Goods Movement, NJ Transportation Fact Book 2007, Publications, About NJDOT

Publication date: January 2007
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Goods Movement

Total freight tonnage 2003	621 million tons
Truck	466 million tons
Rail	42 million tons
International Water	112 million tons
Air	1 million tons

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey	84.7 million tons
	4.8 million TEUs*
	722,411 vehcile units
* Twenty-foot Equilalent Unit

South Jersey Port Corporation (2005)	3.5 million tons

24,605 direct/indirect jobs	$343 million business

Newark Liberty International Airport(2003)	964,323 tons

Goods distribution in New Jersey
Centrally located in the largest market in the world.
Within an eight-hour drive of 123 million people, 45 percent of the US population
More than 700 Million square feet of warehousing and distribution space
Estimated direct New Jersey freight employment: 501,000 full time jobs

Maritime Resources

NJDOT's Office of Maritime Resources (OMR) provides interagency support, program planning and policy recommendations on maritime issues to the Governor, Commissioner and Legislature. It also promotes coordination and cooperation with and among state, multi-state, federal and non-governmental agencies and provides public eduaction on maritime issues.

OMR serves as the primary advisory body and lead agency for support of New Jersey's $50 billion maritime industry which includes ports and terminals, cargo movement, boat manufacturing and sales, ferry operations, government services, maritime trades and maritime environmental resources.

The office supports technology research and development, investigates innovative dredged material management technologies to ensure a balance between development and protection of the ecosystem and advocates and plans for continued development and growth of New Jersey's marine transportation system.

Projects

Policy and Planning: Port Jersey Channel Deepening, NJ's Marine Trades Program federal initiatives such as the Water Resources Development Act, SAFETEA-LU, Coast Day, "All Hands On Deck" Harbor Education Program, NJDOT Freight Working Group, State Channel Dredging, Dredged Material Management, and the Harbor Operations Support System

Maritime Development: Commuter ferries, South Jersey Port Inland Distribution Network and related short sea shipping efforts, Bring a Buddy Boating Campaign, National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program, I BOAT NJ, Delaware River ports, Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor and harbor deepening.

Marine Biology: NJ Toxics Workplan, Harbor Estuary Program, Passaic River Restoration, Hudson-Raritan Restoration Program, Port Jersey Channel NJ Flats

Technology Development: Decontamination Technologies Demonstration Program, NJ Sediment Processing Facility, Dredged Material Beneficial Use Options

Freight Services
Freight Services and Freight Planning are responsible for a wide range of projects, programs, and activities designed to promote the safe, efficient and modally balanced movement of goods throughout the state.

Commercial Vehicles Information Systems and Networks

The objective is to set up an electronic data exchange to support commercial vehicle operations and to provice timely access to safety and health information about drivers, vehicles and carriers on inspections and accidents, end-to-end electronic credentialing and electronic data exchanges for automated, accurate roadside and fixed-site screening. The project team includes state, federal and regional public agencies and authorities.

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)

MCSAP is a federal grant program that provides financial assistance to states to reduce the number and severity of accidents and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles (CMV) through consistent, uniform and effective programs. The safety programs will increase the likelihood that safety defects, driver deficiency and unsafe motor carrier practices will be detected and corrected before they can contribute to accidents.

New Jersey State Rail Program

Preserving and improving those portions of the rail freight transportation network in New Jersey that support and promote economic development are an NJDOT priority. This program provides rail funding assistance to preserve the transportation infrastructure, rehabilitate or improve assistance and rail and intermodal facility construction.

609.530.8026

Freight Planning
Statewide Freight Plan
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) completed technical work on a Comprehensive Statewide Freight Plan in 2005. The plan examines all modes of freight movement as a complete system; highlighting issues trends, challenges and opportunities. Rather than focusing solely on capital needs, the plan suggests ways to improve the integration of freight within the NJDOT planning and project development process, and to improve coordination amongst other government organizations and private industry. The plan identifies strategies and critical projects that capitalize on freight as an economic engine and leverage it to support attainment of New Jersey's quality of life goals.

Liberty Corridor
The Liberty Corridor starts at the ports of Newark and Elizabeth in North Jersey and stretches down the New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) towards the port areas around Camden. The corridor is envisioned as a region where people can take ideas from inception through manufacturing and all the way to the global marketplace. SAFETEA-LU has earmarked over $100 million in seed money to fund the planning coordination, and construction of improvements associated with realizing the Liberty Corridor vision.

Portway Program
The Portway Program seeks to improve access to and between the Newark-Elizabeth Air/Seaport Complex, intermodal rail facilities, trucking and warehousing/transfer facilities and the regional surface transportation system. These facilities and their access routes are the front door to global and domestic commerce for New Jersey. The Program has two elements: Phase One Projects and the Portway Extensions Concept Development Study.

Phase One of Portway consists of eleven independent NJDOT projects designed to increase safety and support seamless connections by separating heavy truck traffic flows from other traffic flows. The projects are located in the counties of Union, Essex, Hudson and Bergen and the municipalities of Elizabeth, Newark, Bayonne, Jersey City, Kearny, Secaucus, North Bergen, Little Ferry and Ridgefield Park.

The Portway Extensions Concept Development Study identified container/goods movement issues beyond the original Phase One projects. It recommended infrastructure, operational, ITS improvements and developed a prioritized implementation plan.

Portway Program Goals

to increase safety and support seamless intermodal and roadway connections
to address current high levels of congestion and assist in meeting the growing furtre demands resulting from increased activity at port facilities, rail yards and distribution centers.
to promote economic development, create jobs, and improve the environment.
to improve access to brownfields sites and facilitate their re-use as value-added processing centers and other goods movement logistics purposes.

609.530.2852

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
225 Park Avenue South, 15th floor
New York, NY 10003
212.435.7000
973.961.6600

Chairman	Anthony R. Coscia
Executive Director	Kenneth J. Ringler

	Facilities
Aviation	John F. Kennedy International Airport Newark Liberty International Airport La Guardia Airport Teterboro Airport Downtown Manhattan Heliport
Port Commerce	Port Newark Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal Port Authority Auto Marine Terminal Brooklyn Piers Red Hook Container Terminal Howland Hook Marine Terminal
PATH	Journal Square Transportation Center Harrison Car Maintenance Facility Consolidated Maintenance Facility Running Repair Shop MacMillan Bloedel Facility 13 PATH Stations WTC Power Sub-Station Morton Street vent shaft

Facilities	Volume
Port Authority Bus Terminal	56,652,000 passengers 2,144,000 bus movements (2005)
George Washington Bridge	53,612,000 vehicles*
(G. W. B.) Bus Station	5,271,000 passengers, 313,000 bus movements (2005)
Lincoln Tunnel	21,794,000 vehicles*
Holland Tunnel	16,982,000 vehicles*
Staten Island Bridges
Goethals Bridge	14,037,000 vehicles*
Bayonne Bridge	3,849,000 vehicles*
Outerbridge Crossing	15,593,000 vehicles*

Employees	6,009 PANY/NJ 971 PATH
Total	6,980
* 2005 eastbound

Publication date: January 2007

Goods Movement

Total freight tonnage 2003

621 million tons

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

South Jersey Port Corporation (2005)

Newark Liberty International Airport(2003)

Goods distribution in New Jersey

Maritime Resources