
Reported crashes as per the NYC Crash Mapper
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
Reported crashes as per the NYC Crash Mapper
Crashes have been reported as per the NYC Crash Mapper
From Coney Island Avenue to Flatbush Avenue on Caton Avenue the large oversized trucks cause noise and air pollution. They drive at speeds that constantly endanger pedestrians. The trucks have a detrimental effect on the health of the thousands of children that live on and right off Caton Avenue. The truck route needs to be reconsidered and redesigned.
Trucks get stuck in the middle of the intersection while trying to turn right onto the Prospect Expressway which blocks the bike path and makes it so cyclists have to bike around them which forces them to bike in front of oncoming traffic.
Trucks speed on Church avenue and run through red lights in order to turn right onto the Prospect Expressway.
Trucks start running at about 4 in the morning and are constantly going through the community throughout the day
Trucks exit the Prospect Expressway via the Hamilton Parkway exit and drive down 4th avenue right past a playground. It is a very narrow one lane, one way street and the trucks speed past a playground, library (Windsor Terrace), and elementary school (PS 130).
Many fatalities and truck accidents have been seen because the trucks have slammed into the bridge or got stuck in the intersection because of their size
Trucks turning fright rom Church Avenue onto the Prospect Park expressway get stuck on the corner often. They require using the outer most lane to get a correct turn which makes oncoming vehicles turning left from Church onto the expressway have to wait and traffic gets backed up. There is no left turn light for those cars to have a sufficient amount of time to turn without having to wait for trucks to get onto the expressway. I live on the corner and have observed many trucks get stuck while turning which stops traffic from being able to get onto the expressway, sometimes for hours.
Trucks often take East 7th as a shortcut to Church Ave. There should not be large trucks trying to save a couple minutes on this residential street that leads into a school.
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