Tour-Based and Activity-Based Modeling of Clean Trucks at Southern California Ports

The San Pedro Bay Ports (SPBP) of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California represent one of the major container port complexes in the world, contributing very significantly to both Southern California and national economies. However, projected SPBP growth and the associated economic benefits are threatened by negative externalities of port operations such as increasing traffic congestion, air pollution, and adverse health impacts in the local community. Widespread concerns about these problems caused directly by freight movements have led to measures to mitigate traffic congestion and air quality in the SPBP area. However, forecast freight demand utilizing these strategies has largely been estimated by conventional four-step planning models, as used for passenger transportation. Such models cannot adequately capture the complex structure and behavior of freight movements, and advances in logistics and information technology. This research will explore and develop more behaviorally-oriented tour-based and activity-based models of SPBP drayage truck movements, using global positioning system (GPS) data. Expected results include new and improved insights into spatial and temporal operations of port trucks, contributions to the port-related component of urban freight modeling, as well as to the evaluation of traffic and environmental impacts of SPBP operating policies and air pollution mitigation strategies.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $97930.00
• Contract Numbers:

  7489

• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843

  Department of Transportation

  Research and Special Programs Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Performing Organizations:

  University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)

  University of California, Berkeley
  2614 Dwight Way, 2nd Floor
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1782

  University of California, Irvine

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  4000 Anteater Instruction and Research Building
  Irvine, CA  United States  92697
• Principal Investigators:

  Ritchie, Stephen

• Start Date: 20100801
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 27999

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Drayage; Environmental impacts; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Marine terminals; Port operations; Trucking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Activity based modeling
• Geographic Terms: San Pedro (Los Angeles, California)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01463721
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)
• Contract Numbers: 7489
• Files: UTC, RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:29PM