 --> 00:07:32,416 YOU GET FULL-TIME WORKERS 261 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:33,584 SHOPPING AROUND WITH MORE 262 00:07:33,587 --> 00:07:35,920 CHOICES THAT COULD START 263 00:07:35,923 --> 00:07:37,354 BRINGING DOWN PREMIUM TO SORT OF 264 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:38,155 SPREAD OUT THE RISK IN THE 265 00:07:38,158 --> 00:07:39,957 INDIVIDUAL POOL. 266 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,959 THIS IS A PRETTY BIG WIN TO 267 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:44,028 TEETH GET MY TEAMMATES FROM THE 268 00:07:44,031 --> 00:07:44,862 OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE TO AGREE 269 00:07:44,865 --> 00:07:52,269 TO THIS CHANGE. 270 00:07:52,272 --> 00:07:54,371 AND SECONDLY THEY AGREED TO THE 271 00:07:54,374 --> 00:07:55,639 MEDICAL DEVICE TAX. 272 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:55,940 SO THERE IS SOME COMMON GROUND 273 00:07:55,943 --> 00:07:56,974 THERE. 274 00:07:56,977 --> 00:07:57,508 AND THIS DOES IMPACT OUR 275 00:07:57,511 --> 00:08:00,277 COMMUNITY. 276 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,380 SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG WIN. 277 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:04,215 >> WE SAW A LOT OF POLITICS 278 00:08:04,218 --> 00:08:05,916 ESPECIALLY OVER ON THE SENATE 279 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:06,484 SIDE IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO 280 00:08:06,487 --> 00:08:08,085 AROUND HEALTH CARE. 281 00:08:08,088 --> 00:08:08,385 SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION ON 282 00:08:08,388 --> 00:08:10,554 THIS. 283 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:12,056 AFTER THIS GOT RELEASED WE SAW 284 00:08:12,059 --> 00:08:13,123 SOME BUBBLES OF IT THE WEEKEND 285 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:14,825 BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED. 286 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:16,560 BUT AFTER IT WAS RELEASED, HAVE 287 00:08:16,563 --> 00:08:17,695 YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM 288 00:08:17,698 --> 00:08:19,430 LEADERSHIP IN EITHER CHAMBER, 289 00:08:19,433 --> 00:08:20,931 AND FROM THE WHITE HOUSE? 290 00:08:20,934 --> 00:08:22,800 >> OUR INTEND WAS AGAIN THE 291 00:08:22,803 --> 00:08:24,902 BREAK THE FEVER AND TO PROVIDE 292 00:08:24,905 --> 00:08:26,270 SOME SOLUTIONS AND SHOW -- AND 293 00:08:26,273 --> 00:08:28,506 ALSO THAT WASHINGTON, D.C. IS 294 00:08:28,509 --> 00:08:28,806 NOT AS DYSFUNCTIONALAS AS PEOPLE 295 00:08:28,809 --> 00:08:30,140 THINK. 296 00:08:30,143 --> 00:08:31,842 THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR TO US 297 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:33,544 FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER, 298 00:08:33,547 --> 00:08:36,013 AND GIVE AND TAKE. 299 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:37,715 I STILL HAVE SINCERELY HELD 300 00:08:37,718 --> 00:08:40,751 BELIEVES ABOUT WHERE THIS SHOULD 301 00:08:40,754 --> 00:08:41,886 GO FORWARD IN THE LONG RUN BUT 302 00:08:41,889 --> 00:08:43,087 BE LASER FOCUSED ON THIS 303 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:43,954 SPECIFIC CHALLENGE THE 304 00:08:43,957 --> 00:08:46,590 INDIVIDUAL MARKET COLLAPSING AND 305 00:08:46,593 --> 00:08:47,691 SORTING REPEAL OF THE MANDATES 306 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:48,025 THAT ARE IMPACTING ECONOMIC 307 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:51,095 GROWTH. 308 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:51,595 SO I THINK THIS IS THE START OF 309 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:52,329 THE CONVERSATION. 310 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:54,198 AND IT DOES PROVIDE THE SPACE IN 311 00:08:54,201 --> 00:08:55,366 THE DISCUSSION TO SAY WOW THERE 312 00:08:55,369 --> 00:08:56,634 IS 43 DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS 313 00:08:56,637 --> 00:08:58,569 THAT CAME TOGETHER. 314 00:08:58,572 --> 00:09:00,771 WE HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% OF 315 00:09:00,774 --> 00:09:04,441 EACH SIDE AND 75% OF OUR 316 00:09:04,444 --> 00:09:05,175 MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT OUR PROPOSALS 317 00:09:05,178 --> 00:09:06,777 FOR US TO GO PUBLIC LIKE WE DID 318 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:07,878 AND WE GOT THOSE VOTES. 319 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:10,915 THIS IS THE START OF THE 320 00:09:10,918 --> 00:09:11,515 CONVERSATION OF WHERE WE NEED TO 321 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:14,685 END BUT WE WILL LET THE 322 00:09:14,688 --> 00:09:15,052 COMMITTEE PROCESS WORK ITS WAY 323 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:16,353 THROUGH. 324 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:17,555 >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION, WHERE 325 00:09:17,558 --> 00:09:19,356 DO WE GO FROM HERE. 326 00:09:19,359 --> 00:09:21,358 >> THIS MAY PUT MEAT ON THE 327 00:09:21,361 --> 00:09:22,960 AGAINST OF WHERE IT GOES 328 00:09:22,963 --> 00:09:25,095 FORWARD. 329 00:09:25,098 --> 00:09:25,529 WE EXPECT COMMITTEE PROCESS WORK 330 00:09:25,532 --> 00:09:27,131 NOW. 331 00:09:27,134 --> 00:09:28,832 BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THESE 332 00:09:28,835 --> 00:09:29,099 ARE IDEAS MANY OF US CAN AGREE 333 00:09:29,102 --> 00:09:30,534 ON. 334 00:09:30,537 --> 00:09:32,069 YOU NEED TO TAKE THESE SERIOUSLY 335 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:34,405 AND WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THIS 336 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:35,606 AND VOTE AS A BLOCH AS THESE 337 00:09:35,609 --> 00:09:36,974 THING COME THROUGH BECAUSE WE 338 00:09:36,977 --> 00:09:37,374 HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS 339 00:09:37,377 --> 00:09:39,143 PROPOSAL. 340 00:09:39,146 --> 00:09:40,210 WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WORKING. 341 00:09:40,213 --> 00:09:41,645 I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS 342 00:09:41,648 --> 00:09:44,815 ON THE SENATE SIDE AS WELL. 343 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:45,683 I TALKED TO MANY SENATORS OVER 344 00:09:45,686 --> 00:09:46,750 THE LAST WEEKS MAKING SURE THEY 345 00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:47,751 UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF THING WE 346 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,186 ARE WORKING ON. 347 00:09:49,189 --> 00:09:49,987 WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE WORKING 348 00:09:49,990 --> 00:09:52,256 WITH THEM GOING FORWARD. 349 00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:52,590 >>> A FOLLOW-UP TO LAST WEEK'S 350 00:09:52,593 --> 00:09:54,158 PROGRAM. 