Freight Planning Support System: Final Summary Report

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• Creators:
  Fallat, George ; Opie, Keir ; Curley, Joshua ; Rowinski, Jakub P. ; Liu, Rongfang
• Corporate Creators:
  New Jersey Institute of Technology. National Center for Transportation and Industrial Productivity ; New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  North New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight traffic
  • Transportation planning
  • Disasters
  • Intermodal transportation
  • Ports
  • Highways
  • Railroads
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Jersey
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the activities and the findings of the Freight Planning Support System (FPSS) project conducted for the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA). The underlying purpose of the project is to allow for better project planning and implementation to deal with the forecasted ballooning of freight movements into New Jersey's ports and on northern New Jersey's railways and highways. The FPSS project developed goods movement transportation indicators, data and performance measurements, and goods movement strategies that will support the NJTPA's performance-based planning process. It also recommends a framework of issues, studies and analyses to enhance the freight planning process and agenda for northern New Jersey. In addition, the FPSS project also examined the interruption in freight movement caused by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York City. The FPSS project also identified potential freight system impacts, system redundancies and appropriate strategies to respond to, or prevent system failure in the event of another major disaster affecting the movement of goods and people within the northern New Jersey region.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34078/dot_34078_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b6abeaeec231c58278d047eb405b414397bd093e154ad8b6998588d7340ca225ee9683b0937aeb1a18ed7accc980c4f0f94ac2ebd4b802f1319483b05d718b3f