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)
Metropolitan Avenue is the most direct route between much of East Williamsburg and the Williamsburg waterfront, but it is treacherous for bicyclists because of all the trucks. Needs a protected two way bike lane.
Multiple trucks are frequently blocking the bike lane for the entire stretch of Morgan Ave between Grand and Meserole
Morgan Avenue is heavily used as a key north/south connector for bicyclists but there is no protection from dangerous truck traffic.
There are so many trucks it is incredibly dangerous. This is the block my children must walk on to catch the bus and subway to school. This is the block I walk on to go food shopping, to the dry cleaners, the pet store, the library, the subway. It is SO dangerous and polluted it is terrifying. This is no place for a truck route to be located and it is time to move it to meeker avenue or another non commercial street that isn’t where the subways, stores and schools are also located. Thank you
The truck route along Metropolitan Ave from Morgan Ave to Meeker Ave has effectively destroyed the health, safety and vitality of this neighborhood. All businesses are doomed to failure along this route because it is back to back 18 wheelers existing on the same Ave that is zoned for commerce, has two different subway stations, the bus stops and our local public elementary school . Our community should not be forced to travel, shop, dine and have our children go to school along such a dense, dangerous and polluted truck route. It is well past time to end this nightmare for the residents of East Williamsburg. Thank you
There is no clear signage prohibiting Trucks from using this entrance.
Terrifying intersection for pedestrians. Lots of lanes to cross. Trucks come from multiple directions and are always in a hurry and blowing their horns.
These curbs need to be better maintained and the cobblestones need to be smoothed over better. There are a lot of strollers that navigate these areas, and the potholes and bad curbs make it harder to navigate when there's traffic and no crosswalks.
Not necessarily trucks but buses make a turn here and there needs to be proper signage for where bus routes are. Cars parked on the curb or taking up space on Van Brunt interfere with buses being able to make their turns and get people to their destination. Red Hook is very dependent on buses to get to where subways and other areas of Brooklyn, so the traffic being as it is does not help with people trying to get to work or school.
Trucks are always speeding up and down this road at all hours -and very much so in the middle of the night that they cause a ruckus when people are trying to sleep. It is unsafe and the roads aren't that wide to support having multiple trucks there. This part of Van Brunt is better suited for residents and smaller vehicles to support the local businesses there.
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