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Exhaust from 18 wheelers next to the elementary schoolyard
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
Exhaust from 18 wheelers next to the elementary schoolyard
Too much pedestrian traffic in this area for all of these trucks. This is increasingly a family neighborhood so the amount of trucks are a major safety hazard
Dangerous and busy pedestrian intersection and creates terrible air quality on a dense residential street.
Vehicles parked on sidewalk/curbside along 27TH street
Vehicles speed to catch green light
Trucks speeding down Van Brunt is a daily occurrence. There is zero consideration given for the safety of pedestrian and bike riders, it is very dangerous to bike down Van Burnt which has marked bike shared lanes on both sides of the street but is always ignored by drivers.
I myself, as well as seen others, almost been hit multiple times by trucks turning the corner here to get onto BQE.
I have seen large trucks almost hit pedestrians, including children, on multiple occasions. There are many people walking around the surrounding streets to get access to the waterfront and large truck drivers are constantly putting people in danger. ‘Student truck driver’ marked trucks are also driving through here almost everyday — this street should NOT be a practice route for student truck drivers, or any large trucks in general.
Car has been hit by a truck in a hit and in the middle of the night.
My car has been hit and damaged by a hit and run trucker when my car was parked on the corner here. I have seen the same thing happen to multiple other neighbors cars in this same area by reckless truck drivers. There is no reason that large trucks should be driving down this narrow neighborhood street.
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