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原文传递 Evaluation of the Terminal Gate Appointment System at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Ports.

题名：	Evaluation of the Terminal Gate Appointment System at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Ports.
作者：	Giuliano-G.; Hayden-S.; Dell'aquila-P.; O'Brien-T.
关键词：	Marine-terminals; Ports-Facilities; Intermodal-transportation-systems; Freight-transportation.;Traffic-control; Gates-; Vehicle-emissions; Traffic-congestion; Trucking-industry; International-trade; Shipping-; Evaluation-; Surveys-; Legislation-; Regulation-; Compliance-; Containers-.
摘要：	This report presents an evaluation of the terminal gate appointment system at the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports. The appointment system was implemented in 2002 in response to California Assembly Bill (AB) 2650, which sought to reduce vehicle emissions and highway congestion by reducing truck queuing at marine terminal gates and distributing truck traffic over a greater period of time throughout the day. The legislation permitted terminals to adopt either gate appointments or off-peak operating hours as a means of avoiding fines for truck queues. Results are based on extended interviews, field observations, a trucking company survey, and data provided by selected terminals. The report concludes that (1) use of the appointment system depends upon operating policies of individual terminals; (2) perceptions of the appointment system's effectiveness differ across user groups; (3) there is no evidence that the appointment system affected queuing at marine terminal gates; (4) while a majority of the terminals did implement an appointment system in response to the legislation, most did so in order to avoid paying the high labor costs associated with extending operations to off-peak hours; and (5) the future use of appointments will depend upon both legislative pressures and the need to better accommodate increased container throughout during off-peak hours.
报告类型：	科技报告