Logistics

San Bernardino County has unparalleled competitive advantages in logistics.  Its access to a market of 22 million within a 3-hour drive, proximity to the seaports of LA and Long Beach, three large airports with spare capacity, rail connections, available modern spaces, and lower costs make it a highly desirable choice for locating the southwestern regional or even the western regional distribution center for national companies, both large and small.  Please check out the following data files for more details.

General Information

Map of Southern California Logistics Corridors (PDF) -- shows key highways, railroad lines, airports, seaports.

The following data files compare the following markets:
Location Comparison (Microsoft Excel) -- This file shows population & household coverage by hours or days of driving, average warehouse/distribution rents for the largest sub-markets in the areas covered, and the overall industrial vacancy rates for the areas covered.

Drive Time Coverage Maps (Google Earth KMZ files) -- These files show how far a truck can reach for different amounts of drive time.  You can use the maps to estimate the total amount of driving based on your store locations and resupply frequency.
Note: these drive time analyses are based on low traffic conditions.  Traffic in certain urban areas can be very difficult during certain times of the day.  Here's a Google traffic status map at 9am, Tuesday, 4/21/09, for the Greater Los Angeles Metro Area.

Rail Roads

Locations of Transloaders in/near San Bernardino County -- These are the locations where you can load your non-containerized cargo (e.g., building materials) onto railcars.  This brochure details the names of service providers, their locations, the rail roads they serve (Union Pacific or BNSF), type of products, car spots, and warehouse capacity (if any).

Railroad yards in/near San Bernardino County -- This map shows the 20-mile radii of Union Pacific's and BNSF's main yards in City of Industry and City of San Bernardino, respectively.  Please call the railroads for a list of trucking companies that can bring your cargo to their yards.

Third-Party Logistics (3PL)

UPS Shipping Cost Analysis (Microsoft Excel) -- This file has the UPS shipping rates from the studied areas and includes a worksheet to help you estimate your total monthly shipping costs.  Just plug in your current shipping volume to the various Western U.S. markets, copy the rates from the shipping rate chart, and you can see the estimates.




Don't have Google Earth?  You can download and use it for free from Google.  Want more San Bernardino information for use in Google Earth?  Please check out our Google Earth data collection.

And when you are ready to explore further, please e-mail us at OpportunityCA@ED.SBCounty.gov and let us show you unparalleled service on top of our unparalleled advantages.

Updated: 4/21/09
San Bernardino County Economic Development Agency
215 North D St, Suite 202
San Bernardino, CA 92415
Tel: 909.387.4700
E-mail: ghuang@eda.sbcounty.gov