Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks

Trucking Industry Imposes Up to $128 Billion in Costs on Society Each Year

By Joe Cortright | Jun 2, 2015 | No Comments

Cross-posted from City Observatory During National Infrastructure Week earlier this month, we again endured what has become a common refrain of woe about crumbling bridges, structurally deficient roads, and a lack of federal funding for infrastructure. This call for alarm was quickly followed by yet another Congressional band-aid for the nearly bankrupt highway trust fund […]

City Council Poised to Require Side Guards on 10,000 Trucks by 2024

By Stephen Miller | May 26, 2015 | 6 Comments

The City Council transportation committee unanimously passed a bill this afternoon that would require side guards, which keep pedestrians and cyclists from being swept beneath a truck’s rear wheels, on approximately 10,000 New York City trucks by 2024. The legislation, likely to pass the full council tomorrow, mandates the add-ons not just for city-owned trucks but also for private trash haulers. The […]

No Easy Answers at City Council Hearing on Trucks and Bike/Ped Safety

By Stephen Miller | Mar 3, 2015 | 26 Comments

Trucks pose an outsize danger on New York City streets. This afternoon, elected officials, agency staff, union representatives, and advocates tackled the issue at a City Council transportation committee hearing. DOT defines trucks as vehicles with two axles and six tires or vehicles with three or more axles. They comprise 3.6 percent of New York City’s […]

Report: All New NYC Garbage Trucks Should Have Life-Saving Side Guards

By Stephen Miller | Feb 26, 2015 | 2 Comments

Earlier this month, the city announced a pilot program to add side guards, which prevent people from being dragged under the rear wheels of large vehicles, to 240 trucks in the city fleet. It’s a start, but there are thousands more trucks on NYC streets that need this life-saving equipment. A new report from the U.S. […]

Margaret Chin: Toll Reform Will Protect New Yorkers From Truck Traffic

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2015 | 25 Comments

City Council Member Margaret Chin today introduced legislation to require the city to examine the effects of New York City’s dysfunctional bridge toll system on traffic safety. The bill would also mandate regular DOT safety audits for all city truck routes. Trucks account for 3.6 percent of vehicles on city streets but are involved in 32 […]

Rodriguez Revives Push for Truck Guards After First Cyclist Death of 2015

By Brad Aaron | Jan 20, 2015 | 16 Comments

A private garbage truck operator killed a cyclist, and a driver killed a pedestrian in separate incidents in Queens over the holiday weekend. NYPD and District Attorney Richard Brown filed no charges in either case. On Saturday evening the driver of a private trash hauler struck cyclist Hoyt Jacobs at Vernon Boulevard and 41st Avenue […]

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