Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks

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

Private Trash Haulers Are a Street Safety Menace — It’s Time for Carting Route Reforms

By Brad Aaron | Jul 27, 2017 | 9 Comments

With two people killed in the last three months, there’s more urgency to implement City Hall’s proposed reforms to bring order to waste collection routes and reduce private carter mileage on city streets.

Meet the new Sheridan "Boulevard." As envisioned by New York State DOT, it's not much different than today's Sheridan Expressway. Image: State DOT

Cuomo’s Sheridan Expressway Plan Is Not What the South Bronx Asked For

By David Meyer | Jun 30, 2017 | 27 Comments

South Bronx advocates are raising the alarm about the Cuomo administration's plans for the Sheridan Expressway, saying the state DOT is rushing ahead with a project that ignores years of advocacy for safer neighborhood streets with less truck traffic.

The state DOT's initial concept for the Sheridan Expressway replacement would remain a wide, dangerous street designed mainly to move large trucks. Image: NY Governor's Office

Will Cuomo Botch the Sheridan Expressway Removal?

By Jay Arzu | Jun 8, 2017 | 9 Comments

The Cuomo administration intends to decommission the Sheridan Expressway, which cuts off South Bronx neighborhoods from the Bronx River. But will it turn the Sheridan into a walkable street or a wide, rumbling arterial for trucks?

A sanitation truck driver killed a 60-year-old woman at Greenwich Avenue, Sixth Avenue, and W. Eighth Street. NYPD had few details on how the collision occurred and did not say who the right of way. Image: Google Maps

Few Details From NYPD After Sanitation Truck Driver Kills Woman in Greenwich Village

By Brad Aaron | May 17, 2017 | 3 Comments

The driver of a private sanitation truck killed a 60-year-old woman in Greenwich Village last night. Overall, private trash haulers have a terrible safety record and have struck and killed at least eight people on NYC streets since 2015.

Caton Avenue at St. Paul’s Place. Image: Google Maps

NYPD: No Charges for Trucker Who Dismembered Woman in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run

By Brad Aaron | Jan 19, 2017 | 3 Comments

It would be the second time this month NYPD declined to charge a motorist for leaving the scene of a fatal crash -- a felony.

A cement truck driver fatally struck a cyclist at W. 55th Street and 12th Avenue in Manhattan. The red arrow represents the approximate path of the driver and the white arrow indicates the approximate path of the victim, according to NYPD. Image: Google Maps

Cement Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Near Greenway in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Dec 15, 2016 | 81 Comments

The 65-year-old victim was on W. 55th Street, riding toward the greenway, when the driver struck her while attempting to turn right onto 12th Avenue, according to NYPD.

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