Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks

Cyclist Doored, Killed by Truck in Midtown

By Brad Aaron | Dec 5, 2007 | 78 Comments

A truck driver opened his door into the path of a 63-year-old cyclist this morning, sending him into traffic, where he was run over by another truck. Though the cyclist, who has yet to be identified, was conscious immediately following the collision, he was later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. Here is the wire report: […]

Weiner’s Congestion Testimony: Anything But Pricing

By Sarah Goodyear | Nov 1, 2007 | 30 Comments

If nothing else, gridlocked traffic is a good marketing opportunity for Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile. US Rep. Anthony Weiner was one of the first voices to speak up against Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for a three-year congestion pricing pilot project and he remains one of the loudest. In his testimony Oct. 25 before the NYC Traffic Mitigation […]

Silver: “We’re Not Doing Gansevoort Today.”

By Brad Aaron | Oct 23, 2007 | 10 Comments

From City Room: Speaker Sheldon Silver told City Room this morning that the Assembly would not act on the proposed West Side trash transfer station near Gansevoort Street in the meatpacking district, in his latest snub of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The station has been a priority for the mayor, who held a news conference […]

Silver Stalls Plan to Reduce Garbage Truck Traffic

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2007 | 23 Comments

Under the city’s proposed waste management plan, more trash would be hauled by trains and barges. Reactivation of a garbage transfer station that the city considers crucial to its waste management plan — a plan it says will reduce truck traffic and allow more waste to be moved by barges and trains — is being […]

Details and Questions Emerge in Brooklyn Cyclist Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2007 | 27 Comments

Craig Murphey The deaths of two Brooklyn cyclists just hours apart yesterday have resulted in a homicide charge and an outpouring of grief for a man friends describe as "a truly thoughtful and selfless individual." Friends of one of the victims are also questioning the official account of his death. City dailies report that Williamsburg […]

Fresh Direct Responds to Environmental Critics

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 2, 2007 | 39 Comments

FreshDirect, the company that has built a grocery empire, in part, by using New York City’s free, public streets as their virtual warehouse, sent out an e-mail yesterday to let customers know of five new environmental initiatives the company is undertaking. While the company’s non-union truck drivers may still be double-parking, creating traffic congestion […]

Show More Stories