Goods Movement and Ports

This page last reviewed August 08, 2011

Welcome to the "Goods Movement and Ports" joint webpage of the California Business, Transportation & Housing Agency (BTH) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). The goods movement industry is a vital component of California's economy. BTH and Cal/EPA have partnered to bring all stakeholders together to discuss and address the important issues regarding improving the movement of goods and reducing its environmental impacts in California. With the help of affected industries and other interested parties, policies and programs are being developed to reduce congestion and to address the environmental impacts resulting from the growth of movement of goods in California. Please consider joining one or more of the ARB's Goods Movement, Ports & Rail related e-lists.

• Goods Movement in California Policy Statement

This webpage provides access to documents presented at public meetings and shares information.  This webpage will be maintained to provide you with a single site to obtain information related to Goods Movement and Ports.

Goods Movement Action Plan

Final Goods Movement Action Plan (released January 11, 2007)

• Press Release
• Cover Letter to the California Transportation Commission
  

Press Contacts:
BTH: Michael Bowman, Deputy Secretary for Communications (916) 323-5416
Cal/EPA: Lindsay Van Landingham, Deputy Secretary Communications (916) 324-9670

Other Contacts - please see end of webpage

• Prior Documents
• Public Comments on Draft Plans
  

Public Meetings

• Public Meetings Archive

Air Resources Board

• Emission Reduction Plan for Ports and Goods Movement (approved April 20, 2006) - includes links to rulemaking and related ARB activities

Additional Material Web Links

• Proposition 1B: Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond of 2006
• Port of Los Angeles 
• Port of Long Beach
• San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan
• Tracer Dispersion Study of Shipping Emissions During the 1997 Southern California Ozone Study

List Serve

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Contacts

For more information about Goods Movement and Ports, please contact Gregg Albright, Deputy Secretary for Environmental Policy and Integration, Business, Transportation & Housing Agency at (916) 324-7502 or Cynthia Marvin, Assistant Division Chief, Air Resources Board at (916) 322-7236.