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A Freight Plan for the NYMTC Region
2.3.2 Inadequate Access to Freight Handling Facilities
As shown in Figure 2.12, landside access is inadequate to many existing or potential major
freight generators in the region, such as JFK International Airport, Hunts Point Market,
the Brooklyn waterfront, and rail intermodal terminals. Figure 2.13 shows the limitations
on regional highway access to airports. For example, truck access to JFK depends on the
congested Van Wyck Expressway, since trucks are prohibited from the Belt Parkway and
must cross Brooklyn on local arterials.
Figure 2.12
East-of-Hudson Freight Transportation Infrastructure
JFK International Airport
Source: New York City Economic Development Corporation
and Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 2-12