Mobility 21 to Host 10th Annual
Sacramento Legislative Reception
Please join the Mobility 21 Board of Directors and Advisory Board Members in honoring California’s transportation leaders at a reception in Sacramento.
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Citizen Hotel
926 J Street, Sacramento
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$3,000 Host Level
Includes complimentary attendance for 5 and logo on event marketing and signage
$1,500 Support Level
Includes complimentary attendance for 2 and logo on event marketing and signage
$750 Small Business Level
Includes complimentary attendance for 1 and logo on event marketing and signage
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$175 Private Sector
$75 Public Sector/Nonprofit
Elected Officials and Elected Staff complimentary
Mobility 21 Advisory Board Member Spotlight:
John Engstrom
Operations Manager – US West Region
Bechtel Infrastructure, California
John Engstrom is Bechtel Infrastructure’s Operations Manager for the US West Region, based in Los Angeles. He is responsible for the pursuit, development, and execution of transportation and civil projects in the region.
John has worked on transformative mobility projects in the United States and abroad. His first job with Bechtel was in Human Resources where he supported the staffing and mobilization for the once-in-a-lifetime effort to extinguish the Kuwait oil fires after the first Gulf War. Realizing that he wanted to be on the front lines of future megaprojects, he left Bechtel to earn his engineering degree. John rejoined the company in 1995 as a Field Engineer on the Boston Central Artery Tunnel, one of the largest and most complex projects in one of the oldest cities in the United States.
John then worked for two heavy civil contractors in the San Francisco Bay Area as a Project Manager and ultimately, the Chief Estimator for major bridge and water projects. John felt the pull of Bechtel and rejoined in 2007 immediately moving overseas with his wife and three children. He served as the Project Field Engineering Manager for the critical 250-mile motorway connecting Braşov and Borş in Romania; then, as the Construction Manager for the new Muscat International Airport in Oman, both design-build megaprojects. Upon his return to California, he served as Program Manager for Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority’s 10-mile BART extension into San Jose. This critical project opened in 2020, connecting residents, workers, and visitors to the greater BART network in the Bay Area. Most recently, John served as the Program Director for the Riverside County Transportation Commission, assisting the client on critical projects like the SR-60 widening and I-15 Express Lanes which address congestion and safety for the commuters in Riverside County.
As a second-generation Bechtel employee and third-generation civil engineer, John has enjoyed working all over the world, creating new opportunities for communities to connect and prosper through infrastructure investment.
John earned two bachelor’s degrees from Arizona State University, Civil Engineering and English, and holds a master’s degree in Construction Engineering and Management from Stanford University. He is a licensed Professional Civil Engineer in California and resides with his family in La Habra.
Mobility 21 Advisory Board Member Spotlight:
Zach Siviglia
President & CEO
Mark Thomas
Zach Siviglia, PE, QSD, is President & CEO of Mark Thomas, a transportation-focused multidisciplinary engineering firm with more than 500 employees in eleven offices throughout California. Mark Thomas primarily serves the transportation market, but also works with utility, water & wastewater, parks and recreation, and municipal clients to deliver infrastructure improvements. As President & CEO, Zach is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm, as well as overall firm profitability, project delivery, client service, and employee satisfaction. Since 2021, Zach has served as the Chairperson of Mark Thomas’ Board of Directors, overseeing the development and successful implementation of strategic growth plans.
In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Zach is also an active project manager. He works with clients throughout California to deliver strategic and complex improvements to transportation facilities. His key project experience includes the $360M I Street Bridge Replacement in Sacramento, $380M US-101 HOV & Rehabilitation Project in Santa Barbara County, and $386M Highway 1 Auxiliary Lanes Projects in Santa Cruz County.
Zach holds a BS in Civil Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer and certified Qualified SWPPP Developer.
International Transportation Service began construction on a $365 million terminal expansion project that creates 19 acres of new land to stack cargo containers at the Port of Long Beach. Photo courtesy of the Port of Long Beach.
Port of Long Beach Building for Competitive, Sustainable Future $3.2 Billion Capital Improvement Plan Maximizes Efficiency, Capacity
As a global leader in operational excellence, the Port of Long Beach is building for the future by investing $3.2 billion in capital improvements over the next 10 years to enhance capacity, competitiveness and sustainability.
The 2026 fiscal year budget for capital projects totals $405.4 million, or nearly half of the Port’s spending, to prepare for the growing demands of global trade. The Port’s infrastructure program aims to build the most modern facilities in North America by replacing aging infrastructure with new, environmentally sustainable marine terminals.
The Port’s largest project, the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, continues construction with plans to add six new locomotive tracks in 2026. When completed in 2032, the $1.8 billion facility will shift more cargo from trucks to trains, tripling the volume of on-dock rail capacity handled annually. The advanced rail hub will help speed cargo through the San Pedro Bay ports complex and integrate seamlessly with national railroad operators. Each on-dock train departing the Port eliminates about 750 truck trips worth of cargo, mitigating emissions and traffic on local roads and reducing the impact of port operations on surrounding communities.
