Hunts Point<\/a> \u2014 the equivalent of removing the fine particulate matter emissions from 6,600 truck trips on the Cross Bronx Expressway every day \u2014 and we look forward to more replacements to come.\u201d<\/p>\nSince December 2025, NYC DOT has been accepting new transport refrigeration units on a rolling basis. Another 75 units are in the pipeline to be replaced this year, with $15 million allocated for this air quality improvement measure.<\/p>\n
\u201cHunts Point feeds New York City, and for too long, the people who live next to it have paid the price in their lungs. The Bronx has some of the worst asthma rates in the country, and dirty diesel trucks are a big reason why. These 20 new TRUs are the equivalent of taking 6,600 trucks off the Cross Bronx Expressway,\u201d Rep. Ritchie Torres said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s real relief for real people in the Bronx, and this is exactly the kind of investment we deserve.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
There were 27 million fewer vehicles that entered the Congestion Relief Zone in 2025, resulting in faster travel times, improved air quality, less noise pollution and a decrease in pedestrian accidents. The reduction of 73,000 vehicles entering the zone on a given day represented an 11% drop on average. Possible increases in traffic through Environmental Justice Communities in the Bronx have not materialized thus far.<\/p>\n
The TRU Replacement Program marks the first major mitigation investment supported by funding raised from congestion pricing. The MTA and its project sponsors are currently in the last stages of putting together the Final Mitigation Plan, which will be released this spring. Required under the environmental review process, this plan will detail the specific locations for each mitigation measure and the proposed allocation funds.<\/p>\n
The transport refrigeration units in Hunts Point are among the 70% of the funds allocated for mitigation measures being invested in the Bronx. One of the other measures in the borough is a $20 million Bronx asthma initiative.<\/p>\n
Other place-based and regional mitigations include another $20 million towards the implementation of electric truck charging infrastructure, $25 million towards the renovation of parks and green spaces in environmental justice communities, $10 million for the installation of roadside vegetation to improve near-road air quality, $10 million for the installation of air filtration systems in schools near highways in New York City and Newark, the $20 million expansion of the New York City Clean Trucks Program and the $5 million expansion of the NYC DOT Off-Hours Delivery Program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bronx has endured this burden of environmental injustice for too long. Today\u2019s announcement is an important step toward changing that reality and delivering real results for Bronx families,\u201d Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cReplacing these diesel units at the Hunts Point Produce Market means cleaner air and a future where our communities are no longer forced to pay the price for the city\u2019s infrastructure. Thank you to Governor Kathy Hochul and my colleagues in government for investing in the future of our borough and prioritizing the health of Bronx residents.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Kathy Hochul announced that funds raised from congestion pricing have gone towards improving the air quality in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[4590,128,748,895,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-191216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-air-quality","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-congestion-pricing","11":"tag-governor-kathy-hochul","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-the-bronx","16":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","17":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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