Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks

Help @illegal53NYC Shame NYPD Into Ridding City Streets of Trucks Designed for Highways

By Brad Aaron | Feb 22, 2018 | 42 Comments

@illegal53NYC is doing for illegally oversized trucks what @placardabuse does for placard abuse -- drawing attention to a pervasive and dangerous traffic problem that City Hall and NYPD have not addressed in any meaningful way.

The scene of the crash that killed Kevin Flores. Video still: WNBC

Phil Monfoletto Had 9 License Suspensions Before He Killed Kevin Flores. Why Was He Driving an Oil Truck?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 8, 2018 | 6 Comments

Neither state nor federal regulators have explained how Monfoletto's truck business remained in good standing despite his history of dangerous driving.

Neftaly Ramirez, Eric Gonzalez, and Bill de Blasio

The Action Carting Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez and Left the Scene Was Not Licensed to Drive the Truck

By Brad Aaron | Jan 31, 2018 | 5 Comments

Yet it appears Mayor de Blasio won't let the company's horrendous safety record interfere with its city contracts. Meanwhile, a lawsuit brought by Ramirez's family alleges shoddy investigative work on the part of NYPD and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.

The Death of Kevin Flores Is a Complete and Total Failure of Our Vehicle Regulation System

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2018 | 18 Comments

The driver who killed Flores, 13, lacked a valid license, but the oil truck company operating out of his Suffolk County home is in good standing with U.S. DOT.

An Action Carting worker drives against traffic on Greenwich Street in Tribeca. Photo: Jennifer Aaron

ProPublica Exposes NYC’s Deadly Waste Carting Industry

By David Meyer | Jan 4, 2018 | 7 Comments

It's a must-read investigation of exploitative labor conditions that have left a long trail of injuries and deaths.

The driver of this garbage hauling truck killed 30-year-old Mario Lopez on Tuesday. Photo: Philip Leff

City Council Failed to Pass Waste Hauling Reforms the Day a Garbage Truck Driver Killed a Cyclist in Williamsburg

By David Meyer | Dec 21, 2017 | 2 Comments

On Tuesday, a garbage truck driver struck and killed Mario Lopez on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg. The same day, the City Council failed to enact waste carting reforms that would reduce garbage truck traffic on Williamsburg streets.

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