351 00:09:54,161 --> 00:09:55,392 UNION PACIFIC SAYS MORE THAN 50 352 00:09:55,395 --> 00:09:57,461 TRAINS TRAVEL THROUGH TUCSON 353 00:09:57,464 --> 00:09:59,463 EVERY DAY. 354 00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:02,466 THE PORT OF TUCSON FUNCTIONS AS 355 00:10:02,469 --> 00:10:03,500 A LOGISTICAL HUB FOR UNION 356 00:10:03,503 --> 00:10:05,269 PACIFIC RAILROAD SHIPPING 357 00:10:05,272 --> 00:10:09,039 RECEIVING LOADING AND UNLOADING. 358 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:09,940 NEARLY 60 LIFTS A DAY SAKES DAYS 359 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:11,241 A WEEK. 360 00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:14,612 IT IS A TRANSPORTATION HU HUB 361 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:16,480 FOR TRAINS AND 18 WHEELERS. 362 00:10:16,483 --> 00:10:19,383 LOCATED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 363 00:10:19,386 --> 00:10:22,286 IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED BY THE 364 00:10:22,289 --> 00:10:23,354 LEVINE FAMILY WHO WORKS CLOSELY 365 00:10:23,357 --> 00:10:24,922 WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND THERE 366 00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:28,993 ARE PLANS FOR EXPANSIONS. 367 00:10:28,996 --> 00:10:31,996 >> THE PORT OF TUCSON IS ABOUT 368 00:10:31,999 --> 00:10:34,098 AN 800 SQUARE MILE FACILITY. 369 00:10:34,101 --> 00:10:34,431 WE ARE A CONTRACTOR WITH UNION 370 00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:35,766 PACIFIC. 371 00:10:35,769 --> 00:10:38,102 WE PROVIDE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 372 00:10:38,105 --> 00:10:38,502 RAIL TO TRUCK AND TRUCK TO RAIL 373 00:10:38,505 --> 00:10:39,803 CONNECTIONS. 374 00:10:39,806 --> 00:10:41,605 IN THE BACKGROUND WE HAVE THE 375 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:42,840 SBE MODAL FACILITY WHERE WE PULL 376 00:10:42,843 --> 00:10:44,241 THE CONTAINERS OFF OF THE 377 00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:45,709 TRAIPSE AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE 378 00:10:45,712 --> 00:10:46,377 TO SHIPPING COMPANIES AND 379 00:10:46,380 --> 00:10:48,278 CUSTOMERS IN THE AREA. 380 00:10:48,281 --> 00:10:49,013 WE ALSO PUT THEM BECOME ON. 381 00:10:49,016 --> 00:10:50,914 ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE OTHER 382 00:10:50,917 --> 00:10:52,516 COMMODITIES THAT COME IN ON 383 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:52,816 BOXCARS, HOPPER CARS AND WHAT 384 00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:54,551 NOT. 385 00:10:54,554 --> 00:10:55,486 WHAT WE TRY TO BE IS A HUB OR A 386 00:10:55,489 --> 00:10:57,154 CONNECTOR TO ANY OF THAT RAIL 387 00:10:57,157 --> 00:10:58,188 TRAFFIC AND MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE 388 00:10:58,191 --> 00:10:59,456 TO SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 389 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:01,291 >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LOGISTICS 390 00:11:01,294 --> 00:11:02,092 OF ONCE THEY COME HERE, WHERE DO 391 00:11:02,095 --> 00:11:02,860 THEY GO? 392 00:11:02,863 --> 00:11:06,730 WHERE CAN THEY GO? 393 00:11:06,733 --> 00:11:08,332 >> ONCE THEY COME INTO HERE, OR 394 00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:11,435 LEAVE THE AREA THEY CAN GO DOWN 395 00:11:11,438 --> 00:11:14,204 INTO MEXICO, INTO NORTHERN 396 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:16,774 MEXICO AND SONORA. 397 00:11:16,777 --> 00:11:19,143 THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO PHOENIX. 398 00:11:19,146 --> 00:11:23,247 WE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTOR 399 00:11:23,250 --> 00:11:23,580 FOR INTERMODAL FOR SOUTHERN 400 00:11:23,583 --> 00:11:24,715 ARIZONA. 401 00:11:24,718 --> 00:11:26,950 ANYTHING GOING TO SOUTHERN 402 00:11:26,953 --> 00:11:27,317 ARIZONA GOES THROUGH THIS 403 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,585 FACILITY. 404 00:11:28,588 --> 00:11:30,554 GOING UP TO PHOENIX. 405 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:31,822 MAINLY IT'S REGIONAL, SOUTHERN 406 00:11:31,825 --> 00:11:34,692 AS SKPAZ DOWN INTO MEXICO. 407 00:11:34,695 --> 00:11:36,627 >> FAIR TO SAY SOME OF THE 18 408 00:11:36,630 --> 00:11:39,329 WHEELERS GO OFF EAST TO THE REST 409 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:42,566 OF THE COUNTRY VIA I-10. 410 00:11:42,569 --> 00:11:45,102 >> TYPICALLY ONCE THEY GO PAST 411 00:11:45,105 --> 00:11:46,170 600 TO 700 MILES THAT'S WHERE WE 412 00:11:46,173 --> 00:11:47,504 WOULD RATHER HAVE THE TRUCKS OR 413 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:48,472 CONTAINERS ON A RAIL CAR. 414 00:11:48,475 --> 00:11:50,441 THAT'S WHERE THE BENEFIT COMES 415 00:11:50,444 --> 00:11:52,042 IN, IF IT IS A LONG HAUL YOU CAN 416 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,678 PUT THOSE CONTAINERS ON A RAIL 417 00:11:54,681 --> 00:11:57,014 AND THEN SHIP THEM GOING EAST. 418 00:11:57,017 --> 00:11:58,182 >> HOW MANY DIFFERENT VENDORS OR 419 00:11:58,185 --> 00:12:00,150 CUSTOMERS DO YOU HAVE THAT ARE 420 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:00,684 FILTERING THROUGH THIS 421 00:12:00,687 --> 00:12:04,154 LOGISTICAL HUB? 422 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:06,757 >> TECHNICALLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE, 423 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:07,458 AS THE CONTRACTOR TO UNION 424 00:12:07,461 --> 00:12:08,592 PACIFIC WE ARE PROVIDING THAT 425 00:12:08,595 --> 00:12:10,027 SERVICE TO THEM FOR THE 426 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:11,428 INTERMODAL CONTAINERS. 427 00:12:11,431 --> 00:12:14,164 WHEN IT COMES TO THE OTHER TYPES 428 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:15,165 OF FREIGHT LIKE THE BOXCARS AND 429 00:12:15,168 --> 00:12:17,868 WHATNOT WE HAVE 12 CUSTOMERS 430 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:19,403 THAT BRING IN VARIOUS THINGS 431 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:21,004 FROM SUGAR, FERTILIZER, ONE 432 00:12:21,007 --> 00:12:22,339 CUSTOMER THAT BRINGS IN BEER 433 00:12:22,342 --> 00:12:23,807 FROM MEXICO. 434 00:12:23,810 --> 00:12:25,109 PROBABLY ABOUT 12 ON TOP OF WHAT 435 00:12:25,112 --> 00:12:26,777 WE DID WITH UNION PACIFIC. 436 00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:27,911 >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT 437 00:12:27,914 --> 00:12:29,880 INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION REALLY 438 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:31,381 HAPPENS, KNOW, HERE IN TUCSON? 