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The study addresses household waste material collection by truck, which is picked up practically from peoples’ doorsteps. Historically, using the congested New York City’s roads and highways, the full truck content was dropped off at a designated site a distance from the city, for transport to a landfill. Motivated by congestion and pollution reduction, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) sought a containerized waterborne move as a part of disposing household waste material. The waterborne move starts at a Marine Transfer Station (MTS) that was built for both a truck drop-off and container loading. Four MTSs are being built in Queens (one completed), Brooklyn (two under construction) and Manhattan (one under construction). The marine highway operation when fully implemented reduces the number of truck miles driven, wear-and-tear on the road and trucks, fuel consumption, congestion, noise, and pollution. It also increases truck utilization and thereby pick-up frequency. The primary objective of the research was to develop a waterborne operation system and determine, using simulation, the amount of waterborne equipment needed to move residential waste out of the region efficiently, subject to: physical constraints, designs and other requirements, including performance guarantees. Equipment needs are the foundation for determining the project capital and operation costs. The acceptance of the bid for Queens and Manhattan granted the firm a 20-year contract with a 10-year extension option. The marine highway service between Queens and Global Container Terminal is operational since May 2015 with a number of barges and tugboats.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT045 Standing Committee on Intermodal Freight Transport.

18-01469

English

15p

2018

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables

Container handling; Intermodal transportation; Simulation; Trucks; Waste management; Water transportation

New York (New York)

Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-01469

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:22AM