Blue Highways Pilot Successfully Demonstrates Alternative Delivery Model

NYC is testing waterborne freight deliveries to cut truck traffic and pollution, with plans for a barge route by 2030

New York City’s plan to shift freight deliveries from trucks to waterways is moving forward, with a pilot boat carrying 800 pounds of produce from the Bronx to Manhattan as officials look to reduce traffic and air pollution, according to Gothamist.

NYC wants to move deliveries onto the waterways. It's starting with a 55-year-old boat.

The city's "blue highways" program aims to get freight out of trucks and onto the waterways. [ more › ]

Blue Highways Pilot Successfully Demonstrates Alternative Delivery Model

Blue Highways & Rescued Food Demo NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- City Harvest, Sharing Excess and Blue Ribbon Fish Co. are among the first food distributors to pilot a new low-emission delivery service designed to move cargo across New York City using waterways and...

NYC Tests Waterway Freight Plan With 55-Year-Old Boat

NYC is piloting a plan to move freight by water instead of trucks, using a 55-year-old boat to ship produce from Hunts Point to Manhattan.