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KLD is
leading a team of experts to provide a comprehensive look at the
operations of a major produce market:
The infrastructure needs to be updated to increase
efficiency of operations of trucks and trains, increase
productivity, and decrease transportation and handling costs,
and preserve the cold chain.
These updates would, in turn, reduce congestion within the
market that would result in reduced vehicle emissions.
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The
study draws on prior work, considers alternative modes for
transporting produce (water, greater use of rail), collects new
data, and simulates certain longitudinal pickup processes (truck
arrival to departure at a business, with detailed time studies
on each operational step).
The study also assesses technologies, considers
diesel emissions and CMAQ remedies, and quantifies the nature
and extent of the operational problems internal to the market. |
