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 (1746)
Comments (1746)
Lots of pedestrians frequent this block to walk between the MTA W4 Street station and the Path Train Station one block up. Truck drivers have a hard time seeing pedestrians who are crossing 8th street when turning right from 6th Ave onto 8th street
This road is very dangerous for bike riders. I do not understand why the city puts bkes and trucks on the same roadway. Bike lanes should be on less busy one was streets.
Trucks frequently accelerate to a high speed on this block to make the next light
This intersection is a nightmare. There should be a left turn signal on the lane entring Queens for traffic turning left on Review Avenue the same time the traffic towards the bridge has a left turn signal for Review. Also, the light half a block in at 37th street is timed wrong. It should not be red in the direction away from the Greenpoint Ave bridge. Trucks get backed up into the intersection. People go around and through that light and I never see people crossing there.
Trucks often use the cub on the park side as makeshift parking. This is unsafe for traffic using the street, completely eliminates any opportunity to ride a bike down the street, and misuses the sidewalks intended for those walking around, near, and past the park.
Trucks often use Olive as a shortcut to Metropolitan. The street is very narrow and trucks sometimes end up backing up back onto Grand because they can't fit due to parked cars. There also needs to be a stop sign at Olive & Powers to prevent truck traffic from racing down the residential road.
Speeding trucks
I see speeding trucks here that will drive on the sidewalk in order to turn onto west 9th street
I have witnessed many trucks get stuck underneath the train station in my two years of working in Bed-Stuy. The side streets are too narrow for trucks to turn in and out of, and having them get stuck on a main street causes long delays and other traffic issues.
Saint Johns Place is a narrow, residential street that cannot be used as a truck route. Truck traffic creates havoc with the B45. Trucks are overweight and over height, thus damaging trees and road surface (we currently have a request for repair with the DOT). The trucks make for dangerous conditions for drivers, cyclist and pedestrians and they pollute our air. The noise level is also becoming unbearable.
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