* California - State plan calls for massive overhaul of California’s trucking, freight systems
--- A massive transformation of the freight movement system involving everything from big-data connectivity to biofuels and electric trucks, is envisioned in a new California Sustainable Freight Action Plan released Tuesday... The draft plan, subject to a two-month comment period, calls for the deployment of more than 100,000 zero- and near-zero emissions trucks, locomotives, harbor craft, airport ground service vehicles and other freight-moving equipment throughout the state by 2030. Significant cuts in emissions from the freight segment by 2050 are another goal... The plan seeks to cut emissions by slashing use of petroleum-based fuels, improving safety and reducing the freight industry’s carbon footprint in California. It would rely on state powers to help improve industry efficiency and finance the large equipment and infrastructure costs adherence to the plan would impose on the industry... Heavy duty trucks, which contribute significantly to air quality issues in the state, would be a prime target for electrification and the use of natural gas engines and clean renewable fuels... The draft action plan is the fruit of a year of work involving multiple state agencies, private industry and groups representing environmental and labor interests... “The freight system in California is a system of systems, operating independently and not talking to each other,” said ARB spokesman Stanley Young. “This plan is an arena for improving communication” ...
(Photo: Los Angeles County crews reopened stretches of five roads in mountain communities about 40 miles north of Los Angeles) -- Sacramento, CAL, USA - Trucks.com, by JOHN O'DELL - May 3, 2016Labels: "Clean Trucks" Programs, green news, trucking industry news USA
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