Mitigating the Social and Environmental Impacts of Multimodal Freight Corridor Operations at Southern California Ports - PHASE II

The San Pedro Bay Ports (SPBP) of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California are one of the major container port complexes in the world: in 2004, for example, the SPBP processed over 36% of the U.S. container trade. However, the SPBP complex is also a major source of air pollution caused largely, on the land-side, by diesel locomotives and trucks that transport containers to and from the ports. The resulting annual health costs may exceed $2.5 billion. Low income and minority communities along the major Alameda corridor, a 20-mile railroad line that connects the SPBP to the transcontinental rail network east of downtown Los Angeles, are particular affected. This study will create a tool that will quantify links between SPBP freight traffic, air pollution, and the health of local communities. This tool will help evaluate the effectiveness of various alternatives (such as congestion pricing to decrease peak container traffic flows, biofuels for trucks and locomotives, or intermodal and route shifting of container traffic) in order to mitigate the environmental and health impacts of SPBP activities. Expected results include new insights into the spatial, socioeconomic, public health, and social justice consequences of alternative SPBP multimodal freight operations strategies.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $220790.00
• Contract Numbers:

  SA5882

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843
• Performing Organizations:

  University of California, Irvine

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

  University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)

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

  Saphores, Jean-Daniel

  Ritchie, Stephen

• Start Date: 20080801
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100331
• Source Data: RiP Project 27937

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Congestion pricing; Container terminals; Environmental impacts; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Port operations; Social factors; Traffic congestion
• Identifier Terms: Port of Long Beach; Port of Los Angeles
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01463765
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)
• Contract Numbers: SA5882
• Files: UTC, RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:29PM