Hunts Point Terminal Market: The Demand for Waterborne Transportation as a Part of the Outbound-Distribution System [Brief]

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• Creators:
  Yahalom, Shmuel ; Johansson, Eric ; Guan, Changqian ; Kamga, Camille
• Corporate Creators:
  MetroFreight (Volvo Center for Excellence) ; State University of New York Maritime College ; The City College of New York, CUNY
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cooperatives
  • Delivery vehicles
  • Engine idling
  • Food chain
  • Ground transportation
  • Supply chain management
  • Terminal operations
  • Traffic congestion
  • Warehouses
  • Hunts Point Terminal
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Project Number: 2.2c
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  New York Metropolitan Area ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  METRANS Transportation Center (Calif.)
• Abstract:
  New York City roads and highways leading to the City are congested, in part, due to trucks delivering food products. Some of the deliveries are to the Hunts Point Terminal Market (HPTM) located at the Hunts Point Peninsula. HPTM is the largest fresh food distribution center in the United States. It is the source of 60%1 of food distribution in the New York Metropolitan Area. These trucks increase traffic congestion, pollution, and wear and tear of the roads. In turn, this increases the cost of living in the City, commute time, medical problems and costs, and reduced productivity to name a few negative impacts.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68815/dot_68815_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 677.90 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf1145c1fd9b6bf476395a8b45c9eb82a17290c170dfca93ec69908d73937164e7f015814c2213771fe96cb2da2a9a30e7d41537bec7677ce759e0b296ada4c8