MeTriS : Metropolitan Transportation Information System : applying space based technologies for freight congestion mitigation.

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• Creators:
  Goodchild, Michael F. ; Noronha, Val
• Corporate Creators:
  National Consortium on Remote Sensing in Transportation for Infrastructure
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Port operations
  • Freight traffic
  • Port congestion
  • Decision support systems
  • Global Positioning System
  • Metropolitan areas
  • Real time information
  • Containers
  • Sensors
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DTOS59-07-H-0003
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Abstract:
  Port operations are at the heart of some of the most dynamic metropolitan centers in the ; world: London, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore and Hong Kong, to name a few. Ports are ; critical cogs in national and local economies, but their operations are associated with slow, ; heavy trucks and trains, congestion and pollution. The negative impacts on their ; surroundings hinder growth, jeopardizing sustainability of the economic benefits. ; The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are perfect examples of these forces at work. ; They receive more than 40% of U.S. containerized imports, and support 3 million jobs ; nationwide. They also account for 50% of emissions in the Los Angeles basin. A 3× growth ; forecast for imports over the next decades raises doubts about the ports’ capacity to ; accommodate further escalation in traffic. Expansion of port facilities requires tens of billions ; in infrastructure investment, and is opposed by neighborhood organizations that cite elevated ; cancer rates, noise, vibration, light pollution and traffic congestion. ; This project set out to address this problem set in the national supply chain. A vision of a ; Metropolitan Transportation Information System (METRIS) was proposed by members of ; this research consortium in 2004, in which real-time data on the transportation system ; would create live information products, and in conjunction with optimization models and ; decision support systems, would streamline transportation operations, also addressing ; environment and security. Funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) ; Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) supported an implementation of ; METRIS in the San Pedro ports of metropolitan Los Angeles. ; The Consortium was led by the University of California, Santa Barbara, with Digital ; Geographic Research Corporation, the University of Washington, the California Marine and ; Intermodal Transportation Systems Advisory Council (CALMITSAC), and consultants Patty ; Senecal and John Glanville. A Steering Committee, consisting of experts in port operations, ; highway operations, geographic information systems (GIS), and large scale tracking, assisted ; with strategic guidance. Private and public agencies signed up as cost-sharing partners.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24376/dot_24376_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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