{"id":33214,"date":"2025-07-02T18:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/33214\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:08:14","slug":"park-it-here-nyc-council-advances-bill-to-give-trucks-designated-overnight-parking-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/33214\/","title":{"rendered":"Park it here! NYC Council advances bill to give trucks designated overnight parking spots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The trucks can use the metered parking in three locations as part of the pilot program: Maspeth, Queens; Hunt\u2019s Point, Bronx; and Flatlands, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Photo via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The NYC Council advanced a bill on Monday that would give big trucks a big break to park legally overnight in NYC.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Intro 0099<\/a> made its way through the City Council on June 30. If signed by Mayor Eric Adams, the law would require the city Department of Transportation (DOT) to make available overnight parking areas in the city\u2019s \u201cindustrial business zones\u201d for commercial vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bill advanced following months of New Yorkers expressing concern over quality-of-life issues when trucks are parked \u201cimproperly\u201d in their residential neighborhoods, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t about pointing fingers, it\u2019s about addressing a problem that\u2019s been left unmanaged for too long in communities like mine,\u201d Queens City Council Member Nantasha Williams, who sponsored the bill, said. \u201cResidents have raised real concerns, and drivers are often left without workable options. We can\u2019t keep issuing tickets without offering solutions. This bill is about creating a smarter system, one that respects the needs of neighborhoods while recognizing the essential role of truckers in keeping this city running.\u201d<\/p>\n

The law would build on\u00a0the DOT\u2019s on-street\u00a0overnight truck parking pilot,<\/a> which launched on March 20 and featured metered parking in three industrial areas: Flatlands, Brooklyn; Hunts Point, the Bronx; and Maspeth, Queens. The program created 45 new legal spaces in total.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Per Intro 0099\u2019s language, more parking areas would be made available for the trucks. The lots would stay active for at least 10 continuous hours overnight and inactive between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

The bill and pilot program aim to give truck drivers a break while complying with federally mandated rest periods and reducing illegal overnight parking in residential areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAllowing truck operators to have safe and convenient places to take mandatory rest breaks supports the safety of the truck-based deliveries we all rely on,\u201d said Eric Beaton, deputy commissioner of Transportation Planning and Management.\u00a0<\/p>\n

amNewYork contacted Selvena Brooks-Powers, chair of the NYC Council\u2019s transportation and infrastructure committee, who was in a meeting at the time.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Trucking Association of New York said passing the bill would help truckers and improve the delivery process within the city.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cProviding a safe place to park is not just a kind gesture; \u00a0it has the power to improve efficiency, reduce costs for drivers, and preserve neighborhoods,\u201d said Zach Miller, vice president of government affairs at the organization. \u201c It\u2019s a simple change that helps the entire city run better\u2014and we commend our city leaders for working to make this a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller said that trucks transport nearly 90% of NYC\u2019s goods, and passing the bill would be a \u201cpromising step forward\u201d for the Big Apple\u2019s freight network.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Advocacy groups have said truck parking capacity is a nationwide issue, especially in populated urban areas like NYC. According to the American Trucking Associations and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, there is only one truck parking space for every 11 drivers<\/a> in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is no word yet on whether Adams will sign the bill into law. If he does, it would become effective after 180 days and expire on July 1, 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trucks can use the metered parking in three locations as part of the pilot program: Maspeth, Queens;…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,8471,1121,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,27756,27757,4413,11900,27758,27759,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-33214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-nyc-dot","18":"tag-overnight-parking-for-trucks","19":"tag-queens","20":"tag-transit","21":"tag-truck-deliveries-in-nyc","22":"tag-trucking-association-of-new-york","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114784981799353956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}