439 00:12:31,384 --> 00:12:35,152 >> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT 440 00:12:35,155 --> 00:12:36,587 TUCSON IS THAT IT'S OFF OF THE 441 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:37,287 UNION PACIFIC SUNSET ROUTE, 442 00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:41,425 THEIR MAINLINE. 443 00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:42,793 WHEN YOU SEE A TRAIN GOING WEST 444 00:12:42,796 --> 00:12:44,661 BOUND TOWARDS LONG BEACH, 445 00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:46,797 PROBABLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND 446 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:47,931 80% OF THOSE CONTAINERS ARE 447 00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:48,232 EMPTY BECAUSE OF BALANCE OF 448 00:12:48,235 --> 00:12:50,801 TRADE. 449 00:12:50,804 --> 00:12:52,402 WHAT WE ENVISIONED HERE AND WHAT 450 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:53,771 DAD'S ORIGINAL VISION WAS IS TO 451 00:12:53,774 --> 00:12:56,173 SAY THIS IS THE LAST -- OR THE 452 00:12:56,176 --> 00:12:57,674 BEST PLACE FOR THOSE SHIPPING 453 00:12:57,677 --> 00:12:59,042 CONTAINERS TO GET A LOAD GOING 454 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:02,613 BACK TO ASIA. 455 00:13:02,616 --> 00:13:04,548 HELP TO BALANCE -- YOU KNOW, TO 456 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:06,350 ADDRESS THE BALANCE OF TRADE. 457 00:13:06,353 --> 00:13:07,851 AND THEN SO BY PULLING THE 458 00:13:07,854 --> 00:13:09,887 CONTAINERS OFF HERE, IT MAKES 459 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:11,722 THOSE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL 460 00:13:11,725 --> 00:13:13,957 COMPANIES FOR LESS EXPENSIVE 461 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,160 FRAYED TO, SAY, CHINA, OR SOUTH 462 00:13:16,163 --> 00:13:17,928 KOREA OR, SAY TAIWAN. 463 00:13:17,931 --> 00:13:20,764 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE 464 00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:23,000 COMPANIES THAT ARE SENDING, SAY, 465 00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:23,367 RECYCLED MATERIALS IN CONTAINERS 466 00:13:23,370 --> 00:13:25,369 OVERSEAS. 467 00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:27,471 SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO ACCESS 468 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:27,805 MARKETS THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD 469 00:13:27,808 --> 00:13:29,640 BEFORE. 470 00:13:29,643 --> 00:13:31,508 >> WHAT IS THE PORT OF TUCSON 471 00:13:31,511 --> 00:13:33,043 CAPABLE OF IN THE FUTURE? 472 00:13:33,046 --> 00:13:34,411 >> IT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION 473 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:35,813 BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE 474 00:13:35,816 --> 00:13:37,514 REALLY WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND 475 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:39,082 SAY WHAT'S THE TUNE THAT DAY? 476 00:13:39,085 --> 00:13:40,784 WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A STRATEGIC 477 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:44,054 PLAN OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE 478 00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:45,923 HAVE RAIL, WE HAVE LAND, WE HAVE 479 00:13:45,926 --> 00:13:46,657 WAREHOUSING. 480 00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:47,558 SOUTHERN ARIZONA IS GROWING AS A 481 00:13:47,561 --> 00:13:48,859 LOGISTICS HUB HAD. 482 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:51,628 SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL SEE IS 483 00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:52,462 JUST ANY OF THOSE LOGISTICS 484 00:13:52,465 --> 00:13:55,499 OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION 485 00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:56,834 OPPORTUNITIES BOTH LOCAL AND 486 00:13:56,837 --> 00:13:57,668 INTERNATIONAL, THAT'S WHAT WE 487 00:13:57,671 --> 00:14:00,170 SEE THE GROWTH IN. 488 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:02,873 RIGHT NOW, WITH EXPANSION OF OUR 489 00:14:02,876 --> 00:14:04,675 INFRASTRUCTURE WE ARE PROBABLY 490 00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:05,676 ONLY AT MAYBE 15% CAPACITY OF 491 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:07,811 WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF. 492 00:14:07,814 --> 00:14:09,813 SO WE ARE ABLE TO BRING ON NEW 493 00:14:09,816 --> 00:14:11,782 BUSINESS VERY QUICKLY AS FAR AS 494 00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:13,116 RAIL OR WAREHOUSING LOGISTICS. 495 00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:14,885 REALLY, I THINK JUST A GROWTH IN 496 00:14:14,888 --> 00:14:15,886 THE OVERALL LOGISTICS IN 497 00:14:15,889 --> 00:14:18,322 SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 498 00:14:18,325 --> 00:14:19,857 >> THERE ARE THE SKEPTICS OUT 499 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:22,025 THERE WILL SAY THAT THE TUCSON 500 00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:23,527 ECONOMY IS CHALLENGED, THAT THE 501 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:24,228 RAIL INDUSTRY IS NOT WHAT IT 502 00:14:24,231 --> 00:14:25,629 ONCE WAS. 503 00:14:25,632 --> 00:14:28,198 WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM? 504 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:29,633 >> I'D SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, BY 505 00:14:29,636 --> 00:14:32,636 THE NUMBERS WE SEE AND THE 506 00:14:32,639 --> 00:14:35,138 VOLUMES WE SEE, THE NUMBERS TELL 507 00:14:35,141 --> 00:14:36,940 A DIFFERENT STORY. 508 00:14:36,943 --> 00:14:39,343 THE WAY THAT THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY 509 00:14:39,346 --> 00:14:39,843 THAT'S GOING ON, IT IS A MUCH 510 00:14:39,846 --> 00:14:42,613 DIFFERENT PICTURE. 511 00:14:42,616 --> 00:14:43,814 THE VOLUMES FOR OUR INTERMODAL, 512 00:14:43,817 --> 00:14:45,115 INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL, ARE 513 00:14:45,118 --> 00:14:46,750 CONTINUING TO GROW. 514 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:47,584 ALL OF THE OTHER COMMODITIES ARE 515 00:14:47,587 --> 00:14:49,453 CONTINUING TO GROW. 516 00:14:49,456 --> 00:14:51,154 SO, REALLY, I'D SAY THAT, YOU 517 00:14:51,157 --> 00:14:53,257 KNOW F THEY WANT A TOUR THEY CAN 518 00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:54,858 COME OUT AND I CAN SHOW THEM 519 00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:56,593 EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING AND 520 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:57,794 HOW REAL VIBRANT THE RAIL 521 00:14:57,797 --> 00:14:58,161 ACTIVITY IS FOR SOUTHERN 522 00:14:58,164 --> 00:15:00,530 ARIZONA. 