The I-278 Intermodal Corridor is the term used in this project to define the interconnected network of roadway and railfreight facilities that arc between the New Jersey-New York connection at the Goethals Bridge and the Queens-Bronx connection at the Triborough Bridge, including the existing and proposed rail-freight connections across New York Harbor between Bayonne, New Jersey and Southwest Brooklyn.
New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) subsidizes several franchise bus operators in Queens and Brooklyn. The franchise operators, which started operating in the first half of the Twentieth Century, have made few changes to their routes in the past several decades despite the changes in the neighborhoods that their routes serve; for example, new shopping areas developing, neighborhoods that gentrify or degenerate, exodus of industry.
The franchised bus lines that New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has been subsidizing have been in place for 50 years without major adjustments or changes despite shifts in travel patterns, the growth of new traffic generators, increases in fares and fare structures, and the growth of competing modes such as the dollar vans. Additionally, NYCDOT is dependent on the franchise companies for basic information about the franchise bus service, including ridership counts.
Freight transportation has recently been pushed to the forefront of transportation planning by the confluence of several significant trends. Economic globalization, electronic commerce and the Internet are profoundly changing the geographic realm and the features of economic markets. Just In Time production systems are stressing the importance of freight systems as conveyors of high priority goods.
Freight transportation has recently been pushed to the forefront of transportation planning by the confluence of several significant trends. Economic globalization, electronic commerce and the Internet are profoundly changing the geographic realm and the features of economic markets. Just In Time production systems are stressing the importance of freight systems as conveyors of high priority goods.
The competitiveness of the Port Authority of NY & NJ is dependent on intermodal freight movement through the port. This project provides an analysis of the efficiency of the Port's intermodal movements. The analysis will focus on the objective of keeping the cost of movement at a minimum while at the same time providing for maximum efficiency. The project is divided into three phases: I. crane performance (completed), II. infrastructure access and infrastructure access (near completion) and III. logistics operations of marine container terminal (the present proposal).
The competitiveness of the Port Authority of NY & NJ is dependent on intermodal freight movement through the port. This project provides an analysis of the efficiency of the Port's intermodal movements. The analysis will focus on the objective of keeping the cost of movement at a minimum while at the same time providing for maximum efficiency. The project is divided into three phases: I. crane performance (completed), II. infrastructure access and infrastructure access (near completion) and III. logistics operations of marine container terminal (the present proposal).
<p>The main objective of this project was to evaluate the impact of the New York State divisible-load permit system for heavy trucks in terms of benefits and costs to society. The costs result primarily from increased pavement damage; the benefits accrue to the trucking industry (primary economic benefits) and also to New York State's economy (secondary economic benefits).
<p>The main objective of this project was to evaluate the impact of New York State?s divisible-load permit system for heavy trucks in terms of benefits and costs to society. Under this system, New York State has allowed a fleet of approximately 12,800 power units to operate above the federal limits on gross vehicle weights and axle loads. The system has eleven permit categories corresponding to number of axles, weight limits, and statewide or downstate geographic area of operation.</p>
Weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems might soon replace the conventional techniques used to enforce
weight restrictions for large vehicles on highways. Currently WIM systems use a piezoelectric
polymer sensor that produces a voltage proportional to an applied pressure or load. Using this
phenomenon, these systems are already being tested for collecting traffic data, including weigh-inmotion,
measuring vehicle speeds, classifying vehicles by category and counting axles etc. The
