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Dear Sir or Madam:

A major source of carbon emissions in Los Angeles is the multimodal
diesel traffic surrounding cargo handling at California's twin
ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach.  The current method of reducing
carbon footprint at the ports has been to make incremental
improvements while operations continue business-as-usual.  We can
do better.

Rather than small measures such as 'newer diesel trucks' and a
long-haul rail yard which is 'closer' (the proposed Southern
California International Gateway) but still requires the same
complicated multimodal steps to unload container traffic as before
(ship->crane->local cargo mover->storage yard->tractor-trailer
truck->rail yard->train) the technology and even a complete project
to move containers directly to electric rail exists.

I urge you to review the GRID project at:
http://gridlogisticsinc.com/

Implementation of GRID would represent a quantum leap in the
efficiency of cargo handling while radically reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, elimination of the need for expensive, unhealthy and
intrusive freeway expansion projects (read: 710 freeway widening
project) and create thousands of good jobs.  This would also free
up hundreds of acres of valuable portside real estate for other
more productive uses than container parking lots.

GRID meets or exceeds the goals and requirements of AB32, AB1532,
SB375 and SB535 while keeping California's largest ports well ahead
of competition from Mexico and U.S. East Coast facilities, thus
securing our place as "America's Port" well into the future.  It
also lays the foundation for future transit-oriented development
long this unutilized corridor.

This concept is as bold as it is ingenious, and would solidify
California as leader in green transportation technology.  In fact,
this would certainly become a model for cargo handling worldwide in
an industry that has changed little since the 1960s.

Thank you for taking your time to consider my comments.

Regards,
Jason Herring