Weighing the benefits

The port of Los Angeles has calculated the potential annualenvironmental benefits it can achieve from the 1.2m drayage trips itstractors make every year between the port and its nearby IntermodalContainer Transfer Facility.

The days of vehicle pollution – alleged to cause 1,200 premature deaths a year in Los Angeles – became numbered last month when city councillors approved the Clean Truck Program, a plan to slash by 80% emissions from terminal tractors.21.8 tonnes

– the amount of diesel particulate emissions eliminated

168.5 tonnes

– the amount of carbon monoxide emissions eliminated

427.7 tonnes

– the amount of localised NOx emissions eliminated

34,987.6 tonnes

– the amount of carbon dioxide emissions eliminated

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