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MeTriS : Metropolitan Transportation Information System : applying space based technologies for freight congestion mitigation.
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2010-06-01
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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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