The California Sustainable Freight Action Plan Requires Consideration of Economic Competitiveness of the Freight Sector

Genevieve Giuliano

Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Abstract: The METRANS Transportation Center is working with California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, and the California Air Resources Board to implement the economic competitiveness provisions of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan (CSFAP). The CSFAP aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by establishing targets for freight efficiency and the transition to zero emission trucks by 2030. The CSFAP also calls for improving the economic competitiveness of the freight sector. It requires that an industry stakeholder group be convened to establish metrics and targets for economic competitiveness. This brief summarizes the research support that METRANS has been providing to this stakeholder group. The first phase of the work was to establish a framework for measuring economic competitiveness and establishing a 2030 target. METRANS has taken a deliberate approach in order to achieve consensus among the stakeholders and assure that the process would result in meaningful metrics. View the NCST Project Webpage

Keywords: Business; Data analysis; Economic analysis; Economic impacts; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Productivity; Supply chain management; Workshops (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-08-01
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