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)
As traffic lights become more spaced out heading east on Metropolitan, drivers try to pick up speed. They also impatiently honk and create noise pollution.
Why does the protected bike lane end here? The street is marked but it might as well be designated truck parking. It forces cyclists to weave in and out of dense traffic down Grand Street.
Long trucks try to turn into Maspeth from Humboldt and have gotten stuck on this narrow, angled street.
It is almost impossible to bike on this stretch of Morgan without feeling rattled by or cut off by a truck. The section north of Grand Street does not have a dedicated bike lane but is the only north-south connector in the area. I have seen bicycles and scooters get hit by vehicles.
Trucks idle and park on Morgan Avenue by Cooper Park as they're unloading and also overnight.
There are always speeding trucks going up and down the street and there are small children crossing at the crosswalks that are susceptible to getting run over. These big trucks have a hard time see small childern and are many times not looking for pedestrians when they turn on Bushwick and Metropolitan ave. Very dangerous!
In the morning, there is incessant honking at this intersection that backs up all the way down the block. Since the intersection at Bushwick and Metropolian is often blocked from the hours of 6:30 to 9:30. Trucks honk their horns. Not only that, when the trucks are idling at the lights their engines are sooo loud. I can't even have a conversation walking my kiddo to school. As a homeowner on Metropolitan Ave. it's been the worst part of living here. Please reroute the big 18 wheeelers back to Meeker! Do no allow them to cut through out neighborhood as a shortcut.
I have been hit several times walking across Bushwick at Metropolitan on the south side of the intersection. It backs up so trucks are in a hurry to make the light. They do not pay attention to the crosswalk lights. I am a homeowner on Metropolitan and do not allow my middles school aged son cross Bushwick there.
Giant trucks speed down Metropolitan Ave from Olive to Bushwick. It's a long block and they want to make the light. Since there is no crosswalk I've seen so many people get hit or nearly missed. The oversized trucks are so loud in the morning you can't hear. There are lots of elementary and middle school kids that walk along Metropolitan to get to PS132 or the subway/bus to get to school. The noise is unbearable and kids have a hard time paying attention.
At the corner of E 3rd st and Caton, vehicles block the box at nearly every light during high traffic times, making it difficult for pedestrians to cross. Each school day I walk my child to his school bus stop and we are blocked from crossing often by large trucks with cabs so high it is not likely the driver can see anyone trying to cross in front or behind--particularly a child. This presents a very dangerous situation for pedestrians. There are several schools in close proximity. Drivers of smaller vehicles also speed through the yellow light since traffic backs up. They end up blocking the crosswalks for pedestrians, as well as or cars driving up E 3rd street. At times I've had to sit through a couple of light cycles before I can make it through that intersection. Additionally, there is a lot of trash and pollution along Caton avenue from all the through traffic. This is a residential area with narrow streets, schools, playgrounds and parks that sees a lot of foot traffic, so inappropriate for such large vehicles and high volume traffic.
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