E-commerce deliveries are clogging the streets of New York City, so NYC is planning to expand maritime shipping in a strategy it's calling Blue Highways.
The city is hoping to shift the freight transported by more than 6,200 short-haul trucks to barges that will dock at six new maritime shipping hubs on NYC's waterfront.
NYC's Economic Development Corp. (EDC) has issued a request for proposals from engineering firms to design barge landings and access points where e-bikes and small delivery vehicles can pick them up for last-mile delivery, according to a report in Gothamist.
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