Study: Oakland port pollution drops

Benchmarking

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

The Port of Oakland said a study by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Berkeley found a 50 percent decline in diesel particulate matter emissions from drayage trucks and a 40 percent decline in nitrogen oxide emissions in the port area following implementation of the clean trucks component of the port’s comprehensive truck management program. The UC Berkeley study measured ambient conditions directly above 7th Street in a po...

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