IMPLEMENTING A STATEWIDE GOODS MOVEMENT STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF GOODS MOVEMENT IN CALIFORNIA

This project focused on creating structural and non-structural solutions to improving capacity utilization of Intermodal Corridors of Economic Significance (ICES) in the combined Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It also tested and validated Transportation System Performance Measurement for Commercial Goods Movement and International Trade as a method for monitoring and determining the cost-effectiveness of productivity improvement measures. The report examines good movement performance measures, mobility/accessibility indicators, reliability indicators, sustainabilty, and environmental quality. The principal findings of the study documented for the first time the temporal and spatial congestion of truck waiting and turnaround times at the fourteen terminals at the combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.