523 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:01,298 >> THE PORT OF TUCSON'S PRIMARY 524 00:15:01,301 --> 00:15:01,665 CUSTOMER IS UNION PACIFIC 525 00:15:01,668 --> 00:15:03,300 RAILROAD. 526 00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:05,402 ON LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM WE SHOWED 527 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:07,104 YOU HUNDREDS OF PARKED 528 00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:09,873 LOCOMOTIVES ALONG THE UNION 529 00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:10,207 PACIFIC NETWORK HERE IN SOUTHERN 530 00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:11,275 ARIZONA. 531 00:15:11,278 --> 00:15:12,609 THIS COMPANY SAYS IT IS A RESULT 532 00:15:12,612 --> 00:15:14,845 OF THE ECONOMY. 533 00:15:14,848 --> 00:15:16,680 THE 310 LOCOMOTIVES ARE STORED 534 00:15:16,683 --> 00:15:18,215 IN MAINTENANCE UNTIL THEY ARE 535 00:15:18,218 --> 00:15:20,150 PUT BACK INTO SERVICE WHICH IS 536 00:15:20,153 --> 00:15:20,517 SLOWLY HAPPENING AS THE ECONOMY 537 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:24,821 IMPROVES. 538 00:15:24,824 --> 00:15:25,756 UNION PACIFIC'S SPOKESMAN 539 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:26,056 TRAVELLED FROM THIEUSTON TO 540 00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:28,825 TEXAS. 541 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:30,260 HERE HE IS NOW WITH HOW THE 542 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:31,161 RAILROAD INDUSTRY USES THE PORT 543 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:32,896 OF TUCSON. 544 00:15:32,899 --> 00:15:33,430 >> THE PORT IS VERY VALUABLE TO 545 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,465 UNION PACIFIC. 546 00:15:35,468 --> 00:15:36,934 IT'S ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THAT'S 547 00:15:36,937 --> 00:15:37,267 VERY IMPORTANT TO US IN THIS 548 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:40,304 REGION. 549 00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:43,006 WHAT THIS LOCATION ALLOWS IS FOR 550 00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:45,742 OUR CHAINS CARRYING CARGO TO 551 00:15:45,745 --> 00:15:48,245 COME AND TRUCKS ACCESS THOSE 552 00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:50,414 CONTAINERS AND TAKE THEM WHAT WE 553 00:15:50,417 --> 00:15:52,282 CALL THE LAST MILE OFF THE TRAIN 554 00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:53,283 TO DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND 555 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:54,618 WAREHOUSES SO THOSE CUSTOMER 556 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:55,385 PRODUCTS CAN GET INTO THE HANDS 557 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:56,887 OF THE CUSTOMERS. 558 00:15:56,890 --> 00:15:59,690 WORKING WITH THE PORT OF TUCSON 559 00:15:59,693 --> 00:16:02,192 HERE HAS ALLOWED US TO SHOW YOUR 560 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:03,427 CUSTOMERS, THE PEEP THAT SHIP ON 561 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:07,230 OUR TRAINS HOW EFFICIENT WE CAN 562 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:08,332 BE BY TAKING THEIR GOODS A LONG 563 00:16:08,335 --> 00:16:10,033 DISTANCE AND GETTING THEM TO A 564 00:16:10,036 --> 00:16:11,034 PLACE LIKE THE PORT OF TUCSON 565 00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:12,803 WHERE THEY CAN GET LOADED AND 566 00:16:12,806 --> 00:16:13,904 SORTED OUT AND INTO THEIR 567 00:16:13,907 --> 00:16:15,205 CUSTOMERS' HANDS VERY QUICKLY 568 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:18,175 AND EFFICIENTLY. 569 00:16:18,178 --> 00:16:20,477 >> WHAT SORTS OF CARGO COMES OFF 570 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,413 THE BOXCARS AND BOARDS TO SEMIS. 571 00:16:23,416 --> 00:16:26,016 >> WHAT YOU SEE HERE AT PORT OF 572 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,651 TUCSON WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF 573 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:30,554 TRAINS THAT USE THIS FACILITY. 574 00:16:30,557 --> 00:16:32,289 ONE IS THE INTERMODAL TRAINS 575 00:16:32,292 --> 00:16:34,958 WHICH CARRY THE LARGE CARGO 576 00:16:34,961 --> 00:16:35,726 CONTAINERS THAT YOU SEE COMING 577 00:16:35,729 --> 00:16:37,527 INTO BIG SHIPS FROM THE OCEAN. 578 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:39,129 THEY GET LOADED ON A TRAIN AT A 579 00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:40,497 PORT ALONE THE COAST. 580 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,933 WE BRING THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY 581 00:16:42,936 --> 00:16:43,233 TO A PLACE LIKE PORT OF TUCSON 582 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:44,267 HERE. 583 00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:45,469 THEY HAVE CRANES THAT WILL TAKE 584 00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:47,437 THOSE CONTAINERS OFF OF THE 585 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:47,738 TRAIN AND DROP THEM ON TO A SEMI 586 00:16:47,741 --> 00:16:49,639 TRUCK. 587 00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:50,741 THAT TRUCK WILL TAKE IT TO A 588 00:16:50,744 --> 00:16:51,108 DISTRIBUTION CENTER OR 589 00:16:51,111 --> 00:16:53,977 WAREHOUSE. 590 00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:54,678 INSIDE THAT CARGO CONTAINER CAN 591 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:55,445 BE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT A 592 00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:56,613 CONSUMER WOULD ORDER. 593 00:16:56,616 --> 00:16:58,415 WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU 594 00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:00,517 ORDERED FROM AN ONLINE RETAILER, 595 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,219 YOU KNOW, FURNITURE, A BOOK, OR 596 00:17:02,222 --> 00:17:04,755 ANY CLOTHING, THINGS LIKE THAT. 597 00:17:04,758 --> 00:17:07,991 AS WELL AS SOME LARGER ITEMS 598 00:17:07,994 --> 00:17:11,628 LIKE APPLIANCES OR HEAVY 599 00:17:11,631 --> 00:17:14,031 EQUIPMENT CAN GET SHIPPED IN 600 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:15,399 THESE KIND OF CONTAINERS. 601 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:17,801 A LOT OF CONSUMER DRIVEN 602 00:17:17,804 --> 00:17:18,301 PRODUCTS COME ON BOARD THESE 603 00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:19,336 CARGO CONTAINERS. 604 00:17:19,339 --> 00:17:22,105 THE OTHER TYPE OF TRAINS WE SEE 605 00:17:22,108 --> 00:17:24,141 HERE AT THE PORT OF TUCSON ARE 606 00:17:24,144 --> 00:17:24,608 WHAT WE CALL OUR MANIFEST 607 00:17:24,611 --> 00:17:26,510 TRAINS. 608 00:17:26,513 --> 00:17:28,412 THE BOXCAR TYPES OF TRAINS. 