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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Impact of warehouses on local air pollution and freight movement statistics
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Commissioner Aggarwala explains the relationship between warehouse density and air pollution levels in specific neighborhoods. He also provides statistics on freight movement in New York City and projections for future growth.
- Areas with higher warehouse density have higher levels of truck-related air pollution
- 90% of New York City's goods move by truck, higher than the national average of 70%
- More than 80% of New Yorkers receive at least one package at home each week
- By 2045, New York is expected to accommodate a 43% increase in freight
- Freight movement is necessary, but needs to be done more efficiently
Rohit Aggarwala
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Areas with a higher density of warehouses such as Newtown Creek in Queens, near JFK, Sunset Park in Brooklyn, and Hunts Point in The Bronx have higher levels of truck related air pollution.
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To be clear, freight is not the enemy.
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We need to move goods.
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We just need to move them smarter.
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90% of New York City's goods move by truck, a far higher a far higher number than the national average of 70%.
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More than 80% of New Yorkers receive at least one package at home each week and 18% of New Yorkers receive packages four or more times per week.
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By 02/1945, New York is expected to accommodate a 43% increase in freight.
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The city has been working to shift freight away from trucks and to make the trucks cleaner through a number of initiatives.
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The Clean Trucks program, administered by DOT and funded by the federal government, has funded more than 700 clean trucks, six seventy two of them replacements.