NEW YORK STATE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION PLAN BACKGROUND ANALYSIS (DELIVERABLE 1) JUNE 2015 PREPARED FOR: NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK STATE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION PLAN BACKGROUND ANALYSIS (DELIVERABLE 1) PREPARED FOR: NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................ III 1.0 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 COMMON GOALS AND THEMES................................................................................................... 2 2.1 | Goals Identification ........................................................................................................................ 2 2.2 | Theme Identification ...................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 | Gap Identification......................................................................................................................... 10 Gaps in Geographic Coverage......................................................................................................................................... 10 Gaps in Modal Coverage ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Gaps in Coordination ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Gaps in Funding Sources................................................................................................................................................. 12 3.0 SCOPE OF THE BACKGROUND ANALYSIS............................................................................... 13 3.1 | Resources Examined .................................................................................................................. 13 3.2 | Materials Classification................................................................................................................ 14 4.0 PLANS, PROGRAMS, STUDIES, & REPORTS............................................................................ 16 4.1 | NYSDOT Rail Plan ...................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 | I-87 Multimodal Corridor Study.................................................................................................... 22 4.3 | Port NYC ..................................................................................................................................... 25 4.4 | Niagara Frontier Urban Area Freight Transportation Study ........................................................ 27 4.5 | Transportation Strategies for Freight and Goods Movement in the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region ......................................................................................................................................... 32 4.6 | Binghamton Regional Freight Study............................................................................................ 37 4.7 | Elmira Urbanized Area Freight Movement Study........................................................................ 40 i 4.8 | NYMTC Regional Freight Plan Update 2015-2040 ..................................................................... 42 4.9 | G-MAP: A Comprehensive Goods Movement Action Program for the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Region .................................................................................................................... 48 4.10 | JFK Air Cargo Study ........................................................................................................... 52 4.11 | PANYNJ 2013 Annual Report: Focus Forward................................................................... 56 4.12 | Peace Bridge Facility .......................................................................................................... 59 4.13 | Port of Albany 2013 Annual Report..................................................................................... 61 4.14 | Buffalo Niagara International Trade Gateway Initiative StrateGic Plan .............................. 63 4.15 | NYS Thruway Authority 2013 Annual Report...................................................................... 67 4.16 | NITTEC ............................................................................................................................... 69 4.17 | Cross Harbor Freight Program Tier 1, Draft Environmental Impact Statement .................. 73 5.0 REDC PLAN SUMMARIES ............................................................................................................ 81 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................................ 85 BIBLIOGRAPHY......................................................................................................................................... 88 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF GOALS & OBJECTIVES IN FREIGHT-RELATED PLANS...................................................................... 5 TABLE 2: GOALS MATRIX .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 TABLE 3: NEW YORK AIRPORT RANKINGS BY CARGO WEIGHT, 2013 (FAA 2015) ............................................................... 11 TABLE 4: NEW YORK SEAPORT RANKINGS BY TONNAGE, 2013 (US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 2013)....................... 12 TABLE 5: CATEGORIZATION OF BACKGROUND MATERIALS.................................................................................................. 15 TABLE 6: NYS RAIL PLAN DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES ......................................................................................................... 18 TABLE 7: 2008 NYSDOT RAIL NEEDS SURVEY RESULTS (20-YEAR NEEDS 2009-2028)........................................................ 20 TABLE 8: ANNUAL TRUCK TRIPS BY TYPE, 2007...................................................................................................................... 44 TABLE 10: NYS THURWAY AUTHORITY PROJECTS.................................................................................................................. 68 TABLE 11: NITTEC VOLUME-OF-TRADE CONNECTIVITY .......................................................................................................... 70 TABLE 12: NITTEC INCIDENT RECORDS..................................................................................................................................... 71 TABLE 13: CROSS HARBOR FREIGHT RELATED BRIDGE CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................... 74 TABLE 14: FREIGHT-SUPPORT AND/OR FREIGHT-GENERATE PROJECTS 2014 ................................................................... 82 TABLE 15: FREIGHT-SUPPORT AND/OR FREIGHT-GENERATE PROJECTS 2013 ................................................................... 83 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1: REGIONS COVERED IN BACKGROUND ANALYSIS ................................................................................................. 11 FIGURE 2: G-MAP REGIONAL CORE FREIGHT NETWORK........................................................................................................ 49 ii May6,2015 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AADT Average Annual Daily Traffic AAR Association of American Railroads BMTS Binghamton Metropolitan Transportation Study BNIA Buffalo-Niagara International Airport BPRR Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad CFA Consolidated Funding Application CN Canadian National Railway CNYIP Central New York Inland Port CP Canadian Pacific Railway CPO Container Pooling Operation CSX CSX Corporation CVII Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Integration CVISN Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks D&H Delaware & Hudson Railway DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement ECTC Elmira-Chemung Transportation Council EIS Environmental Impact Statement EPA Environmental Protection Agency EWR Newark Liberty International FAF Freight Analysis Framework FAST Free and Secure Trade FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMT Federal Marine Terminals FTZ Foreign Trade Zone GBNRTC Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council GDP Gross Domestic Product GHG Greenhouse Gas GLSLS Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System GTC Genesee Transportation Council GWB George Washington Bridge HOST Horseheads Sand and Transloading Terminal HOV High-Occupancy Vehicle IDA Industrial Development Agency ITGO International Trade Gateway Initiative ITS/CVO Intelligent Transportation Systems for Commercial Vehicle Operations IIMS Integrated Incident Management System ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems JFK John. F. Kennedy International Airport LGA LaGuardia Airport MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act MSW Municipal Solid Waste MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority NFIA Niagara Falls International Airport iii NITTEC Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition NJDOT New Jersey Department of Transportation NJTPA North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority NS Norfolk Southern Railway NYA New York & Atlantic Railway NYC New York City NYCDOT New York City Department of Transportation NYCEDC New York City Economic