Crash Data Shows Why NYC’s Truck Routes Need a Long Overdue Fix
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Truck this! The city needs to completely redesign freight routes to save lives.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks
Truck Deaths Are Up 71% — Will Feds Require New Tech?
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Will U.S. regulators let thousands of U.S. residents die preventable deaths just to save fleet operators a few dollars?
Why It’s So Hard to Import Small Trucks That Are Less Lethal to Pedestrians
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A rise in rural Americans buying miniature trucks from Japan that meet their needs better than U.S. megacars is renewing calls for Congress to make it easier to buy smaller, safer vehicles from overseas — at least while U.S. automakers refuse to produce them here.
Pols and Advocates Demand City Crack Down on Last-Mile Facilities
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Pols and advocates seeking to rein in the “last-mile” distribution facilities that are proliferating in low-income communities of color demanded — again — on Thursday that the city crack down on the gas-guzzling trucks ruining their neighborhoods.
Truck Depot Developer Wants to Restart His Bid for ‘Affordable’ Housing — But How Affordable?
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A would-be developer who opened a truck depot after his quest to rezone a Harlem lot for housing was blocked by the neighborhood's Council member is peddling a new proposal that would result in more affordable housing than the original effort — but not as affordable as the lawmaker wants.
Attorney General James Says Harlem Truck Depot May Violate State Law
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At the very least, it's a "public nuisance," says New York's top prosecutor.