The San Pedro Bay Ports (SPBP) complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California is one of the largest container port complexes in the world. This complex contributes significantly to both regional and national economies in California and the United States, respectively. However, the ongoing growth and economic benefits of the SPBP are threatened by negative externalities associated with port operations, particularly increasing congestion and air pollution. The objective of this paper is to explore a new approach to estimating vehicle emission impacts of freight corridor operations related to the port area, particularly those associated with heavy-duty diesel trucks. The paper combines a microscopic traffic simulation model to capture detailed vehicle trajectories (speeds and accelerations) and congestion effects, with an emission model and a spatial dispersion model to facilitate the estimation of the health and environmental justice impacts of freight corridor operations. Focus is on the I-710 freeway in the Alameda Corridor from the SPBP area up to downtown Los Angeles, California, some 20 mi north. Several scenarios were evaluated in addition to the 2005 base scenario: replacement of the current fleet of port heavy-duty diesel trucks with zero-emission vehicles, elimination of port heavy-duty diesel truck trips that would correspond to shifting more containers to other modes such as rail, and implementation of a truck-restricted lane, preventing trucks from using the leftmost lanes. The results show that fleet replacement with cleaner trucks yields the most emission reductions both quantitatively and spatially.


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    Title :

    Environmental Impacts of a Major Freight Corridor


    Subtitle :

    A Study of I-710 in California


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board




    Publication date :

    2009-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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