The Caltrans Sustainable Freight Academy is a four-day in-person training for professional development for Caltrans staff to be held in the fall of 2024 in California’s Central Valley. It is designed to build capacity within department staff, allowing them to gain knowledge of current trends and issues affecting the movement of freight throughout the state.
Principal InvestigatorAnastasios Chassiakos, Ph.D.
California State University Long Beach
This work studies the optimization of scheduling of chassis and container movements at the operational level for individual trucking companies when Chassis Processing Facilities (CPFs) are available for use in the vicinity of a container port within a major metropolitan area.
In this project, CSULB will develop a series of case studies designed to evaluate the impacts of freight-related environmental policies. The team will then produce brief videos to accompany the case studies research, in order to reach a wider audience.
This project aims to understand how the sustainable transportation goals of California Senate Bill 375 impact the state's regional transportation workforce.
This project will produce a Talent Pipeline Blueprint report that identifies the necessary steps required to build cross-campus CSU talent pipelines that target the most in-demand trade and transportation occupations requiring specific degrees, certificates, and non-credit professional development.
The CSULB Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) will write a white paper on introducing GIS technology to high school students. CITT will then develop the introductory GIS workshop for high school students with a focus on sustainable transportation.
In partnership with the Southern California Regional Transit Training Consortium (SCRTTC, a consortium of Southern California-based community colleges and transit operators), CSULB expanded potenti