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Overview and update on the overnight truck parking pilot program
0:43:19
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Council Member Brooks-Powers requests an overview and update on the overnight truck parking pilot program. Deputy Commissioner Beaton provides initial observations on the program's implementation and usage.
- The program is only a few weeks old, so observations are anecdotal
- DOT worked with the trucking industry and used social media to inform truckers about parking locations
- Initial usage has been good, with some truckers paying meters and others not
- Some zones have been better used than others, and DOT is working to spread awareness in all boroughs
- The program aims to reduce truck parking in residential areas, but it's too early to determine its full impact
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
0:43:19
Thank you.
0:43:20
Can you please provide the committee with an overview and update of the overnight truck parking pilot?
0:43:25
How were the truckers informed of these parking locations and have they been making use of them?
Eric Beaton
0:43:34
Sure, it's an important question.
0:43:36
We're only a few weeks in so I can give you a few anecdotal observations, but then we'll certainly be willing to discuss more once we're more into it.
0:43:47
But we worked with the trucking industry and with social media to get the word out about these locations.
0:43:54
What we've seen is pretty good use.
0:43:57
Some some are paying the meter, some are not.
0:44:00
But the behavior in general seems to be what we would wanna see.
0:44:05
I think some of the zones have been better used than others, and so we're trying to make sure that the word is getting out in all the boroughs.
0:44:11
I think what we wanna see is the flip side as well, that we we wanna see less truck parking in residential areas, and that's where we're we're really too early to be able to say what's happening for sure.
0:44:22
But the fact that they are parking here is a good sign that they were not parking somewhere else.