CalChamber. “California Transportation Agency Calls for Projects to Upgrade Port Infrastructure.” Advocacy, 13 Oct. 2022, https://advocacy.calchamber.com/2022/10/13/california-transportation-agency-calls-for-projects-to-upgrade-port-infrastructure/.

 

This article took on a different lens of transportation; imported goods. The California State Transportation Agency recently issued a $1.2 billion dollar project for funding new and improved port and freight infrastructure. This new infrastructure would be more efficient and sustainable at moving goods. This will increase the capacity to move goods while also causing less damage to the environment. The ports in California account for a large portion of the movement of goods in and out of the country, and it’s important to upgrade and sustain these ports with the changing climate conditions. This new law is also encouraging others to work together to find new and innovative ways to better our transportation regarding the movement of goods, and many new projects are being funded by the state of California. 

I thought this article was interesting because you dont really hear much news about the ports in California, but they are just as important and need to be updated as well. I was surprised to learn what percent of the ports are distributed throughout our state, and that made me realize that this most likely increases the carbon output in our state. In order to keep up with the carbon output, we also need to be taking carbon out of the atmosphere, and upgrading our infrastructure along with it. I hope in the future our ports become more regulated, and the demand for goods outside of California becomes less so we can focus on buying locally, and reducing our carbon footprint.