Caltrans Sustainable Freight Academy
This project will involve the design and implement two four-day in-person Sustainable Freight Academies for Caltrans during calendar year 2021. These trainings will build upon a model used by Caltrans for its other Field Academies, including the Freight Academy, but with a curriculum focused on Caltrans’s role in implementing the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan (CSFAP) and California Freight Mobility Plan (CFMP). This includes preparing staff for the 2025 CFMP, with an emphasis on the role played by freight planning within system planning, including traffic management planning, identification of alternative routes, pavement design innovation, modal shift opportunities, and system resiliency.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $111154
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Contract Numbers:
Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 055
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590California Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95843 -
Managing Organizations:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesCalifornia State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA United States 90840 -
Project Managers:
Iacobucci, Lauren
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Performing Organizations:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesCalifornia State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA United States 90840 -
Principal Investigators:
O'Brien, Thomas
Reeb, Tyler
- Start Date: 20210301
- Expected Completion Date: 20220531
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data management; Disaster resilience; Freight transportation; Highway traffic control; Logistics; Mobility; Modal shift; Pavement design; Planning; Sustainable transportation; Training
- Identifier Terms: California Department of Transportation
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01762234
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
- Contract Numbers: Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 055
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jan 13 2021 12:45PM