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A Freight Plan for the NYMTC Region
5.0 Strategies of the Regional
Freight Plan
This section contains the NYMTC Regional Freight Plan’s recommendations. The recommendations
are summarized in Table 5.1, organized by project goals, and in Table 5.2,
organized by the regional deficiencies outlined in Section 2.3. Table 5.1 provides a complete
outline of each recommendation, including benefits, corridor impacts, responsible
agency, timeframe, next steps, and capital costs (where an estimate is available). Table 5.2
links each action to a specific deficiency or deficiencies in the regional freight network.
This section is organized as follows:
• Project goal to be achieved;
• Strategy to support that goal; and
• Actions (specific projects) to achieve the strategy.
Section 5.0 provides a framework for future actions. It completes the iterative process that
began with the description of the freight system, the formation of goals that help define a
healthy system, the development of performance criteria, the identification of possible
solutions, and an evaluation of the solutions. Finally with this material, it concludes with
the elaboration of a program that builds upon the previous steps in the process by identifying
follow-up activities and responsible organizations, as well as the timeframe within
which they are to be accomplished.
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