609 00:17:28,415 --> 00:17:29,146 THEY ARE HAULING GOODS, WHETHER 610 00:17:29,149 --> 00:17:30,147 IT'S AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS OR 611 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:32,582 FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 612 00:17:32,585 --> 00:17:34,785 WE SHIP A LOT OF BEER AND 613 00:17:34,788 --> 00:17:38,922 ALCOHOL ON OUR TRAINS THAT GET 614 00:17:38,925 --> 00:17:41,324 TO PLACES LIKE HERE AT THE PORT 615 00:17:41,327 --> 00:17:43,060 OF TUCSON WHERE THEY ARE LOADED 616 00:17:43,063 --> 00:17:43,894 ONTO TRUCKS AND SEND OUT TO 617 00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:46,963 DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. 618 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:48,098 THIS FACILITY ALLOWS US TO 619 00:17:48,101 --> 00:17:49,099 INTERACT WITH OTHER MODES OF 620 00:17:49,102 --> 00:17:52,369 TRANSPORTATION LIKE TRUCKS SO WE 621 00:17:52,372 --> 00:17:53,904 CAN GET THOSE PRODUCTS INTO THE 622 00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:55,772 HANDS OF THE CONSUMERS. 623 00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:58,208 >> YOU JUST MENTIONED IT COMES 624 00:17:58,211 --> 00:17:59,810 IN OFF OF A SHIP THAT MEANS FROM 625 00:17:59,813 --> 00:18:01,545 CHINA, UNION PACIFIC, TO 626 00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:02,512 PRODUCTS HERE IN THE U.S. 627 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:05,148 CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS IS ACTUALLY 628 00:18:05,151 --> 00:18:05,449 A COMPONENT OF WORK FOR YOU 629 00:18:05,452 --> 00:18:06,249 GUYS. 630 00:18:06,252 --> 00:18:07,818 >> ABSOLUTELY. 631 00:18:07,821 --> 00:18:08,385 UNION PACIFIC IS A KEY PLAYER IN 632 00:18:08,388 --> 00:18:09,719 INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 633 00:18:09,722 --> 00:18:13,323 YOU KNOW ARC OF THE LO OF THE 634 00:18:13,326 --> 00:18:15,125 PRODUCTS AND ITEMS THAT WE 635 00:18:15,128 --> 00:18:16,960 CONSUME OR THAT BUY HERE IN THE 636 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:18,829 UNITED STATES COMES AND IS 637 00:18:18,832 --> 00:18:20,097 MANUFACTURED OVERSEAS AND THOSE 638 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,299 PRODUCTS NEED TO GET INTO THE 639 00:18:22,302 --> 00:18:22,632 HANDS OF THE CONSUMERS HERE IN 640 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:24,267 AMERICA. 641 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:25,902 AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL BE 642 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:26,903 SHIPPED OVER IN BARGES. 643 00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:29,106 AND THOSE LARGE CONTAINERS NEED 644 00:18:29,109 --> 00:18:30,273 TO GET FROM THE COAST TO THE 645 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:31,408 INTERIOR OF THE UNITED STATES. 646 00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:32,876 AND THAT'S WHERE FREIGHT RAIL 647 00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:34,144 COMES INTO PLAY. 648 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:35,879 AND THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE 649 00:18:35,882 --> 00:18:38,248 SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE. 650 00:18:38,251 --> 00:18:40,250 BECAUSE LARGE VOLUMES OF THOSE 651 00:18:40,253 --> 00:18:41,985 MATERIALS CAN NOW COME IN AND BE 652 00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:44,221 DELIVERED FILES AND MILES AND 653 00:18:44,224 --> 00:18:46,423 MILES AND MILES FROM ANY SEAPORT 654 00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:48,492 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 655 00:18:48,495 --> 00:18:48,959 SO WE CAN FACILITATE THAT 656 00:18:48,962 --> 00:18:52,028 TRANSPORTATION. 657 00:18:52,031 --> 00:18:53,296 WE CAN PLAY THAT ROLE IN GETTING 658 00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:54,865 GOODS FROM MANUFACTURERS INTO 659 00:18:54,868 --> 00:18:57,000 THE HANDS OF THE CONSUMERS. 660 00:18:57,003 --> 00:19:00,270 >> IT SOUND TO ME LIKE UNION 661 00:19:00,273 --> 00:19:03,507 PACIFIC IS GROWING, IS BECOMING 662 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:05,041 MORE INNOVATIVE WITH 663 00:19:05,044 --> 00:19:05,509 COLLABORATIONS LIKE THIS ONE. 664 00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:06,877 IS THAT CORRECT? 665 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:08,812 >> FOR UNION PACIFIC, WE'VE BEEN 666 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:11,448 AROUND FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS. 667 00:19:11,451 --> 00:19:13,049 AND WE ARE SURVIVED AND GROWN 668 00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:13,783 THROUGH THOSE YEARS THROUGH 669 00:19:13,786 --> 00:19:16,520 COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS. 670 00:19:16,523 --> 00:19:17,020 YOU KNOW, INITIALLY HERE WITHIN 671 00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:18,688 THE UNITED STATES. 672 00:19:18,691 --> 00:19:20,223 AND NOW AS THE ECONOMY IS GOING 673 00:19:20,226 --> 00:19:22,058 GLOBAL FOR EVERYONE, WE ARE 674 00:19:22,061 --> 00:19:22,359 WORKING WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS AS 675 00:19:22,362 --> 00:19:22,926 WELL. 676 00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:25,795 AND THAT'S THE FUTURE. 677 00:19:25,798 --> 00:19:27,764 YOU KNOW, AS WE SEE MORE GLOBAL 678 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:28,932 COMMERCE AND GLOBAL ECONOMY, 679 00:19:28,935 --> 00:19:30,934 THOSE GOODS NEED TO BE SHIPPED. 680 00:19:30,937 --> 00:19:34,804 AND UNION PACIFIC IS PREPARED TO 681 00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:36,072 TAKE ON THOSE CHALLENGES AS WE 682 00:19:36,075 --> 00:19:39,676 EMBRACE A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. 683 00:19:39,679 --> 00:19:40,810 WE -- WE TALK ABOUT THE 684 00:19:40,813 --> 00:19:41,778 ELECTRONIC AGE AND DIGITAL 685 00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:44,347 ECONOMY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 686 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:45,782 AND YOU KNOW, AS MUCH TIME AS WE 687 00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:47,417 MAY SPEND ON THE INTERNET DOING 688 00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:49,286 OUR BANKING, ORDERING, AND 689 00:19:49,289 --> 00:19:51,955 PAYING FOR THINGS, THERE COMES A 690 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:52,656 POINT IN TIME WHEN THOSE GOODS 691 00:19:52,659 --> 00:19:53,890 ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE DELIVERED 692 00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:55,825 AND DISTRIBUTED. 