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A Freight Plan for the NYMTC Region
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... ES-1
Project Purpose, Goals, and Objectives ....................................................................... ES-1
Problem Statement ......................................................................................................... ES-2
Process.............................................................................................................................. ES-4
Recommendations .......................................................................................................... ES-5
Financing ......................................................................................................................... ES-12
Organization of Report .................................................................................................. ES-13
1.0 NYMTC’s Freight Plan: A Roadmap to a 21 st Century Freight System.............. 1-1
2.0 Freight Transportation in the NYMTC Region Today and in the Future........... 2-1
2.1 Existing and Forecast Conditions ........................................................................ 2-1
2.2 Challenges Identified during the Plan ................................................................ 2-7
2.3 Specific Conditions Identified through the Plan Effort .................................... 2-9
3.0 Potential Strategies and How They Were Evaluated.............................................. 3-1
4.0 Relationship among Performance Measures and Deficiencies
and Recommendations ................................................................................................. 4-1
5.0 Strategies of the Regional Freight Plan..................................................................... 5-1
5.1 Goal #1 – Improve the Transportation of Freight by Removing
Burdensome Government Regulations and Restrictions ................................. 5-8
5.2 Goal #2 – Improve the Physical Infrastructure of the Transportation System
for Freight-Related Transport between Shipping and Receiving Points........ 5-19
5.3 Goal #3 – Improve the Reliability and Overall Movement of Freight in the
Region by Encouraging Expedient and Multimodal Shipment of Freight .... 5-24
5.4 Goal #4 – Improve the Reliability and Overall Movement of Freight in the
Region by Expanding Alternatives for Trucks and Other Vehicles................ 5-36
6.0 Regional Transportation System Impacts................................................................. 6-1
6.1 Changes in Regional VMT and VHT................................................................... 6-1
6.2 System User and Societal Benefits ....................................................................... 6-9
6.3 Environmental Impacts ......................................................................................... 6-10
7.0 Financing......................................................................................................................... 7-1
7.1 Financial Needs ...................................................................................................... 7-1
7.2 Issues Relating to Finance..................................................................................... 7-2
7.3 Summary of Funding Sources .............................................................................. 7-4
7.4 Recommendations.................................................................................................. 7-8
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