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Massive roads allow for high speeds - need a road lane reduction - especially with plans to redevelop the adjacent park space near the Brooklyn Bridge.
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
Massive roads allow for high speeds - need a road lane reduction - especially with plans to redevelop the adjacent park space near the Brooklyn Bridge.
Cars and trucks turning right from Tillary are in immediate conflict with many bicycles, pedestrians, and kids on their daily commutes to school and work. Trucks moving through this route have limited visibility and a leading pedestrian signal is desperately needed to protect pedestrians from being run over by large trucks trying to accelerate through this intersection when the light turns green. What's worse is the very next block, the timing of the light is red anyways so they need to wait after zooming through the right turn and pedestrian conflict.
Entire street is often backed up and congested for most of the weekdays, with overflowing traffic daily further polluting our neighborhood. What's worse is the large trucks and traffic have virtually killed all street trees with sideswipes and smog. This road should be narrowed to reduce traffic and install a two way bikelane.
Metropolitan Ave west of Morgan Ave quickly goes from an industrial thoroughfare to a much more residential street, in the span of only a block or two. Yet commercial trucks, box trucks and semi-trailers, routinely speed through residential areas, block intersections, and endanger pedestrians and cyclists. As the neighborhood shifts to a largely residential zone, these trucks are an increasing hazard as well as quality of life issue.
An easy and low-cost solution to speeding trucks (and all traffic) could be to place a stop sign and a crosswalk in the middle of Monitor Street at the McGorlick Park entrance. One was placed at the Nassau St. entrance and it has proven to be a success at slowing traffic and increasing pedestrian safety.
This truck noises is not a joke when it comes to speeding & they don’t just make noise it’s bumptious on the way to early for all this madness I hear it around 4am-9am constantly making noise & it’s no one doing anything about it please can you do something about this truck speeding noises so elders & working humans can sleep please.
This area is plagued by truck activity, which includes truck traffic and parking. Trucks are traveling between the busy Rockaway Blvd and 147th Ave (making the turn onto 147th Avenue via Guy Brewer Blvd. This area is not part of the JFK BID. The residents who live in this area are subjected to constant truck traffic and congestion, especially during rush hour. This is compounded by the presence of a truck repair business on the South side of 147th Avenue and 178th Street. This area is also a part of the city bus route. The diesel fumes and traffic generated by all of this activity makes for an especially hazardous living situation for the people in the area, including the single- and two-family homes, the two shelters located on the corner of Guy Brewer and 147th Avenue and the public school located just past 147th Avenue (along Guy Brewer Blvd). The property values of the homes in the area are sure to be depressed by this activity. I am particularly concerned about the fact that, in addition to all of these burdens, clearance has been given to developers to construct a mixed-use building on the corner of Guy Brewer and 147th Avenue. This construction will increase traffic, pollution and risk to more residents and pedestrians. In closing, I will point out that much of this activity includes the movement and parking of 53-foot/18-wheeler trucks which, with few exceptions, are not allowed on NYC City Streets, per Section 385 of the NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law, (https://www.dot.ny.gov/about-nysdot/faq/are-53-foot-long-trailers-allowed-in-nyc). Such large trucks should NEVER be allowed on local NYC streets, as our roads are not built to accommodate them and they pose safety and health hazards to residents and pedestrians.
This is a residential stretch of the avenue with two schools and many families and children living on it. The trucks affect the air quality and and health of the people who live nearby. We have children who want to play outside, but the fumes from the trucks make this dangerous. We cant even keep our windows open because of the air and noise pollution.
This is a school block and constantly has truck traffic going down this block, turning off of 3rd Avenue onto 83rd street, being there is a school this block needs enforcement.
Many trucks have bad shocks/brakes or engine issues that make them excessively loud. They break noise ordinances when they drive on this road. Also the road is bumpy which makes them even louder. They need to fix their trucks.
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