Mobile Source Air Toxic (MSAT) Analysis Case Study: Gateway Connections Improvement Project in Buffalo, New York

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Case studies
  • Analysis
  • Air quality
  • Border crossings
  • Interstate highways
  • International travel
  • Traffic congestion
• Resource Type:
  Example
• Geographical Coverage:
  Buffalo (New York);Canada;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) identified that transportation improvements were needed to address concerns centered on the use of local streets by cross-border traffic as it enters and exits the existing U.S. Border Port of Entry/Peace Bridge Plaza (Plaza). The New York Gateway Connections Improvement Project was designed to help address the limited direct access between the Plaza and Interstate 190 (I-190). Existing direct access between those two roads was limited and required regional and international traffic to use the local street system. This limited direct access increased commercial traffic on the local streets, which were originally designed to meet only the needs of local traffic. The Gateway Connections Project was proposed to reduce the use of local streets by international traffic, including both automobiles and trucks, passing through the Plaza. The project was located in the West Side neighborhood of the city of Buffalo in Erie County, New York. Major roadways in the study area included the Niagara Thruway (I-190), Porter Avenue, Baird Drive, Busti Avenue, and the I-190 ramp connections to and from the Plaza.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53698/dot_53698_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.00 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2e8b80754ddb90d2d212d45726a6636de6c8644188a62f0e543d8adb505f7741de62fc00cbc548f23eee4a2de610bb2453d043aa986af4e970442345517bb4d1