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A Freight Plan for the NYMTC Region
fare collection technology, such as E-ZPass, which enables toll authorities to adjust fares
by time of day.
Responsible Organizations/Action Plans
1. PANYNJ and NYSTA – Continue efforts to collect data and analyze the impacts of
programs in place, including impacts on peak and off-peak traffic operations,
trucking companies, shippers, receivers, and toll revenue.
2. PANYNJ, NYSTA, and MTA – Investigate the potential for further refining existing
programs or developing new demonstration projects to shift peak demand to offpeak
periods.
3. NYSDOT – Complete “Off-Peak Delivery Study” to assess the economic benefits and
impacts on shippers, receivers, and carriers of shifting more deliveries to off-peak
periods.
• 5.2 Goal #2 – Improve the Physical Infrastructure of the
Transportation System for Freight-Related Transport
between Shipping and Receiving Points
This goal involves pursuing of strategies that seek to improve rail and marine connections
to key distribution points.
5.2.1 Strategy 2.A – Use Marine Connections to Enhance Access to Key
Distribution Points
Action 1 – Expand the Port Inland Distribution Network
Description
For several years, PANYNJ has been developing and refining a concept known as the Port
Inland Distribution Network (PIDN). The overall goal of the PIDN is to reduce the percentage
of container traffic that moves to and from the Port of New York and New Jersey
(PONYNJ) by truck, eliminating or delaying the need for highway improvements. At a
program level, the PIDN aims to establish rail and barge services between the PONYNJ
and a series of “dense trade clusters” generally located within a 75- to 400-mile radius.
Table 5.3 shows PIDN dense trade clusters served by PONYNJ, with freight volumes
measured in 20-foot equivalent units (TEU). Detailed data supporting the PIDN concept
was developed for the PANYNJ by Moffatt and Nichol Engineers.
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