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Truck Count and Assessment for Providence, Rhode Island Port Area

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As part of the Community-Port Collaboration element of EPA's National Ports Initiative, EPA Region 1 helped the Providence Port-Community Working Group identify ways to reduce the environmental impacts of the working port on employees and neighbors while supporting vital maritime commerce. To assess the degree to which trucks serving the Providence port area affect air quality, in 2020, EPA Region 1 engaged a contractor to conduct a Truck Count and Assessment for the Providence port area.

The purpose of Phase I was to develop a representative inventory of medium and heavy-duty freight trucks (Class 5-8) and their movements while serving businesses and other facilities in the Providence, Rhode Island industrial port area. Upon successful completion of Phase I, EPA exercised the option to conduct Phase II, the purpose of which was to conduct interviews of port businesses, fleets, and drivers to identify potential strategies to reduce air emissions from heavy duty trucks and their activity.