Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks

KOMANOFF: Takeaways from America’s Diesel Pickup Pollution Disaster

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments

Combustion vehicles invite law-breaking. Petro-masculinity is deep-seated in American culture. But California, at least, has vanquished emissions tampering. These are the takeaways from last week's report of super-spreader pickup trucks.

These would now be legal. File photo: Dave Colon

EXCLUSIVE: New State Cargo Bike Law Will Unleash a ‘Fricking Awesome’ New Delivery Mode

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments

Saving this city from a cruel Atlantis-style fate is a game of inches.

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Labor Day Car Sales Showing Trend Toward Sedans

By Kea Wilson | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments

It's bad news: City dwellers may be buying small cars to avoid transit, analysts say.

A truck plied its route in Hunts Point in the Bronx. Photo: Eve Kessler

DOT Puts Up $10M To Retire Old Diesel Trucks

By Eve Kessler | Jun 5, 2020 | No Comments

Money from the Volkswagen settlement will target fleets operating in "environmental-justice communities."

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Manhattan Pol Wants Trucks To Be Equipped With-Life Saving Sensors

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

After a closed-door meeting, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez demands changes.

Police investigate a fatal crash at the corner of Broadway and Howard Street. Photo: Dave Colon

NYPD: Four People Killed by Drivers in 24 Hours, Six Within 48

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 20, 2019 | No Comments

If this is a war on cars, why are pedestrians and cyclists doing most of the dying?

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