Estimation of the full marginal costs of port related truck traffic

Joseph Berechman

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009, vol. 32, issue 4, 390-396

Abstract: NY region is expected to grow by additional 1 million people by 2020, which translates into roughly 70 million more tons of goods to be delivered annually. Due to lack of rail capacity, mainly trucks will haul this volume of freight, challenging an already much constrained highway network. What are the total costs associated with this additional traffic, in particular, congestion, safety and emission? Since a major source of this expected flow is the Port of New York-New Jersey, this paper focuses on the estimation of the full marginal costs of truck traffic resulting from the further expansion of the port's activities.

Keywords: Port; expansion; Societal; costs; Truck; traffic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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