Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Cross Harbor Freight Program submitted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration Cross Harbor Freight Program’s purpose is to improve the movement of goods in the New York/New Jersey region by enhancing the transportation of freight between the east-of-Hudson and west-of-Hudson regions. Tier 1 study done for potential implementation of transportation, alignment, logical termini, and regional effects to “reduce truck traffic congestion, improve air quality, and provide economic benefits”