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Weight-in-motion enforcement on BQE
2:16:52
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Commissioner Rodriguez discusses the automatic weight-in-motion enforcement program on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) and efforts to expand it statewide.
- New York City is seeking reauthorization of its automatic weight-in-motion enforcement program.
- The city was the first to use weight-in-motion technology to capture overweight trucks on the BQE.
- The program has resulted in a 60% reduction in overweight vehicles in the areas where it's being used.
- Governor Hochul has included the expansion of weight-in-motion enforcement statewide in her budget.
- DOT is looking forward to working with the city council to pass a home rule message to renew the program and continue protecting aging infrastructure.
Ydanis Rodriguez
2:16:52
We all should be proud that New York City is the first one using the wait in motion that is able to capture those overweight truck under the BQE.
2:17:00
And we have seen a 60% reduction in those area where we're using our weight emotion.
2:17:07
This program, as I say, is on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and supporting further expansion of a wind enforcement statewide.
2:17:16
We appreciate governor Hochul for including her budget for the waiting motion to be used across the whole state of New York.
2:17:25
The system is working, reducing the numbers of overweight vehicles in the structure by 60%.
2:17:31
We look forward to working with the council to pass a home rule message to renew the program and continue to protect this aging piece of infrastructure.
2:17:42
Chair and member, finally, when I first stepped into my role as a commissioner after serving twelve years in this body that prepared me well for me to be leading this agency, The agency minority and women owned business enterprise, MWBE's utilization rate was only 11%.