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EventsMETRANS Seminar at USC -- Mansour Rahimi, November 19, 2008, Noon to 1:30 pmDate: Nov 19, 2008 Title: Potential for Inland-Port Development in Los Angeles Basin Freight Transportation Dr. Rahimi made the presentation on November 19, 2009 at USC with a simultaneous live video conference at CSULB.Abstract: Inland-ports have been mentioned as key elements of logistic hubs for integration into a more efficient regional intermodal goods movement system. This presentation introduces several existing inland port developments in different US urban networks. We then identify and analyze site location methods for inland ports in five counties surrounding the Los Angeles County, and their potential for integration into a regional intermodal goods movement system served by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The analysis includes a single facility location model to define the location of a theoretical inland port to minimize the total truck-miles traveled. Then, we extended this model to a series of location-allocation models with up to six inland port locations included. A significant truck VMT reduction is achieved with this new concept, which follows the notion of a “satellite inland port” system. Congestion and air pollution could potentially be reduced in proportion to the VMT reductions. Implementation challenges and future research needs will be discussed. Bio: Mansour Rahimi is an Associate Professor at the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the University of Southern California. His research interests are the application of industrial ecology to transportation safety/health/environment, in particular assessing the environmental impacts of transportation supply networks using life cycle impact models. He is also interested in how changes in the future alternative transportation fuels improve system efficiency and reduces environmental impacts. Link: Rahimi PowerPoint |