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)
Trucks are always pulling into the crosswalks during red light blocking pedestrians
Trucks often try to skip the slow lights at Church and Coney Island Avenues by navigating up 8th street. It’s difficult for them to turn back onto Church, so they often end up blocking traffic on 8th street.
The volume and speed of trucks on this road, through a residential neighborhood with many children and multiple schools, make this a tragedy waiting to happen at worst, and an environmental hazard due to the noise and pollution even if the worst-case scenarios don't come to pass.
As a cyclist, I find it extremely dangerous to use the bike lane between mcguinness boulevard and Manhattan avenue. The constant flow of trucks up and down the street inhibits bikers from safely riding. The bike lane inexplicably disappears on Greenpoint Ave. between McGuinness and Manhattan, dangerously disrupting my commute. Something must be done!
This truck route brings noisy, polluting, and dangerous trucks right into the heart of a busy and densely populated residential neighborhood. Living on Greenpoint Avenue, I have experienced this route drastically decrease my quality of daily life. The DOT must find an alternative to the current situation which threatens the peace and health of the denizens of Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Reckless driving. Speeding, going thru solid red lights at all times. No enforcement of speed and sadly 2 individuals already killed on Caton Avenue despite having 3 schools and a church nearby.
This is a very dense residential area. The noise pollution and air pollution is detrimental to the residents.
Trucks idle for hours before stores even open to accept deliveries, sometimes ad early as 4am. It is loud and you can smell the exhaust. Also during the day trucks block bike lanes and sometimes the whole street because of on street parking and it backs up buses and other traffic.
This is a very dangerous intersection for pedestrians. Trucks coming off the BQE either turning onto McGuiness or Meeker create unsafe conditions for crossing the intersections here in every corner and every direction. I urge any policymakers to try crossing here-- bring a stroller too and try pushing that across to see how safe you feel crossing this terribly designed intersection.
PS 34 school is right here with a playground that faces the truck route on McGuiness Blvd. The trucks emit harmful exhaust and particulate matter that is unsafe for the children in the school and in the schoolyard. There have been many studies proving damage to developing lungs and brains explicitly from inhaling car and truck exhaust. No child should have to be exposed to such harmful chemicals in the air while they are at school.
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