Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks

After Another Cyclist Dies, David Cameron Considers Truck Ban in UK Cities

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 21, 2015 | No Comments

Following the death of 26-year-old cyclist Ying Tao, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would look into a truck ban for city centers throughout the UK. In a meeting with the British equivalent of the Congressional Bike Caucus, Cameron promised to ask Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin to come up with recommendations for improving cycling […]

Unlicensed Dump Truck Driver Kills Senior Near Bowery and Canal

By Stephen Miller | Jul 20, 2015 | 10 Comments

On Friday afternoon, a dump truck driver with a suspended license struck and killed 83-year-old Ka Chor Yau, who was crossing a deadly intersection at the base of the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown. The same intersection is due to receive pedestrian safety improvements this summer. The driver, 24-year-old Maykel Felix-Tejada of Paterson, New Jersey, was arrested for aggravated unlicensed operation, the […]

Cy Vance Nets Felony Conviction of Driver Who Killed Senior Shu Ying Liu

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2015 | 2 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance secured a felony hit-and-run conviction against a truck driver who killed a senior in Hell’s Kitchen. On February 5, 2013, Jack Montelbano ran over 69-year-old Shu Ying Liu with a private dump truck as Liu crossed 41st Street at Ninth Avenue in the crosswalk and with the right of way. […]

Driver Kills Cyclist in Ditmas Park, NYPD and Media Blame Deceased Victim

By Brad Aaron | Jun 22, 2015 | 28 Comments

Brooklyn: Ocean Ave & Church Ave. U/D; Cyclist struck by a vehicle, pronounced DOA at KCH. @NYPDHighway investigating pic.twitter.com/J2BkLOadEJ — New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) June 22, 2015 A driver killed a cyclist in Ditmas Park this morning. The cyclist, a 57-year-old man, was riding eastbound on Church Avenue near Ocean Avenue when he was […]

De Blasio Signs Bill Requiring Side Guards on 10,000 Trucks by 2024

By Stephen Miller | Jun 17, 2015 | 2 Comments

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill yesterday requiring side guards on all large city trucks, and on private garbage trucks operating in New York City, by 2024. When a truck driver strikes someone with the side of the vehicle, the guards prevent people from getting crushed beneath the truck’s rear wheels. They have been proven to reduce deaths and […]

The Plan to Cut Truck Traffic By Changing How Trash Haulers Do Business

By Stephen Miller | Jun 8, 2015 | 20 Comments

In the past five years, at least six New Yorkers have been killed, and many others injured, by truck drivers working for private trash haulers. Labor and environmental advocates have a plan they say will reduce these deaths by cutting down on inefficiencies in private trucking routes. They are meeting resistance from the waste hauling industry, which says safety can be […]

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