In July, International Transportation Service at Pier G broke ground on a $365 million terminal expansion project at the Port that creates 19 acres of new land to stack cargo containers. The new land will be created by filling an unused slip with about 2.5 million cubic yards of reused sediment from the Port’s Main Channel in addition to dirt dredged from Newport Harbor at Newport Beach. Scheduled for completion in late 2028, the $365 million terminal expansion project also creates a single, continuous wharf, 3,400 feet long, allowing the terminal to simultaneously house two of the industry’s largest cargo vessels.
In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Port is planning a Channel Deepening Project to provide deeper, wider channels and allow the largest liquid bulk cargo and container ships to more easily access the harbor, speeding goods movement and improving the environment. Dredging is projected to start in 2028 on the project, which also deepens the Long Beach Approach Channel from 76 to 80 feet.
Environmental studies are also underway for Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble floating offshore wind turbines that would be towed by sea from the Port of Long Beach to lease areas in Central and Northern California. Along with strengthening U.S. energy independence and reliability, Pier Wind would create jobs, help the Port meet rising energy demands and add to the state’s portfolio of renewable energy.
The Port is also building up its digital infrastructure with a data solution known as the “Supply Chain Information Highway,” which offers the industry a flexible, safe source of data, giving operators the information they need, when they need it. Additional features are coming soon, including export and rail cargo visibility, the exchange of data between foreign ports and a universal truck appointment system that will allow trucking companies to make appointments through a single, cohesive system at the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles.
SCAG Awards $1.25 Billion to Improve Mobility and Air Quality for Communities Across Southern California
On Dec. 4., SCAG’s Regional Council awarded $1.25 billion in federal transportation funding to 132 transportation projects through the federal fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 Surface Transportation Block Grant and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality programs.
Project types awarded represent various modes of transportation, including transit and multimodal integration, transportation system management and goods movement, clean transportation, complete streets, system preservation, transportation demand management, and resilience of at-risk infrastructure. Additionally, funding was awarded to quickly implementable travel demand solutions to help the region prepare for the influx of visitors expected to the region during the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. These investments advance the goals of the Connect SoCal 2024 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy to improve mobility, reduce congestion, and enhance air quality.
The full list of awarded projects is available on the SCAG STBG/CMAQ website.
SCAG Awarded $1.6 Million in Grants for Traffic Safety Programs
SCAG has been awarded $1.6 million in grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The funding is for transportation safety improvements, including the expansion of a web-based transportation safety data and analytical tool that utilizes traffic safety data to analyze, model, and predict traffic safety performance and risks, as well as continued work on its regional traffic safety and community engagement program, Go Human. For more on the award, visit SCAG News.
241/91 Express Connector Project Granted Tolling Authority
The Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (F/ETCA), one of two joint power authorities under the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA), has received unanimous approval for tolling authority for the 241/91 Express Connector project by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) at the CTC’s December meeting held in Riverside.
As background, the Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 194 (Frazier), which delegates to the CTC the legislative responsibility to approve tolling of transportation facilities in California. Before 2016, tolling authority was typically granted only through legislation specifically authorizing an entity to implement a tolled facility.
The CTC approval of tolling authority allows TCA to collect and manage toll operations on the 241/91 Express Connector, a new, independently tolled median-to-median connection between the 241 Toll Road and 91 Express Lanes. It also ensures the project complies with the 2019 Term Sheet between project partners which requires development and operation in alignment with AB 194. By securing tolling authority under AB 194, TCA is able to reinvest toll revenue into improvements that benefit the broader transportation network beyond the current system and ensure 241/91 Express Connector tolling operations are maintained for a term consistent with the SR-91 Express Lanes.
While TCA has tolling authority for its existing facilities (State Routes (SR’s) 73, 133, 241, and 261), the application for supplemental tolling authority was submitted specifically for the 241/91 Express Connector project as the preferred tolling authority path for the Agency and partner agencies. This demonstrates TCA’s commitment to transparency and coordination with regional partners and public stakeholders.
“The approval of tolling authority by CTC is one more positive step forward as TCA continues to make significant progress on moving this critical project towards the construction phase,” said Trish Kelley, Chair of the F/ETCA and Mission Viejo City Councilmember. “The 241/91 Express Connector will deliver considerable benefits for everyone traveling this route to provide much-needed traffic relief through this heavily traveled corridor.”
“By offering drivers a new way to connect to State Route 91, the 241/91 Express Connector will improve regional mobility while reducing the time it takes to merge onto the 91 from the 241 Toll Road,” shared Ryan Chamberlain, Chief Executive Officer, TCA. “The 241/91 Express Connector is expected to reduce weaving and merging along the general-purpose lanes on the 91 Freeway. As a result of these improvements, drivers are likely to experience travel time savings on the SR 241 and SR 91, depending on direction, day, and time of travel.”