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Jersey Firm In Two Fatal Crashes Has Many Violations, Yet Almost No Punishment
A company whose dump truck has now been involved in two fatal crashes in less than six months has racked up more than 60 tickets for reckless driving in the city. Does anyone care?
March 12, 2024
Safety First: Mayor Adams Requires In-Vehicle Tech for City Contractors
City contractors are going to have to make their biggest trucks safer. And city employees will have to take a safety course. It's all part of an executive order landing today.
February 15, 2024
Red Hook’s Traffic is One-Fifth Trucks, Vans As More Warehouses Arrive
Red Hook's truckpocalypse is real!
December 12, 2023
Dump Truck Driver Kills School Crossing Guard in Queens
A right-turning dump truck driver struck and killed a school crossing guard at the corner of two of the city's deadliest roads on Friday morning, police said.
October 20, 2023
GOP Appropriations Bill Would Slash Transit Funding and Key Safety Policies
Here's what's on the chopping block — and why advocates are staying optimistic.
July 26, 2023
Crash Data Shows Why NYC’s Truck Routes Need a Long Overdue Fix
Truck this! The city needs to completely redesign freight routes to save lives.
May 24, 2023
Truck Deaths Are Up 71% — Will Feds Require New Tech?
Will U.S. regulators let thousands of U.S. residents die preventable deaths just to save fleet operators a few dollars?
May 15, 2023
Why It’s So Hard to Import Small Trucks That Are Less Lethal to Pedestrians
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.
May 8, 2023
Pols and Advocates Demand City Crack Down on Last-Mile Facilities
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.
February 16, 2023
Truck Depot Developer Wants to Restart His Bid for ‘Affordable’ Housing — But How Affordable?
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.
February 2, 2023
