FREIGHT PLANNING SUPPORT SYSTEM - FINAL SUMMARY REPORT

This report summarizes the activities and the findings of the Freight Planning Support System (FPSS) project conducted for the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA). The underlying purpose of the project is to allow for better project planning and implementation to deal with the forecasted ballooning of freight movements into New Jersey's ports and on northern New Jersey's railways and highways. The FPSS project developed goods movement transportation indicators, data and performance measurements, and goods movement strategies that will support the NJTPA's performance-based planning process. It also recommends a framework of issues, studies and analyses to enhance the freight planning process and agenda for northern New Jersey. In addition, the FPSS project also examined the interruption in freight movement caused by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York City. The FPSS project also identified potential freight system impacts, system redundancies and appropriate strategies to respond to, or prevent system failure in the event of another major disaster affecting the movement of goods and people within the northern New Jersey region.

• Record URL:
  http://transportation.njit.edu/NCTIP/final_report/FreightPlanning.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  323 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
  Newark, NJ  United States  07102

  North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

  One Newark Center, 17th Floor
  Newark, NJ  United States  07102

  Research and Special Programs Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fallat, G
  • Opie, K
  • Curley, J
  • Rowinski, J
  • Liu, Rongfang
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 137 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; Freight transportation; Highways; Planning; Ports; Railroads; Strategic planning; Terrorism
• Identifier Terms: North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00964850
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Report
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 2003 12:00AM