This project is intended to design and develop a
self-sustaining urban freight traffic management in the New York City
(NYC) area that integrates state of the art remote sensing technology
based on GPS enabled smart phones, cutting edge freight demand
management (FDM), traffic modeling, and policy. The proposed system
takes advantage of technological and methodological advances produced
by the project partners that makes the proposed work feasible. The
system would, ultimately, be comprised of:
The project has the potential to become a showcase example of what could be achieved by integrating cutting edge freight transportation research, technology, traffic simulation, and policy around the objective of improving urban traffic conditions in the largest and most complex urban system in the Nation. The experience to be gained in this challenging project is bound to produce transformative contributions that would open the path for future implementations at other metro areas.