New Jersey Statewide FREIGHT PLAN %FDFNCFS Table of CONTENTS Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Federal Highway Administration. New Jersey Statewide FREIGHT PLAN Page left blank intentionally. Table of CONTENTS Acknowledgements The New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Division of Multimodal Services thanks the many organizations and individuals for their time and contribution in making this document possible. New Jersey Department of Transportation Nicole Minutoli Paul Truban Genevieve Clifton Himanshu Patel Andrew Ludasi New Jersey Freight Advisory Committee Calvin Edghill, FHWA Keith Skilton, FHWA Anne Strauss-Wieder, NJTPA Jakub Rowinski, NJTPA Ted Dahlburg, DVRPC Mike Ruane, DVRPC Bill Schiavi, SJTPO David Heller, SJTPO Steve Brown, PANYNJ Victoria Farr, PANYNJ Stephanie Molden, PANYNJ Alan Kearns, NJ TRANSIT Steve Mazur, SJTA Rodney Oglesby, CSX Rick Crawford, Norfolk Southern Michael Fesen, Norfolk Southern Jocelyn Hill, Conrail Adam Baginski, Conrail Kelvin MacKavanagh, New Jersey Short Line Railroad Association Brian Hare, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation David Rosenberg, New York State Department of Transportation Consultant Team Jennifer Grenier, WSP Stephen Chiaramonte, WSP Alan Meyers, WSP Carlos Bastida, WSP Joseph Bryan, WSP Sebastian Guerrero, WSP Debbie Hartman, WSP Ruchi Shrivastava, WSP Reed Sibley, WSP Scudder Smith, WSP Scott Parker, Jacobs Engineering Jayne Yost, Jacobs Engineering Christopher Lamm, Cambridge Systematics Dejan Besenski, New Jersey Institute of Technology i New Jersey Statewide FREIGHT PLAN Page left blank intentionally. ii Table of CONTENTS Table of Contents 1 - Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 Plan Background .................................................................................................................................... 1 Federal Legislation ............................................................................................................................. 2 Freight and the New Jersey Economy ................................................................................................ 2 New Jersey Freight Advisory Committee ............................................................................................... 3 Current New Jersey Freight Initiatives and Agencies .............................................................................. 6 New Jersey State Agencies ................................................................................................................ 7 Regional Partners ................................................................................................................................ 8 Previous New Jersey Freight Plans and Studies ............................................................................... 13 NJDOT Freight Planning Initiatives .................................................................................................. 14 Regional Initiatives ............................................................................................................................ 14 2 - Goals & Objectives .............................................................................................................. 17 3 - Freight Activity, Industries, Trends ....................................................................................... 21 New Jersey’s Freight Flows .................................................................................................................. 21 Current Tonnage and Value by Direction ......................................................................................... 22 New Jersey Freight Trading Partners ............................................................................................... 23 Summary of Trade Types .................................................................................................................. 26 New Jersey Top Commodities ......................................................................................................... 27 Value Analysis ................................................................................................................................... 30 Modes Utilized for Key Commodities ............................................................................................... 32 International Modes .......................................................................................................................... 40 Modal and Commodity Forecasts to the Year 2045 ......................................................................... 46 New Jersey’s Industries and Freight Movement .................................................................................. 50 Supply Chains and Industry Clusters .................................................................................................... 55 Durable and Non-Durable Consumer Goods ................................................................................... 57 Construction Materials ...................................................................................................................... 71 Energy and Chemicals ...................................................................................................................... 74 Distribution Traffic ............................................................................................................................ 82 Waste ................................................................................................................................................ 85 Freight Activity and Industries - Summary ............................................................................................ 88 iii New Jersey Statewide FREIGHT PLAN 4 - Freight Network Performance .............................................................................................. 89 Highway ................................................................................................................................................ 89 Approved National Highway Freight Network (NHFN) .................................................................... 89 Proposed Additions to NHFN .......................................................................................................... 90 New Jersey Highway Freight Network (NJ Access Network) ........................................................... 90 Highway Performance ....................................................................................................................... 94 Oversize/Overweight Vehicles ........................................................................................................ 107 Truck Parking .................................................................................................................................. 110 Maritime ............................................................................................................................................. 115 Northern New Jersey ...................................................................................................................... 118 Southern New Jersey ...................................................................................................................... 123 Philadelphia Region Ports ............................................................................................................... 125 Rail ...................................................................................................................................................... 126 Existing Freight Rail Network and Context ..................................................................................... 126 Existing Operating Context ............................................................................................................ 130 Rail Performance: Obstacles to Efficient and Modern Freight Rail Service in New Jersey ............. 132 Existing Rail Constraints .................................................................................................................. 137 Project Descriptions by Group ........................................................................................................ 141 Air ....................................................................................................................................................... 146 Newark Liberty International Airport .............................................................................................. 146 Other New Jersey Airports ............................................................................................................. 150 5 - Innovative Technologies and Strategies ............................................................................ 151 Funding and Financing Program Trends ............................................................................................ 151 Emerging Trends ................................................................................................................................ 152 Connected and Automated/Autonomous Vehicles ........................................................................ 152 Truck Platoons ................................................................................................................................ 154 Intelligent