The NYC Truck Route Network is a system of designated roads that helps commercial vehicles navigate the city efficiently. It aims to:
Connect primary freight origins and destinations.
Maximize access to industrial and commercial zones.
Minimize conflicts with residential areas and vulnerable road users.
This network is crucial for supporting the local economy and livability by:
Organizing neighborhood truck activity
Reducing traffic congestion on non-designated routes
Feedback Guidance:
We want to hear from you, help us identify how and where we can improve the movement of trucks on our city streets.
Options for feedback:
Confusing Truck Route Signage: A Unclear or inaccurate posted truck route signage
Missing Truck Route Signage: A lack of adequate signage to help guide trucks to and along designated truck routes.
Poor network connection: Areas with inadequate truck route network connectivity, often leading truck drivers to deviate from designated truck routes.
Weight & Height Restrictions: Overweight and/ or over-dimensional trucks are often observed.
Limited Curb Access: Trucks observed blocking moving, bike, or bus lanes; or have limited access to curbs for loading and unloading purposes.
Narrow Roadway: Limitations by the physical characteristics of the street, such as narrow roadway
Difficult Truck Turn: Limitations by the physical characteristics of the street, such as sharp turns
Maintenance Needed: Substandard road conditions, such as potholes, uneven surfaces, or lack of maintenance.
Limited Truck Parking: Shortage of designated parking spaces for trucks.
Observed Bicyclist and Truck Conflict: Observed locations where multiple incidents of bicycle and truck conflicts occurred
Observed Pedestrian and Truck Conflict: Observed locations where multiple incidents of pedestrian and truck conflicts occurred
Speeding Truck: Locations where trucks are observed speeding along the street or intersection
Health and Environmental Impact: Locations with air quality, general health, and environmental concerns
Comments (2128)
Comments (2128)
Trucks are constantly blaring their horns here and it is a cacophony of noise 24/7 here. There must be more enforcement as this leads to anxiety and aggressiveness that only gets worse as you get closer to the BQE on-ramp.
There needs to be a complete overhaul of this intersection and the intersection at Hicks & Atlantic. Trucks constantly run the red light for the Queens bound ramp of the BQE and it is extremely dangerous for pedestrians to try and cross here. I have been almost run over numerous times, not to mention the fact that drivers are often aggressive and cursing out pedestrians when the pedestrians have the light to cross as well as the constant honking. In the meantime of a total redesign of this intersection, perhaps with a dedicated pedestrian overpass there needs to be a constant police presence and red light cameras.
There are several businesses around this corner that take frequent deliveries from 53ft trailers. I have seen up to 4-5 53ft trailers double parked all over the place around here while waiting to be unloaded. There is a bike lane along Irving that is always blocked. There is a bus route + bus stop along Halsey that also gets blocked. The street is already not wide enough for cars parked on both sides (people frequently park on the curb) when you add a semi truck its hopeless. There should be no car parking in this area at certain times so that the trucks can park without blocking traffic.
This section of Morgan ave ALWAYS has trucks parked in the bike lane. Businesses here use the bike lane as their private staging area/loading/un-loading zone. Gotham ready mix is the worst offender. I have seen a line of cement trucks stretching all the way to Johnson ave. Forcing cyclist into traffic or onto the sidewalk which is terribly maintain and dangerous to ride on. The road surface and bike lane is also heavily damaged from the constant truck usage making riding bumpy and dangerous.
Trucks aren't allowed to use this entrance, but there is no sign stating that. Trucks enter there all the time and often get stuck in the curve.
Trucks have been observed on Lafayette Ave between Faile St and Bryant Ave blocking moving traffic to unload goods. Sometimes end up on curbs that blocks pedestrians from crossing the streets.
There have been trucks on Lafayette Ave and Hunts Point Ave that are not part of the truck route. In this particular area what usually ends up happening is they make wide turns that end up damaging the roads and hitting parked cars. Young people, kids, and the elderly walk around this area making it unsafe to cross the streets that vary in width. A distant signage or signs would be needed to prevent trucks from going on this route and guide them to the appropriate path.
Metropolitan Ave narrows, bike lane becomes a shared lane. Limited curb access and poor road condition puts bikes and trucks into very close proximity.
Very poor roadway condition.
Completely insane stretch of road responsible for multiple fatalities. The bike lane should be protected or have no lane at all. Even in my car this stretch of Morgan is terrifying due to double-parked and speeding trucks as well as forklifts and other loading activities crisscrossing the sidewalk and street. There is almost always spilled gravel, large rocks and other debris on the road here.
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