The rail system serving the San Pedro Bay Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles is essential to providing efficient transportation of cargo between the Ports and inland destinations. Rail service is both economically and environmentally beneficial. Bearing the responsibility to serve our country's growing demand for international cargo, these Ports are carefully planning the goods movement operations, systems and infrastructure necessary to successfully accommodate that demand. The landside transportation links are especially important since these road and rail access issues have the highest potential to cause impacts to the Ports and their communities. Container ships generate cargo to be delivered outside the Port boundaries. Rather than solely using a fleet of trucks, the movement of cargo by trains loaded at on-dock rail yards is an effective method of reducing the truck traffic. Every train that is loaded on-dock can eliminate 450 truck trips from the highway, and a single ship call can generate 5 trains worth of intermodal cargo. Full implementation of the concepts and recommendations documented in this Rail Master Planning Study, could result in 115 million TEU successfully moving out of the San Pedro Bay Ports by trains instead of trucks between now and 2020.
Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles Rail Master Planning Study
Ports Conference 2004 ; 2004 ; Houston, Texas, United States
Ports 2004 ; 1-11
13.05.2004
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