Research & Reports
The Big Rig: Poverty, Pollution and the Misclassification of Truck Drivers at America’s Ports
National Employment Law Project, Change to Win, Dr. David Bensman of Rutgers University
December 2010
Longer Hours, Lower Wages & Little Hope: A Snapshot of U.S. Port Truck Drivers’ Livelihoods Since Industry Lobbies Have Crippled Clean Truck Programs
Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports
October 2010
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Hearing: Assessing the Implementation and Impacts of the Clean Truck Programs at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Highways & Transit
May 2010
From Clean to Clunker: The Economics of Emissions Control
Sierra Club, BlueGreen Alliance, LAANE, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
April 2010
Clean Truck Program Fact Sheet and Cargo Move Analysis
Port of Los Angeles
Spring 2010
Hazardous to Our Health: the Human Impact of Port Truck Pollution on Truck Drivers and Residents in New York and New Jersey
Coalition for Healthy Ports
Winter, 2009
Port Trucking Down the Low Road: A Sad Story of Deregulation
Demos
July 2009
Economic Impact Analysis of the Port of Oakland’s Comprehensive Truck Management Program
Beacon Economics (commissioned by the Port of Oakland)
Apr. 2009
Taking A Toll: The high cost of health, environmental, and workers impacts of the Oakland Port Trucking System, Pacific Institute and East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy and Pacific Institute for the Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports
2009
Clean Truck Program Options Analysis
Boston Consulting Group (commissioned by the Port of Los Angeles)
March 2008
Foreclosure on Wheels: Long Beach’s Truck Program Puts Drivers at High Risk for Default
NAACP, League of United Latin American Citizens, Consumer Federation of California, Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters
August 2008
Driving on Fumes: Port Truck Drivers Face Elevated Health Risks from Diesel Pollution
Natural Resources Defense Council
December 2007
The Road to Shared Prosperity: The Regional Economic Benefits of the Ports’ Clean Trucks Programs
LAANE (commissioned by the Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports)
August 2007
Taking the Low Road How Independent Contracting at the Port of Oakland Endangers Public Health, Truck Drivers, & Economic Growth
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy with forward by Anthony Iton., MD., JD., MPH, Director & Health Officer, Alameda County Public Health Department
2007
Paying With Our Health The Real Cost of Freight Transport in California
A Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative Report by the Pacific Institute
2006
Clearing the Air Reducing Diesel Pollution in West Oakland
A West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project Report by the Pacific Institute
2003