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DOT's assessment of city truck routes and implementation of access areas
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Council Member Brooks-Powers inquires about DOT's assessment of the city's truck routes and implementation of better access areas while minimizing congestion in residential areas. Deputy Commissioner Beaton explains the ongoing review of the truck route network and the department's approach to balancing truck access and residential concerns.
- DOT is reviewing the city's truck route network, which has had limited changes since the 1970s
- The goal is to confine trucks to busier streets while allowing necessary deliveries
- Truck routes are viewed as restrictions on trucks, aimed at controlling truck traffic in specific areas
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
0:40:44
Is DOT assessing the city's truck routes and how can DOT implement better access areas while also ensuring that trucks are not increasing congestion in residential areas?
Eric Beaton
0:40:57
Yes.
0:40:58
So we are as mandated by the council, but in a good way, reviewing the city's truck route network, which has had very limited changes since first implemented in the 1970s.
0:41:11
I think we want to find the right balance where we don't want to encourage trucks to go through residential areas, But where they do need to go to make a delivery, we want to make sure that they are confined to the busiest streets.
0:41:23
And there are portions of the city that don't have much truck route network and the result of that is that trucks can sort of take whatever street gets them to their destination the fastest, which is not always the street that trucks should be on.
0:41:36
So I think truck routes are something sometimes people get very concerned about them.
0:41:42
I think the way to think about them is that they're really a restriction on trucks, that they have to stay to the truck routes.
0:41:47
And that's why we want to make sure that we have enough of them in the right places to be able to control truck traffic that's going to these areas.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
0:41:56
Thank you.
0:41:57
In terms of the overnight truck parking pilot that you all launched, Could you briefly describe the federal mandated brakes truckers are required to take and how are these requirements enforced?