{"id":337859,"date":"2026-09-04T09:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/337859\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:26:36","slug":"nyc-adds-40-miles-of-new-truck-routes-in-first-revision-since-1970s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/337859\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC adds 40 miles of new truck routes in first revision since 1970s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s Department of Transportation is rolling out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/dot\/html\/motorist\/trucks.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a redesigned network of truck routes<\/a>, which are meant to keep the big vehicles off Gotham\u2019s residential streets.<\/p>\n<p>The redesign, mandated by the City Council in a 2023 law, adds slightly more than 40 miles to the city\u2019s 1970s-era network of truck routes, with roughly half of them on or leading to highways. DOT officials say the plan streamlines truck access to highways and industrial zones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruck routes keep truck traffic off local streets and on designated corridors with the capacity to handle the safe movement of both people and freight,\u201d Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn said in a statement. \u201cAs our city grows, designating truck routes with intention and redesigning the corridors they run on with vigilance will contribute to healthier, safer and more prosperous communities across the five boroughs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"New York City's Transportation Department is rolling out a redesigned network of truck routes, meant to keep the big vehicles off of Gotham's residential streets. (DOT)\" width=\"2400\" height=\"895\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/truck-route-network-redesign-changes-2026.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9211223\" \/>New York City&#8217;s Transportation Department is rolling out a redesigned network of truck routes, which are meant to keep the big vehicles off of Gotham&#8217;s residential streets. (DOT)<\/p>\n<p>City law requires trucks to complete as much of their journey as possible through the Big Apple on the designated routes before reaching their destination. A truck is allowed to leave the network of routes in order to make a delivery \u2014 but not, say, to avoid traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The update is largely in line with a proposal made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/05\/04\/nyc-proposes-redesign-of-truck-route-network-to-limit-use-of-residential-streets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by the department this spring <\/a>\u2014 although community feedback led DOT to remove a proposed truck route on Brooklyn\u2019s Third Ave. between 65th St. and 86th St. from the plan.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the plan will add roughly 11 miles of truck routes to Brooklyn, nearly 4 miles in the Bronx, 16 miles in Queens, 14 in Staten Island and nearly 1.5 miles in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, about 5 miles of existing truck routes will be removed citywide.<\/p>\n<p>A DOT spokesperson said the department will make upgrades to the roads involved in the truck routes to improve pedestrian visibility and safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City\u2019s Department of Transportation is rolling out a redesigned network of truck routes, which are meant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6157,9,56,63,21986,65,64,8018,18989,101425],"class_list":["post-337859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-dot","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-department-of-transportation","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-roads","tag-streets","tag-truck-routes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337859","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=337859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}