Case Studies: Improving Environmental Performance and Economic Prosperity at Ports and in Near-Port Communities
The case studies linked to below cover a range of topics related to air quality and environmental improvement, economic prosperity, port-community engagement, land use and transportation planning, and assessment of air quality in near-port communities.
Emission Reduction Strategies
- New York-New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project Combines Infrastructure Improvements and Air Quality Benefits
- Case Study of the San Pedro Bay Ports' Clean Air Action Plan: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
- Drayage Truck Replacements Improve Air Quality in the Mid-Atlantic
- New York City Locomotive Repowers: Collaborative Efforts to Improve Air Quality
- Georgia Ports Authority Reduces Diesel Emissions, Improves Efficiency, and Saves Costs
- Missoula Railyard Reduces Costs and Idling Emissions
- Virginia Port Authority Hybrid Shuttle Carriers Reduce Costs and Air Emissions
- GCT Bayonne's Drayage Truck Appointment System
- Massport Air Emission Reduction Efforts and Community Enhancement Projects
- Port of Los Angeles: Off-road Heavy Duty Equipment and Infrastructure Enhancements
- Northwest Ports Achievements in Reducing Emissions and Improving Performance
Jobs and Benefits
Land Use and Transportation
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission: Diesel Retrofit Projects
- Galena Park: Air Pollution and Public Health Study
- San Francisco Bay Area: Advocating for Healthy Land Use Siting Practices
- Vuosaari Harbor: Land Use Planning
Port-Community Engagement
- Case Study: Developing a Community Action Roadmap to Engage in Port of Wilmington Expansion
- Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports: Clean Trucks Program
- Camden Waterfront South: Education and Retrofit Grant
- Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative: Diesel Pollution Reduction Strategies
- Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports: Air Quality Settlement Funding
- Baltimore Port Alliance: Proactive Community Engagement
- Port of Los Angeles: Shoreside Power
- Port of Bellingham: Bellingham Bay Demonstration Project
- Port of Portland: Swan Island Air Quality Project