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Disused Brooklyn Piers to Be ‘Key Node’ for Blue Highway
The city is starting to move ahead with a waterborne cargo plan after its acquisition of crucial Red Hook piers from the Port Authority.
October 28, 2024
What the Truck? DOT Late on Producing Crucial Freight Network Report
The DOT is late to release a Truck Route Network Redesign report.
September 20, 2024
What the Truck? New Yorkers Want Big Rigs Out Of Their Neighborhoods
A City Council Law mandates that the Department of Transportation redesign the Truck Route Network. And it's slowly happening.
August 8, 2024
City Plan for Maritime Freight is Too Slow: Experts
Six maritime freight piers are a start, but will barely make a dent in the trucking network.
May 14, 2024
Thursday’s Headlines: The Way of Water Edition
The "Blue Highways" campaign wants the mayor to convert a downtown heliport into a freight delivery hub. Plus more news.
April 25, 2024
Study: Microhubs and Last-Mile Cargo Bikes Can Save City $240M a Year
In this city, time is indeed money; delays cost the city over $243 million every year, the report estimates.
April 1, 2024
Final Cargo Bike Rules are a Win For Safety and Sustainability: Experts
Under fire from sustainable freight leaders, the Department of Transportation has tweaked its final cargo bike rules to no longer ban the longer bike-trailer combinations that have become a dominant and safe player on the streets.
March 27, 2024
‘Blue Highway’ Blues: A Maritime Freight Pier is Coming to Downtown Heliport … By 2029
It's progress, but does it really take five years to build a barge — especially one that's been in talks for five years already?
November 14, 2023
Analysis: DOT’s Curb Management ‘Action’ Couldn’t Come Soon Enough
DOT and Mayor Adams on Tuesday released a 10-point curb management "action plan" full of plans to make plans to reorient curb space away from private car storage.
September 15, 2023
Industry and Public Don’t Like DOT’s Proposed Cargo Bike Rules
This freight bike rule is going to be a heavy lift, the Department of Transportation learned on Wednesday.
September 13, 2023
