Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Delivery

Delivery workers have the most dangerous jobs in town. File photo: Streetsblog

More Money for Delivery Workers Will Require More Protection for Them

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

In New York, a significant pay raise for city delivery workers could end up increasing the number of deliveries made per hour, which might unleash more two-wheeled deliveristas crisscrossing the city's deadly streets at all hours of the day and night. Be careful what you wish for?

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Scoop on Sidewalk Delivery Robots

By Jeff Wood | Oct 29, 2022 | No Comments

The tiny vehicles showed promise, but they're slow and have limitations, a study of businesses found.

Is this 2023 or 1923? Beer arrives at Pier 17 by boat.

The Blue Highway: City EDC Takes a Major Step Forward for Cleaner Freight

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 27, 2022 | No Comments

To paraphrase the old song: Four loaded pallets of beer on the boat, four loaded pallets of beer — if somebody somewhere would just build a pier ... more and more pallets of beer on the boat.

Opinion: E-Bike Charging Stations in Former Newstands Won’t Get it Done

By Baruch Herzfeld | Oct 11, 2022 | No Comments

The Doordash/GrubHub/UberEats tech bros business model is basically, "Burning Man for me, burning apartments for thee."

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‘Pedestrian Delivery Robots’ Have the Same Challenges As … Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Oct 6, 2022 | No Comments

These delivery robots will struggle in its promise to reduce car and truck deliveries — to say nothing of conflicts with pedestrians, a new study finds.

Trucks in Sunset Park. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Environmental Justice Advocates Seek to Regulate ‘Last-Mile’ Trucking Facilities

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

The city's outdated zoning code must be amended to give regulators the teeth they need to rein in “last-mile” distribution facilities that are popping up in low-income communities of color, environmental justice groups said as they filed a zoning proposal.

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