693 00:19:55,828 --> 00:19:56,593 THAT'S WHERE UNION PACIFIC PLAYS 694 00:19:56,596 --> 00:19:58,094 ITS PART. 695 00:19:58,097 --> 00:19:58,395 YOU CAN ORDER AND DO THINGS ON 696 00:19:58,398 --> 00:19:59,596 LINE. 697 00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:01,198 BUT YOU CAN'T DELIVER SOMETHING 698 00:20:01,201 --> 00:20:02,632 ON LINE. 699 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:04,601 THAT'S WHERE FREIGHT RAIL AND 700 00:20:04,604 --> 00:20:05,535 OUR PARTNERS IN OTHER MODES OF 701 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,103 TRANSPORTATION COME INTO PLAY. 702 00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:08,171 >> WHERE DOES ARIZONA FIT IN THE 703 00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:10,407 GROWTH OF UNION PACIFIC? 704 00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:11,341 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GROWING. 705 00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:13,944 >> ABSOLUTELY. 706 00:20:13,947 --> 00:20:14,811 OUR PRESENCE HERE IN ARIZONA IS 707 00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:17,080 GROWING. 708 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:17,414 ARIZONA IS A KEY AREA FOR UNION 709 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:18,415 PACIFIC. 710 00:20:18,418 --> 00:20:20,350 WE ARE SEEING A LEFT DEVELOPMENT 711 00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:23,220 AND GROWTH ALONG THE BORDER. 712 00:20:23,223 --> 00:20:24,454 AND HAVING ARIZONA BEING A 713 00:20:24,457 --> 00:20:25,355 BUSINESS FRIEND LAE ENVIRONMENT, 714 00:20:25,358 --> 00:20:26,289 YOU ARE SEEING A LOT OF 715 00:20:26,292 --> 00:20:27,357 INDUSTRIES THAT ARE BEING 716 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,025 ATTRACTED HERE. 717 00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:31,695 AND UNION PACIFIC WANTS TO HELP 718 00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:34,664 THOSE INDUSTRIES GROW BY 719 00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:36,333 PROVIDING MASS VOLUME LOGISTICS 720 00:20:36,336 --> 00:20:37,634 THAT WE CAN OFFER THROUGH 721 00:20:37,637 --> 00:20:42,872 FREIGHT RAIL. 722 00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:43,607 SO AS ARIZONA GROWS UNION 723 00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:44,074 PACIFIC WILL BE HERE TO SUPPORT 724 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:45,375 THAT GROWTH. 725 00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:46,977 HOPEFULLY OUR PRESENCE HERE ALSO 726 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:47,911 MAKES ARIZONA AN ATTRACTIVE 727 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:49,079 PIECE FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES TO 728 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:50,847 LOCATE HERE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE 729 00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:51,381 OF THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE 730 00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:53,450 OFFERING. 731 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:54,851 ADDITIONALLY, JUST LOGISTICALLY 732 00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:56,286 SPEAKING, ARIZONA SITS IN A 733 00:20:56,289 --> 00:20:58,154 PRIME LOCATION FOR THE 734 00:20:58,157 --> 00:21:00,557 TRANSPORTATION OF OUR GOODS, YOU 735 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:01,791 KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 736 00:21:01,794 --> 00:21:04,294 ARIZONA SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE 737 00:21:04,297 --> 00:21:05,795 OF WHAT WE CALL OUR SUNSET 738 00:21:05,798 --> 00:21:07,397 SERVICE UNIT, WHICH CONNECTS LOS 739 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,566 ANGELES ALL THE WAY INTO TEXAS. 740 00:21:09,569 --> 00:21:11,067 AND SO MAINTAINING OUR PRESENCE, 741 00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:12,435 MAINTAINING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, 742 00:21:12,438 --> 00:21:14,504 USING OUR CAPITAL DOLLARS TO 743 00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:15,672 MAKE SURE THAT OUR 744 00:21:15,675 --> 00:21:16,906 INFRASTRUCTURE STAYS IN THE BEST 745 00:21:16,909 --> 00:21:18,642 SHAPE POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN 746 00:21:18,645 --> 00:21:21,311 CONTINUE THAT THOROUGHFARE 747 00:21:21,314 --> 00:21:22,312 THROUGH THE STATE, THAT'S OF 748 00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:22,646 HUGE IMPORTANCE FOR UNION 749 00:21:22,649 --> 00:21:24,147 PACIFIC. 750 00:21:24,150 --> 00:21:25,915 >> SO WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF RAIL? 751 00:21:25,918 --> 00:21:27,851 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES? 752 00:21:27,854 --> 00:21:29,185 FOR MORE ON THAT I'M JOINED BY 753 00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:31,288 ERIC ANDERSON THE TRANSPORTATION 754 00:21:31,291 --> 00:21:33,123 DIRECTOR FOR THE MARICOPA 755 00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:36,660 ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS. 756 00:21:36,663 --> 00:21:39,229 HE JOINS US VIA OUR SISTER 757 00:21:39,232 --> 00:21:41,131 STATION IN PHOENIX, KAAT. 758 00:21:41,134 --> 00:21:41,464 ERIC, THANKS FOR JOINING US 759 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:42,732 TODAY. 760 00:21:42,735 --> 00:21:44,234 >> THANK YOU, GLAD TO BE HERE. 761 00:21:44,237 --> 00:21:45,502 >> ERIC, LET'S TALK ABOUT RAIL 762 00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:48,505 INDUSTRY IN ARIZONA. 763 00:21:48,508 --> 00:21:50,273 HOW SIGNIFICANT IS IT? 764 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:53,043 HAS IT GROEB OVER THE YEARS? 765 00:21:53,046 --> 00:21:54,444 >> IT HAS GROWN, AS THE 766 00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:54,978 STATEWIDE ECONOMY HAS -- 767 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:57,180 CONTINUES TO GROW. 768 00:21:57,183 --> 00:22:00,617 BOTH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS USING 769 00:22:00,620 --> 00:22:00,884 RAIL HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW, 770 00:22:00,887 --> 00:22:06,356 TOO. 771 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:07,691 ESPECIALLY ON THE FREIGHT SIDE. 772 00:22:07,694 --> 00:22:09,626 THROUGHOUT ARIZONA. 773 00:22:09,629 --> 00:22:11,227 THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINS GOING 774 00:22:11,230 --> 00:22:13,096 THROUGH FLAGSTAFF. 775 00:22:13,099 --> 00:22:14,197 AT ONE POINT PRIOR TO THE 776 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,533 RECESSION THERE WERE ALMOST 140 777 00:22:16,536 --> 00:22:20,003 TRAINS A DAY GOING THROUGH THE 778 00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:20,937 FLAGSTAFF AREA ON THE NSF LINE 779 00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:25,275 UP THERE. 