Researchers present final reports on World Logistics Center settlement-funded studies

UCR researchers presented findings from the Health‑Based Truck Route Assessment for the Cities of Riverside and Moreno Valley, funded by settlement proceeds from the World Logistics Center litigation. The study modeled alternatives such as restricting truck access to routes (examples: Arlington Avenue or Victoria Avenue) in Riverside and designating additional truck routes (examples: Eucalyptus/Redlands Boulevard) in Moreno Valley. The presenters reported that certain scenarios—removing Victoria Avenue from truck access in Riverside and adding Redlands Boulevard as a truck route in Moreno Valley—generated benefits across mobility, emissions reductions and reductions in resident exposure; the Riverside scenario could reduce the number of residents subjected to high levels of exposure by about half according to the study’s metrics.