Development of a Freight System Conceptualization and Impact Assessment (Fre-SCANDIA) Framework
The freight system is a key component of California’s economy, but it is also a critical contributor to a number of externalities. Different public agencies, private sector stakeholders, and academia engaged in the development of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan (CSFAP). This plan put forward a number of improvement strategies/policies. However, the freight system is so complex and multifaceted, with a great number of stakeholders, and freight operational patterns, that evaluating or assessing the potential impacts of such strategies/policies is a difficult task. To shed some light, this project develops a freight system conceptualization and impact assessment framework of the freight movements in the State. In doing this, the framework assesses the impact of commodity flows from different freight industry sectors along supply chains within, originating at, or with a destination in the state of California. The conceptual framework analyzes the freight flows in supply chains, and the type of freight activity movements and modes. The framework uses a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Methodology. The framework could be extended to support multidimensional cost/benefit appraisals for both direct benefits (e.g., delays, costs, accidents, maintenance) and social benefits to non-users which include impacts on regional and national economies as well as environmental and health impacts. This report discusses the main components of the conceptual framework based on a comprehensive review of existing methodologies. The implementation is limited to the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) following the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tool for Reduction and Assessment of Chemicals and Other Environmental Impacts (TRACI). The report describes the results from the LCIA implementation for a number of case studies. Specifically, the work estimated the impacts of moving a ton of cargo over a mile for various industry categories and commodity types. These results show the relative difference across industries and commodities and could serve to identify freight efficiency improvement measures in the state of California.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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Corporate Authors:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA United States 95616University of California, Davis
Institute of Transportation Studies
Davis, CA United States 95616Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590California Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95843 -
Authors:
- Jaller, Miguel
- 0000-0003-4053-750X
- Harvey, John T
- 0000-0002-8924-6212
- Saremi, Sogol
- Ambrose, Hanjiro
- 0000-0002-6502-5191
- Butt, Ali
- Publication Date: 2018-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 171p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Freight handling; Freight traffic measurement; Freight transportation; Life cycle analysis; Supply chain management; Sustainable transportation
- Identifier Terms: California Air Resources Board; California Department of Transportation
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01684349
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: CA18-3090
- Files: CALTRANS, BTRIS, UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Oct 26 2018 10:36AM