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Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Dept. of Economics & Geography Hofstra University Hempstead, NY

The Challenges of Freight Distribution in the New York Metropolitan Area: The Role of the Port Authority. Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Dept. of Economics & Geography Hofstra University Hempstead, NY http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/jean-paul_rodrigue/. Outline.

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Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Dept. of Economics & Geography Hofstra University Hempstead, NY

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  1. The Challenges of Freight Distribution in the New York Metropolitan Area: The Role of the Port Authority Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Dept. of Economics & Geography Hofstra University Hempstead, NY http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/jean-paul_rodrigue/

  2. Outline • Contemporary Changes in Global and Regional Freight Distribution • Freight Capital : New York / New Jersey • The Role of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

  3. Share of Global GDP Growth, 1995-2002

  4. U.S. Trade in Goods and Services - Balance of Payments, 1970-2004 (billions of $US)

  5. Containerized Cargo Flows along Major Trade Routes, 2000-2003 (in millions of TEUs)

  6. Increases in U.S. Commercial Freight Shipments andRelated Growth Factors, 1993–2002

  7. Changes in the Relative Importance of Logistical Functions in Distribution Systems

  8. Container Traffic at Major East Coast Ports, 1990-2003 (TEU) 11 1 12 9 8 3 2 4 6 10 7 5

  9. Freight Capital: New York / New Jersey • Freight capital • Population of 21.2 million (7.5% of the national population). • 2nd largest passengers and air freight gateway in the world. • 3rd largest container port in the US. • Largest public transit system in North America. • The gateway function • Large international terminals (port and airports). • Serves the Eastern Seaboard. • Local economy • Significant deindustrialization. • Service oriented. • High level of consumption.

  10. Challenges of Urban Freight Distribution • Modal dependence • Trucking (80%). • Infrastructure • Bottlenecks. • Terminal access. • Operational limitations • Trucks (access and size limitations). • Rail (freight vs. passengers). • Maritime (depth). • Intermodal integration • Independent and fragmented transport networks.

  11. Cargo Handled by the Port of New York, 1991-2003 (metric tons)

  12. Distribution of General Cargo Operations, Port of New York, 1959, 1987 and 2000

  13. Container Traffic Handled by the Port of New York, 1991-2003

  14. Truck Freight Corridors New York New Jersey TZB Connecticut 8.4 23.2 7.8 7.4 GWB Bronx 8.6 5.2 TBB TNB LT 5.7 WSB Manhattan LGA Long Island QMT HT Queens EWR BBT 4.2 1.9 GTB BYB 6.4 Brooklyn JFK VZB Staten Island 8.4 1.5 Major Crossing OCB 1,000 of Trucks per Day (2000) 4.8 2.0 About 70 million truck crossings per year

  15. Rail Freight Corridors and Port Facilities New York New Jersey Bronx Manhattan NJ Distribution Cluster Long Island Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Port Terminal Intermodal Terminal

  16. The Role of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey • Comprehensive Port Improvement Plan (2000) • Two groups of options. • 1) Improving productivity / throughput of existing terminals • Dredging. • Ship / rail efficiency. • 2) New terminals • New facilities. • Land reclamation. • Inland option • “Freight villages”. • Port regionalization.

  17. Channel Depth at Selected North American Ports, 1998 (in feet)

  18. Intermodal Facilities and Navigation Channels of the Port of New York, 2003 Albers Equal-Area Conic Projection East River 40 45 Hudson River 1- Port Newark 2- Port Elizabeth 3- Global Marine 43 Newark Bay Channel 40 Red Hook 40 1 3 Upper Bay Channel South Brooklyn 2 45 Brooklyn 45 Daily Truck Movements (one way), 2001 37 Kill Van Kull Channel Howland Hook New Jersey 45 37 Arthur Kill Channel The Narrows Staten Island Navigation Channel Ambrose Channel 45 45 30 Control Depth (feet) Main Ship Channel N Intermodal Terminal 37 Arthur Kill Channel 37 Container Port (proposed) Raritan Bay Channel Major Highway Proposed rail tunnel

  19. Port Inland Distribution Network Albany Syracuse Boston Hartford / Springfield Worcester / Framingham Davisville New Haven I95/New Jersey New York Reading Potential Regional Barge Port Philadelphia Hanover Inland Rail Terminal Wilmington Camden LO/LO Barge Service Inland Rail Route Baltimore Freight Cluster Washington

  20. Expressrail Lifts, 1991-2004

  21. Containers Handled by the Port of Albany – PIDN, April 2003, September 2004 (TEU)

  22. Potential Modal Split Changes Due to the PIDN

  23. Regionalization of Distribution • From freight clusters to “freight villages” • Freight cluster (A) • Agglomeration of unrelated distribution activities. • Cheap land and highway accessibility. • Duplication and redundancy. • “Freight village” (B) • Some level of functional integration. • Sharing of facilities and terminals. A DC B

  24. Conclusion: Challenges in Freight Distribution • Global changes • New geography of production. • Imbalanced trade flows. • Local pains • Congestion. • Stressed capacities. • Challenges for the “freight capital” and the Port Authority • Throughput and distribution. • Port regionalization. • Modal shift: readjustment of freight flows. • Efficiency in distribution derived from the inland (hinterland).

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