L.A. Mayor Forms Advisory Committee for Sustainable Port Growth
Garcetti said at the July 12 event at North America’s largest container port that the committee will help advance his Sustainable City Plan, which sets a goal of increasing the percentage of goods-moving trips using zero-emissions technologies to at least 15% by 2025.
“The Port of Los Angeles is the beating heart of our economy — it should also be a model for how we can balance growth with environmental stewardship to build a sustainable future,” he said.
Garcetti spoke at the Pasha Stevedoring Green Omni Terminal, a $26 million project that is designed to incorporate various zero and near-zero emissions technologies. When completed, the Pasha terminal is supposed to generate all of its energy needs from renewable sources.
Two of the 10 advisers come from a trucking background. James Jack is executive director of the Coalition for Responsible Transportaion, a business group, and Jonathan Rosenthal is a portfolio manager for Saybrook Capital, which owns drayage carrier Total Transportation Services Inc., or TTSI.
The other eight members are associated with environmental groups, marine terminal operators, a longshoremen’s union and the neighborhood of San Pedro, the port’s home.
