Goods Movement and Port Security Conference Held in Long Beach -- California Institute Capitol Hill Bulletin -- Volume 10, Bulletin 20 -- July 11, 2003

The California Alliance for Advanced Transportation (CAATS), a non-profit public/private transportation partnership, held a conference on goods movement and port security in Long Beach on July 1-2, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency hotel that overlooks an expansive Port of Long Beach, part of the nation's largest port complex.

Distinguished panelists, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Huntington Beach), Secretary of Business Maria Contreras-Sweet from the California Transportation and Housing Agency, Mr. D. O. "Spike" Helmick, Commissioner California Highway Patrol, Mr. Richard Steinke, Executive Director of the Port of Long Beach, and Mr. Jon Haveman, Research Fellow with the Public Policy Institute of California, deliberated about range of solution and implementation options to deal with the state's goods movement and port security issues. One of the panels considered collaborative and legislative efforts that the transportation industry should undertake in the future. Conference concluded with a "Hazardous Materials Safety & Security Operational Test", with the intention to test and showcase the safety and security of various technologies and procedures, and identify the most cost-effective means for protecting different types of hazardous cargo from attacks by terrorists.

For more information, visit http://www.caats.org .

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