Due to the unique nature of dealing with issues in New York City, TANY retained CMW Strategies to build the association’s reputation with the NYC Mayor’s Office, NYC Council and City agencies. TANY has developed relationships with key constituents, helping to raise awareness of the importance of freight movement among industry challenges while answering the needs of New York City.
Key NYC Advocacy Efforts
TANY is advocating for a full review of the current truck route system, the use of better signage and for the removal of the 2-point violation provision.
A lack of available overnight parking in the New York City region forces trucks to park in areas not intended for commercial vehicles, including residential neighborhoods. TANY continues to work with the NYC Department of Transportation and NYC Economic Development Corporation to identify opportunities for future overnight parking facilities.
Congestion pricing, which was paused this spring by NYS Governor Hochul, is a strategy that intends to charge drivers a fee to enter certain areas during peak traffic times to reduce congestion and air pollution. The goal is to encourage drivers to use public transportation or other alternative modes of travel. When enacted, it will charge fees to most vehicles entering Manhattan on or below 60th Street. Passenger vehicles entering the zone will be charged up to $15 once a day, with some exceptions. Commercial trucks will be charged $24 or $36 per entry, depending on the size of the vehicle and the time of day. Although initially developed to alleviate some of the worst traffic in the country, improve air quality and provide a lifeline to the city’s public transportation network, it will bring an unjust hardship on the trucking industry, which delivers about 90 percent of goods in the five boroughs, especially for smaller companies that make up a big share of the city’s trucking industry, with an average fleet size of around 20 trucks. On May 30, 2024, TANY filed a lawsuit against the State of New York and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Federal Highway Administration to prevent the implementation of the program.
The Citizens Air Complaint Program is a program which allows members of the public to claim a reward by sending in videos of buses and trucks that they deem are idling illegally – regardless or accuracy. The program is deeply flawed and causing undue hardship to the trucking industry and does not work towards our share goal to provide a cleaner, more sustainable future, and environment for the city’s residents. The Citizens Air Complaint Program in its current form makes the trucking industry victims of a relentless bounty hunting system and ignores any right to due process. Some issues with the program include inconsistent and untimely summons, lack of notification to the accurate driver or registered owner, the absence of information and evidence provided on a summons, the inability to transfer liability for leasing companies or independent contractors, and the willful manipulation of the system to allow for the submission of frivolous complaints.
Citizens Air Complaint Program
TANYs Citizens Idling Program Concerns and Proposed Solutions
Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery in Dense Metros will deploy and demonstrate sustainable methods of last-mile delivery using electric heavy-duty, automotive grade cargo bikes, paired with maritime middle-mile transportation, to create a model that can be scaled throughout New York City and replicated in other large cities to reduce traffic emissions and congestion caused by dramatic increases in last-mile delivery and e-commerce.
Did You Know?
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53’ long trailers are prohibited in the five boroughs of New York City
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102” wide trailers and box trucks are prohibited in the five boroughs of New York City
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Overall vehicle length is limited to 35’ overall for box trucks and 55’ overall for combination vehicles
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Drivers can be fined and 2 points added to their license for violating the New York City truck route system
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A Commercial Motor Vehicle Tax Stamp is required if more than 50% of your mileage occurs within New York City