Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks

The problem: Too many trucks and not enough loading zones on Austin Street in Queens. Photo: Laura A. Shepard

City Loading Zone Plan Will Help Ease Traffic On Austin Street In Queens — But Local Pols Still Oppose It

By Laura Shepard | Aug 27, 2018 | 5 Comments

Loading zones reduce congestion and improve safety in commercial areas. Why do politicians instinctively support on-street car storage instead?

Scene of the crash that killed Leon Clark. Video still: News 12

Business Integrity Commission Revokes Sanitation Salvage’s License to Operate on NYC Streets

By David Meyer | Aug 24, 2018 | 2 Comments

Send this rogue carting company to the scrap heap: The city has finally revoked trash hauler Sanitation Salvage's permit.

Madison Lyden's bike lies crumpled on the sidewalk after she was killed by a truck driver on Aug. 10.

Drivers Who Killed Madison Lyden Have Little to Fear From Cy Vance, Bill de Blasio, and NYPD

By Brad Aaron | Aug 17, 2018 | 7 Comments

A woman is dead because of the actions of two drivers, and the agencies responsible for driver safety are doing next to nothing in response.

The unprotected bike lane on Central Park West at 66th Street, via Google Maps

Private Trash Hauler Kills Madison Jane Lyden, 23, Biking on Central Park West

By Ben Fried | Aug 11, 2018 | 27 Comments

A livery driver obstructed the unprotected bike lane on Central Park West, forcing Lyden into motor vehicle traffic.

Business Integrity Commission Bans Sanitation Salvage Driver Who Killed 2 People, But Gives Company’s Politically Connected Owners a Pass

By Brad Aaron | Aug 10, 2018

The family that owns Sanitation Salvage is a major political player, contributing tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign coffers of city electeds.

Evergreen Avenue has two lanes for parking but not enough space for cyclists and motorists to pass safely. Video stills: ABC

Bushwick Cyclist Severely Injured by DSNY Driver and Deadly Evergreen Ave. Street Design

By Brad Aaron | Aug 2, 2018 | 11 Comments

A hit-and-run Sanitation Department driver maimed a woman riding in the painted bike lane on Evergreen Avenue, near where a motorist killed cyclist Leah Sylvain in 2016. DOT has not improved conditions for biking on Evergreen since Sylvain was killed.

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