780 00:22:25,278 --> 00:22:27,243 THEN THE EUN PACIFIC MAIN LINE 781 00:22:27,246 --> 00:22:28,812 WHICH GOES THROUGH TUCSON HAS 782 00:22:28,815 --> 00:22:30,380 ABOUT 60 TRAINS A DAY. 783 00:22:30,383 --> 00:22:32,449 A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE STATE. 784 00:22:32,452 --> 00:22:34,851 WHAT HE IS THE PROJECTION OR 785 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:36,252 HOPE WHEN IT COMES TO PASSENGER 786 00:22:36,255 --> 00:22:37,954 COMMUTER RAIL. 787 00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:39,889 OBVIOUSLY IN PHOENIX WE HAVE 26 788 00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:42,659 MILES OF LATE RAIL NOW. 789 00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:43,360 TUCSON HAS A MODERN STREET CAR 790 00:22:43,363 --> 00:22:46,563 RUN INTO DOWNTOWN. 791 00:22:46,566 --> 00:22:49,232 HERE IN THE PHOENIX AREA, 792 00:22:49,235 --> 00:22:49,666 RIDERSHIP HAS EXCEEDED ALL 793 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:50,900 EXPECTATIONS. 794 00:22:50,903 --> 00:22:52,302 I THINK IT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT 795 00:22:52,305 --> 00:22:56,039 PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE 796 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:59,676 ROLE OF WHAT WE CALL FIXED 797 00:22:59,679 --> 00:23:00,009 GUIDEWAY TRANSIT LIKE LIGHT RAIL 798 00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:01,911 TRANSIT. 799 00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:04,280 OUR PLANS ARE TO CONTINUE TO 800 00:23:04,283 --> 00:23:06,816 EXPAND THAT IN THE METRO AREA 801 00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:08,718 BOTH TO THE NORTH, THE NORTHWEST 802 00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:09,018 AND THE WEST PART OF THE VALLEY 803 00:23:09,021 --> 00:23:11,588 HERE. 804 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:13,456 SO VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. 805 00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:16,626 AND THEN WE'VE DONE A LOT OF 806 00:23:16,629 --> 00:23:20,363 PLANNING FOR PASSENGER RAIL ON 807 00:23:20,366 --> 00:23:22,532 THE RAIL LINES, COMMUTER RAIL, 808 00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:24,033 CUSTOM WOULD COMPLIMENT, 809 00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:25,702 HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT IN THE 810 00:23:25,705 --> 00:23:26,870 FUTURE WE WILL HAVE GOOD 811 00:23:26,873 --> 00:23:28,705 PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN TUCSON 812 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:30,607 AND PHOENIX, TOO. 813 00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:32,675 SO COMMUTER RAIL IS SOMETHING 814 00:23:32,678 --> 00:23:35,245 THAT, IT MAY BE TEN-PLUS YEARS 815 00:23:35,248 --> 00:23:36,713 OFF INTO THE HORIZON HERE IN THE 816 00:23:36,716 --> 00:23:40,383 METRO AREA, BUT WE ALSO THINK 817 00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:41,151 THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT 818 00:23:41,154 --> 00:23:43,920 PART OF OUR TRANSPORTATION 819 00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:44,254 SYSTEM MOVING FORWARD IN THE 820 00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:44,888 FUTURE. 821 00:23:44,891 --> 00:23:45,522 >> YOU TAKE CARS OFF THE 822 00:23:45,525 --> 00:23:46,756 INTERSTATES AND OFF THE 823 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:48,324 HIGHWAYS, YOU PUT THEM ON RAIL 824 00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:49,759 AND THAT JUST MAKES THINGS A 825 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:50,560 LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR PEOPLE. 826 00:23:50,563 --> 00:23:53,129 >> IT CERTAINLY DOES. 827 00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:54,164 WE SAW THE EVIDENCE OF THAT WHEN 828 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:57,233 WE HAD SOME MAJOR EVENTS HERE, 829 00:23:57,236 --> 00:23:59,869 THE FINAL FOUR AND SUPER BOWL. 830 00:23:59,872 --> 00:24:01,538 DURING THE SUPER BOWL WEEKEND, 831 00:24:01,541 --> 00:24:03,506 LIGHT RAIL CARRIED 125,000 832 00:24:03,509 --> 00:24:05,208 PERSONS IN ONE DAY. 833 00:24:05,211 --> 00:24:07,877 AND THERE IS JUST NO WAY YOU CAN 834 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,212 MOVE THAT MASSIVE NUMBER OF 835 00:24:09,215 --> 00:24:10,814 PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE 836 00:24:10,817 --> 00:24:11,147 DOWNTOWN PHOENIX AREA AS AN 837 00:24:11,150 --> 00:24:15,251 EXAMPLE. 838 00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:16,519 SO AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UP, 839 00:24:16,522 --> 00:24:18,922 OUR HIGHWAY CAPACITY CAN'T 840 00:24:18,925 --> 00:24:20,523 CONTINUE TO EXPAND. 841 00:24:20,526 --> 00:24:20,924 IT WOULD CREATE UNSAFE 842 00:24:20,927 --> 00:24:22,325 CONDITIONS. 843 00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:22,625 YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP ADDING 844 00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,561 LANES. 845 00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:27,797 SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT 846 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,899 THE NEXT OPTION, CUSTOM IS HIGH 847 00:24:29,902 --> 00:24:33,403 CAPACITY TRANSIT, EITHER HEAVY 848 00:24:33,406 --> 00:24:36,940 RAIL USING THE UNION PACIFIC AND 849 00:24:36,943 --> 00:24:39,375 THE NSF LINES OR LIGHT RAIL, 850 00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:41,578 WHICH IN THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY 851 00:24:41,581 --> 00:24:43,780 IN THE STREET. 852 00:24:43,783 --> 00:24:46,149 BOTH THOSE MODES HAVE A LOT OF 853 00:24:46,152 --> 00:24:46,483 CAPACITY TO CARRY A LOT OF 854 00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:48,351 PEOPLE. 855 00:24:48,354 --> 00:24:49,319 AND THAT REALLY DOES RELIEVE 856 00:24:49,322 --> 00:24:51,554 SOME OF THE -- SOME OF THE 857 00:24:51,557 --> 00:24:51,888 PROBLEMS WE HAVE ON THE FREEWAY 858 00:24:51,891 --> 00:24:54,157 SYSTEM. 859 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,059 HERE IN METRO PHOENIX WE ARE 860 00:24:56,062 --> 00:24:57,794 ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE CONGESTION. 861 00:24:57,797 --> 00:24:59,662 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE 862 00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:00,230 WANTING TO GO TO THE SAME PLACE 863 00:25:00,233 --> 00:25:02,665 AT THE SAME TIME. 864 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:03,066 SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE 865 00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:05,635 CONGESTION. 866 00:25:05,638 --> 00:25:07,537 BUT THE RAIL ALTERNATIVE DOES 867 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:09,873 PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH OPTIONS. 