Pilgrim Rail Yard Project Gets
Moving
The NY DOT says that the environmental impact statement
for a freight rail yard on part of the old Pilgrim State
Hospital site in western Suffolk County will begin this
summer.
Long-Awaited Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel Environmental Report
Released
The cross-harbor freight tunnel's draft EIS, prepared
during the past several years by the NYC Economic Development
Corp., rules out a new tunnel between Staten Island and
Brooklyn in favor of a Jersey City-Brooklyn Link.
Going Coastal?
In March, the Port Authority reduced rates on the Hudson
River container barge service it offers between the NY/NJ
port and Albany.
Regional Rail Freight, A-Z
The cross-harbor tunnel and Maspeth and Pilgrim rail
yards are essential facilities for coping with 21st Century
transportation and economic challenges, according to "Investing
in Mobility," a new report by Environmental Defense.
Rail Reactivation in Sight for Staten Island
On April 22, New York State and City officials announced
that reactivation of rail service to the Howland Hook
container port on Staten Island will be completed by
September 2005.
Truck Relief in Store for NYC Nabes?
Little has been heard lately out of the NYC DOT's study
of reorganizing the city's truck route system to reduce
community impacts
NY-NJ Freight Volume Grows, but not Port Footprint
Trade statistics for 2003 indicate that the Port of New
York and New Jersey, the largest on North America's East
Coast, saw a record 8 percent annual increase in container
volume from the previous year.
U.S. Rail System Shows Signs of Strain as Trade Surges
APL, Ltd. chief executive Ron Widdows was recently cited
in the Journal of Commerce saying "more than half
of the eastbound trains on the U.S. West Coast are more
than 24 hours late."
