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)
Yes, keep trucks within the industrial area if they're going to the BQE. There are multiple routes available instead of them barreling down Metropolitan, creating unsafe conditions for residents. Our air quality would improve immensely.
Trucks frequently speed through this section to make the traffic light before it changes. This is unsafe for everyone who uses this street, including not just local people who live in the immediate vicinity, but the children who attend the nearby schools.
Caton Avenue has three schools and passes Parade Grounds. There are a high number of children concentrated in this area. Trucks often speed by, they create an unsafe environment where many children, not just kids who live in the immediate area, but also children who are commuting from other neighborhoods.
The school intersection is hidden from traffic. Trucks go too fast and then can't stop at the light by the time they see it. It's a dangerous intersection for any age but especially for young kids.
39 Street East/ West Truck Routes have failing infrastructure Pertaining to potholes all over the route, street corners in need of repair and better signage for pedestrians and drivers to be aware of the route.
From 25th Street to 60th Street (Most of 3rd Ave) the Truck volume of oversized trucks is extreme and dangerous to the community. Poor infrastructure concerning the over head highway, poor maintenance of streets and poor lighting at night. On 60th street and 3rd Ave there are safety issues concerning the crosswalks because there are 3 public schools in the immediate area especially in the mornings and when the children are let out in the afternoon.
From 60th Street to 20th Street (Most of 3rd Ave) the Truck volume of oversized trucks is extreme and dangerous to the community. Poor infrastructure concerning the over head highway, poor maintenance of streets and poor lighting at night. On 60th street and 3rd Ave there are safety issues concerning the crosswalks because there are 3 public schools in the immediate area especially in the mornings and when the children are let out in the afternoon.
2 Lane Traffic was eliminated on 20th Street and now it is a one way traffic lane. This eliminated the ability for trucks to get to the 7th Ave entrance of the Prospect Expressway that made them take other routes or streets to get to the Expressway. This lead them to go to the 17th Street entrance of the Expressway which cannot accommodate larger vehicles which can get stuck when this entrance is used Illegally.
39th Street and 4th Ave is a local Truck Route but it is being used as Through Truck Route.
The intersection of Ocean Parkway and Church Avenue is an absolute nightmare for pretty much everyone, and extremely dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. Pedestrians have to try to cross the road at the entrance to a highway at the same time as vehicle traffic from opposing directions is converging to turn onto the same highway. Drivers are distracted by the oncoming traffic making the turn onto the same roadway as them, and visibility is limited all around by trucks and buses, including buses pulling out of the bus stops on the Westbound lanes of Church Avenue. The lights are not long enough for pedestrians to safely we get across the roadway, even without having to navigate and dodge around traffic. And drivers are frustrated by the lack of visibility and the amount of time it takes 18 wheeler trucks, buses, and other vehicles to make the turn and then make poor decisions trying to get around it to get through the intersection.
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