868 00:25:09,876 --> 00:25:12,175 AND SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF 869 00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:13,943 TRAFFIC, ENJOY A NICE RIDE ON 870 00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:14,344 THE TRAIN AND GET TO WHERE THEY 871 00:25:14,347 --> 00:25:16,179 WANT TO GO. 872 00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:19,782 >> DOES ARIZONA HAVE THE 873 00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:20,817 INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ECONOMY, 874 00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:23,152 EVEN THE LEADERSHIP TO SUSTAIN 875 00:25:23,155 --> 00:25:23,720 PLANS FOR GROWTH WHEN IT COMES 876 00:25:23,723 --> 00:25:24,420 TO RAIL. 877 00:25:24,423 --> 00:25:26,389 >> FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION ON 878 00:25:26,392 --> 00:25:29,659 RAIL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 879 00:25:29,662 --> 00:25:32,262 THE MINDS HERE IN ARIZONA ARE 880 00:25:32,265 --> 00:25:33,530 EXTENSIVE USERS OF THE FREIGHT 881 00:25:33,533 --> 00:25:34,797 RAIL SYSTEM. 882 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,234 AND SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO 883 00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:40,503 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HEALTHY 884 00:25:40,506 --> 00:25:43,273 INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT REGARD. 885 00:25:43,276 --> 00:25:44,541 BUT AS IN THE CASE IN MANY AREAS 886 00:25:44,544 --> 00:25:46,609 IN TRANSPORTATION, FUNDING 887 00:25:46,612 --> 00:25:49,145 CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE. 888 00:25:49,148 --> 00:25:51,114 WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO 889 00:25:51,117 --> 00:25:52,749 PRIORITIZE PROJECTS, MATCH THEM 890 00:25:52,752 --> 00:25:56,019 UP WITH AVAILABLE FUNDING. 891 00:25:56,022 --> 00:25:57,887 AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THE 892 00:25:57,890 --> 00:25:59,355 RAIL PROJECTS ARE A LITTLE 893 00:25:59,358 --> 00:25:59,756 BIT -- GO DOWN THAT LIST A 894 00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:02,926 LITTLE BIT. 895 00:26:02,929 --> 00:26:03,259 SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR 896 00:26:03,262 --> 00:26:07,163 FUNDING. 897 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:09,399 ESPECIALLY THE PHOENIX/TUCSON 898 00:26:09,402 --> 00:26:10,667 PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT IN 899 00:26:10,670 --> 00:26:11,768 PARTICULAR WILL REQUIRE A 900 00:26:11,771 --> 00:26:14,771 SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BY THE 901 00:26:14,774 --> 00:26:15,104 STATE TO GET THAT OFF THE 902 00:26:15,107 --> 00:26:16,839 GROUND. 903 00:26:16,842 --> 00:26:19,709 >> ASIDE FROM FUNDING BEING ONE 904 00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:20,677 OF THE CHALLENGES, DOES 905 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,312 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS AS WELL 906 00:26:22,315 --> 00:26:23,746 PLAY A ROLE IN THIS? 907 00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:25,348 >> CERTAINLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL 908 00:26:25,351 --> 00:26:26,950 KPOEN RENTS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, 909 00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:29,218 ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE LOOKING AT 910 00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:31,054 NEW RAIL CORRIDORS. 911 00:26:31,057 --> 00:26:32,288 ON THE COMMUTER RAIL SIDE IT'S 912 00:26:32,291 --> 00:26:36,359 ANTICIPATED THAT THE COMMUTER 913 00:26:36,362 --> 00:26:37,694 RAIL OPERATIONS WILL HOPEFULLY 914 00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:41,164 OPERATE IN THE SAME RAILROAD 915 00:26:41,167 --> 00:26:42,765 CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 916 00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:44,467 LIGHT RAIL IS -- IN THIS REGION 917 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:45,335 IS RUNNING IN THE STREETS FOR 918 00:26:45,338 --> 00:26:47,170 THE MOST PART. 919 00:26:47,173 --> 00:26:50,373 AND SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 920 00:26:50,376 --> 00:26:51,574 ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS 921 00:26:51,577 --> 00:26:52,809 SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE YOU ARE 922 00:26:52,812 --> 00:26:53,843 ALREADY HAVING KIND OF A 923 00:26:53,846 --> 00:26:54,177 DISTURBED ENVIRONMENT IN THAT 924 00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:55,445 REGARD. 925 00:26:55,448 --> 00:26:57,113 >> WE OFTEN HEAR IN A THE RAIL 926 00:26:57,116 --> 00:26:57,380 INDUSTRY IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO 927 00:26:57,383 --> 00:26:59,015 BE. 928 00:26:59,018 --> 00:27:00,984 BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS, IT'S 929 00:27:00,987 --> 00:27:01,384 JUST CHANGING, IT'S TAKING ON A 930 00:27:01,387 --> 00:27:03,019 NEW FORM. 931 00:27:03,022 --> 00:27:05,254 >> I THINK THAT'S TRUE. 932 00:27:05,257 --> 00:27:09,025 I THINK THAT THE RAIL INDUSTRY 933 00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:09,459 CONTINUES TO ADVANCE WITH BETTER 934 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:11,060 TECHNOLOGIES. 935 00:27:11,063 --> 00:27:12,996 ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING 936 00:27:12,999 --> 00:27:15,298 FORWARD TO IS POSITIVE TRAIN 937 00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:18,901 CONTROL, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL 938 00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:21,337 PROVIDE EXTRA LEVEL OF SAFETY 939 00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:22,505 FOR -- FOR THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY 940 00:27:22,508 --> 00:27:24,741 IN ARIZONA. 941 00:27:24,744 --> 00:27:28,177 ACTUALLY A NATIONAL -- A 942 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:30,279 NATIONWIDE OBJECTIVE. 943 00:27:30,282 --> 00:27:33,182 BUT ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE INTO 944 00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:34,550 THE MORE PASSENGER RAIL 945 00:27:34,553 --> 00:27:35,518 ACTIVITY, SAFETY IS GOING TO 946 00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:36,085 BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN 947 00:27:36,088 --> 00:27:37,320 THE FUTURE. 948 00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:40,356 >> AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 949 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,624 FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 950 00:27:41,627 --> 00:27:43,526 MEDIA I'M LORRAINE RIVERA.