The Freight Village What it is What it does Feasibility in NYMTC region Howie Mann, Project Manager, NYMTC Presentation to December 15, 2010Talking Freight Webinar

Definition  DEFINITION OF A FREIGHT VILLAGE  DEFINITION OF A FREIGHT VILLAGE "A freight village is a defined area within which all activities relating to transport, logistics and the distribution of goods, both for national and international transit, are carried out by various operators”.

Typical Freight Village

NYMTC Region:  Demographics  Land Use  Transportation Things To Think About

Employment Trends 74% 31.54% 20.62%

Air Cargo Employment JFK Total Employees: 35,000 (1) 44% related to Air Cargo : 15,400 (2)

Trend In Manufacturing

Average Hourly Wage

Population Density

Warehouse/Distribution Land Use New York City: Industrial uses (warehouses and factories) occupy 6,101 acres or four percent of New York City’s total lot area (1) West of the Hudson River: New Jersey has more than 440 million square feet (10,100 acres) of warehousing and distribution space. (2) 45 Million sq. ft of W/DC near Exit 8A of NJ Turnpike. (2) 17 Million sq. ft of W/DC near Exit 10 of Interstate 295 (2) 24 Million sq. ft of W/DC in Eastern Pennsylvania (2)

Transportation Trans-Hudson River Truck Traffic 228,832 Trucks Per Day 50% Increase

Truck Trip Purposes

Commodity & Non- Commodity Truck VMT

NYMTC Regional Freight Plan Objectives  Reduce future truck volumes on some roadways  Improve traffic operations on some roadways  Increase rail mode share in the region  Improve environmental quality  Create a more efficient and cost-effective freight delivery system

Existing International Freight Villages   60+ Freight Villages (Intermodal Logistics Center (ILC) in US)   11 Countries Italy–Spain–Germany–Denmark–Portugal–Luxembourg–Greece–France– Hungary-Ukraine–USA

Features: Freight  Multimodal service  Warehousing  Distribution  Intermodal terminal  Customs  Freight forwarders

Features: Ancillary  Restaurants  Motel/hotel  Post office  Transit service  Banking services

Administration/Management  Public-private partnership  Private ownership/management

Benefits of Freight Villages  Create an efficient movement of freight  Accommodate the increase in freight volumes  Promote economic development  Reduce truck miles of travel  Community design/aesthetics

Design: metropolitan areas

Design: Suburban

European Experience

European Experience: Kiel, Germany, Japan

What Criteria Are Used to Determine the Location of A Distribution Facility?  Infrastructure  Labor costs  Proximity to customers  Community and site characteristics

Feasibility of Freight Villages in the NYMTC Region Study  The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of developing freight villages in the NYMTC region and to determine how or if they would address the objectives noted above.

Six Sites for Further Analysis

Six Sites Detail View-Long Island AERIAL VIEW OF LITRIM SITE AERIAL VIEW OF CALVERTON SITE

Six Sites Detail View-NYC AERIAL VIEW OF SUNSET PARK SITE

Six Sites Detail View-Westchester County

NYMTC Feasibility Study Scope  Task 1: Inventory of Planning Resources  Task 2: Freight Processes in the NYMTC Region  Task 3: How a typical freight village works  Task 4: Measure of Relevance  Task 5: Analyzing Freight Village Opportunities  Task 6: Benefits of a NYMTC Freight Village  Task 7: Public Outreach  Task 8: Draft Final Report  Task 9: Final Report

METHODOLOGY

SELECTION CRITERIA 33

NYMTC Goals Met by Different Types of Freight Facilities NYMTC Goals Congestion Mitigation Rational, Efficient Land Use Economic Development Community Integrated Freight Villages XXX Logistics Center Freight Villages XX(X) Freight Terminals (X) Intermodal Industrial Parks XX(X) Multimodal Industrial Parks (X)X Urban Distribution Centers X(X) Industrial Parks (X) X = likely would address (X) = potentially could address, or could address but to a lesser degree

CRITERIA AND SUB-CRITERIA WEIGHTS

Numerical scores for each criterion (1) QUANTITATIVE SITE ASSESSMENT

Numerical scores for each criterion (2) QUANTITATIVE SITE ASSESSMENT

Assessment To Date  Each of six sites has some degree of potential to be a freight village  More work needs to be done

NYMTC Feasibility Study  Accomplishments so far:  Task 1: Inventory of Planning Resources  Task 2: Freight Processes in the NYMTC Region  Task 3: How a typical freight village works  Task 4: Measure of Relevance  Task 5: Analyzing Freight Village Opportunities  Task 6: Benefits of a NYMTC Freight Village  Task 7: Public Outreach  Task 8: Draft Final Report  Task 9: Final Report Completed

Next Steps Assessment of Potential Impacts  Estimates of truck trip generation for alternative land uses / scenarios  Economic development in terms of job creation potential  Estimates of cost ( travel cost, congestion cost, accident and maintenance costs on selected routes, and logistics costs)  Regional freight goals such as shift to rail mode or waterborne mode

More Information Available At: freight_village.html

Thank You Howie Mann Associate Transportation Analyst Project Manager