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A Freight Plan for the NYMTC Region<br />
Table 4.4<br />
Airport Analysis Summary Table<br />
Task 4 Task 5<br />
Performance Measures 1 Current/Anticipated Deficiencies 1 Possible Solutions/Alternatives<br />
Capacity:<br />
• Aircraft parking<br />
• Airfield capacity<br />
• Warehouse capacity<br />
Operations:<br />
• Availability/efficiency of Federal<br />
Inspection Services (FIS)<br />
• Tug distance to aircraft parking ramp<br />
Airport Access:<br />
• Number of alternative access truck<br />
routes<br />
• Connection time/distance to nearest<br />
limited-access highway or CBD<br />
• Average cost of dray operations<br />
Limited Capacity:<br />
• Heavy airfield congestion at JFK<br />
Airport, one of 15 major national<br />
airports cited by the FAA for<br />
significant delays; significant<br />
congestion also exists at<br />
LaGuardia<br />
• Aircraft parking and warehouse<br />
capacity are in high-demand, but<br />
not yet identified as significant<br />
capacity limitation<br />
Constrained Landside Access:<br />
• Constrained surface access to<br />
JFK currently is the most significant<br />
air <strong>freight</strong> deficiency<br />
• Heavily congested Van Wyck<br />
Expressway is the only major<br />
truck access route (Nassau<br />
Expressway also provides limited<br />
access)<br />
• No <strong>regional</strong> truck routes provide<br />
for goods delivery to LaGuardia<br />
Airport<br />
• Limited Hudson River capacity<br />
constrains truck traffic<br />
connecting <strong>New</strong>ark Liberty<br />
International Airport and<br />
Manhattan<br />
Infrastructure Improvements:<br />
• Investigate the construction of a new facility<br />
or upgrade existing arterials to create an<br />
east-west truck route from the South<br />
Brooklyn area to JFK<br />
• Improve key Hudson River crossings to<br />
facilitate access to <strong>New</strong>ark Liberty<br />
International Airport<br />
• Increase capacity or improve congestion<br />
management on the Van Wyck Expressway<br />
• Investigate development of a truck ferry<br />
service connecting Manhattan to JFK to<br />
provide an alternative access route for truck<br />
serving downtown locations<br />
Policy Improvements:<br />
• Permit trucks to use sections of parkways or<br />
other truck-excluded routes to access<br />
<strong>regional</strong> airports. For example:<br />
- Grand Central Parkway between the<br />
Triboro Bridge and the BQE<br />
• Permit small trucks and vans in HOV lanes<br />
Operating/Technology Improvements:<br />
• Develop a <strong>regional</strong> airport access <strong>plan</strong> that<br />
will be responsible for defining and<br />
addressing key airport access issues for each<br />
airport<br />
• Tailor land side access to complement the<br />
operating niche of local airport resources,<br />
including JFK, LaGuardia, Islip, <strong>New</strong>ark,<br />
and White Plains airports.<br />
• Improve operations of loading and<br />
unloading zones in Manhattan to facilitate<br />
efficient delivery of air dependent courier<br />
packages<br />
1 Performance Measures and Deficiencies identified here cover all aspects of the air transportation system. However, in keeping<br />
with the scope of the Regional Freight Plan, only the deficiencies related to groundside access were developed through subsequent<br />
project tasks.<br />
Note: The tables in this section are intended to show, in outline form, the evolution of project definitions over time, and their relationship<br />
to performance measures and deficiencies. The solutions listed represent an initial menu of actions, prior to evaluation. For<br />
current project definitions and detailed descriptions of benefits and impacts, turn to Section 5.0.<br />
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 4-6