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trucks have a difficult time making the right turn off the prospect expressway at 19th St on to 10th ave.
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
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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
trucks have a difficult time making the right turn off the prospect expressway at 19th St on to 10th ave.
trucks have a very difficult time turning right from Mcdonald Ave to Terrace Place. They need to swing wide and still end up on the other side of Terrace Place before they complete the turn.
Trucks often speed through the intersection here to catch the light. This happens often during rush hour traffic which is also when children are crossing here to get to the elementary school on the corner. A child I care for was nearly hit by a truck driver speeding to make the green light as we crossed after school once. Truck drivers also honk excessively here when they get stuck in the traffic here that is a disruption to the school and library across the street.
Trucks regularly ignore stop sign at this intersection where many pedestrians, especially children, cross to go to nearby school & playground. Cabs of large cargo trucks are too high for drivers to see children crossing in front of them because the height of the children doesn’t clear the top of the truck cabs. There have been many near misses here with trucks nearly hitting children.
Pedestrian crossings between the neighborhood and the Parade Grounds (high-traffic routes to schools and subways) are very often blocked by 18-wheelers stuck between lights. It is very dangerous for all pedestrians, dog walkers, etc., especially kids. Caton Av is just too narrow for a truck route on top of the already congested roadway used heavily by cars. Caton may have made sense as a trucking route at some point long ago with less car traffic and a less densely populated neighborhood, but it no longer makes any sense here. Please find another dedicated trucking route away from such a densely populated area, and one that is not a single lane trying to accommodate so many different kinds of traffic.
Trucks often lay on their loud train horns at pedestrians here….
Speeding trucks, often running red lights. Honking their loud train horns all day.
Trucks speed here to beat the light, subsequently running a red light, and blocking the box, resulting in gridlock and honking.
Trucks should be banned from this area. The streets are too narrow and this particular on-ramp is like a magnet for speeding, aggressive driving, and near misses with cars and pedestrians.
No one seems to know what to do at this intersection. So they just make noise. And almost hit pedestrians (or both)
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