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Creators:
Goodchild, Michael F. ; Noronha, Val
Goodchild, Michael F. ; Noronha, Val Less -
Corporate Creators:
National Consortium on Remote Sensing in Transportation for Infrastructure
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Containers Decision Support Systems Freight Traffic Global Positioning System Metropolitan Areas Port Congestion Port Operations Real Time Information 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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Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection University Transportation Centers
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