Why was the OffPeak program created?
• Container traffic at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports grew sharply between 2000 and 2004. By 2004, roads around the ports and marine terminals in the ports became severely congested. • Community and elected leaders demanded that the terminals in the ports begin operating night shifts for container pick-ups and drop-offs. • Elected officials were prepared to impose a solution that included a container fee on daytime port use collected by the state and the use of which would be decided in Sacramento. • The goods movement industry came together and proposed an industry-driven solution that provided a financial incentive to move cargo outside of peak hours and a funding mechanism for five new night shifts. • This solution became the OffPeak program, launched on July 23, 2005, and run by PierPASS Inc.
