NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Subject: Opportunity to comment on proposed New York City Department of Transportation rules relating to truck routes.
Date/Time: November 19, 2013 3:00pm
Location: Queens Borough Hall
120-55 Queens Boulevard
Room 213, Part 2
Kew Gardens, NY 11424
Contact: Dalila Hall
NYCDOT Queens Borough Commissioner
120-55 Queens Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Kew Gardens, NY 11424
T: 212-839-2510
Proposed Rule Amendment
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Commissioner of Transportation by Section 1043 of the New York City Charter and subdivision (a) of Section 2903 of the New York City Charter, and in accordance with the requirements of Section 1043 of the New York City Charter, NYCDOT proposes to amend subdivision (b) of Section 4-13 of Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Compilation of the Rules of the City of New York, the Traffic Rules related to truck routes for the Borough of Queens. The proposed amendments were not included in the Agency’s regulatory agenda because the need for them was not foreseen at the time the agenda was finalized.
Instructions
- Written comments regarding the proposed rules may be sent to Dalila Hall, NYCDOT Queens Borough Commissioner, 120-55 Queens Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Kew Gardens, NY 11424 on or before November 19, 2013 or may be submitted electronically to rules@dot.nyc.gov or to the NYC Rules web site at www.nyc.gov/nycrules .
- Individuals seeking to testify at the public hearing are requested to notify Queens Borough Commissioner Dalila Hall at the address stated above.
- Individuals who need a sign language interpreter or other accommodation for a disability at the hearing are asked to notify Queens Borough Commissioner Dalila Hall at the above address by November 12, 2013.
- Individuals interested in receiving comments may request them by writing to: New York City Department of Transportation, Record Access Office, 55 Water Street, 4th Floor, New York City, NY 10041.
STATEMENT OF BASIS AND PURPOSE
Pursuant to §§ 1043 and 2903 (a) of the New York City Charter, the Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to promulgate rules regarding the conduct of vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the streets, squares, avenues, highways and parkways of the City as may be necessary.
Background
Based upon recommendations from a truck study conducted in 2007 and a Maspeth Bypass Study which included truck origin and destination data, community meetings and local business and trucking industry requests for truck route changes, the Department of Transportation proposes to amend provisions of Title 34, Section 4-13 of the Rules of the City of New York in order to establish a more consistent designation of truck routes in the Borough of Queens. Specifically, the proposed rule:
- Changes the designation of: 55th Drive, 56th Terrace, Flushing Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Grand Avenue, Maspeth Avenue, and Page Place to Local Truck Routes.
- Dedesignates parts of Flushing Avenue, Fresh Pond Road and Grand Avenue as Local Truck Routes.
New matter in the following rule is underlined, and deleted material is in brackets.
“Shall and “must” denote mandatory requirements and may be used interchangeably in the rules of this department, unless otherwise specified or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of section 4-13 of Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Rules of the City of New York is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, new entries for 55th Drive, 56th Terrace, Maspeth Avenue, and Page Place; and by deleting the entries for Flushing Avenue, Fresh Pond Road and Grand Avenue. The amendments read as follows:
LOCAL TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK
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Astoria Blvd. (North and South) |
8th Street to Northern Boulevard |
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Atlantic Avenue |
Kings County Line to Van Wyck Expressway |
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Baisley Boulevard |
Rockaway Boulevard to Merrick Boulevard |
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Beach Channel Drive |
Marine Pkway Bridge to Nassau County Line |
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Borden Avenue |
2nd Street to Greenpoint Avenue |
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Braddock Avenue |
Hillside Avenue to Jamaica Avenue |
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Bradley Avenue |
Greenpoint Avenue to Van Dam Street |
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Bridge Plaza |
Queensboro Bridge to Jackson Avenue |
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Broadway |
Vernon Boulevard to Queens Boulevard |
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Brooklyn-Queens Expressway |
Kings County Line to Astoria Boulevard (North and South) |
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Central Avenue |
Myrtle Avenue to Cooper Avenue |
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Clearview Expressway |
Throgs Neck Bridge to Hillside Avenue |
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Clintonville Street |
Cross Island Parkway South Service Road to 7th Avenue |
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College Point Avenue |
Long Island Expressway to 14th Avenue |
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Cooper Avenue |
Kings County Line to Woodhaven Boulevard |
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Crescent Street |
41st Avenue to Bridge Plaza |
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Cross Bay Boulevard |
Liberty Avenue to Beach Channel Drive |
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Cross Island Pkwy. Service Rds. |
Whitestone Expressway to Francis Lewis Boulevard |
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Cypress Avenue |
Flushing Avenue to Cooper Avenue |
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Ditmars Boulevard |
49th Street to Hazen Street |
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Ditmars Boulevard |
81st Street to 23rd Avenue |
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Dunkirk Street |
Liberty Avenue to Linden Boulevard |
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Farmers Boulevard |
Liberty Avenue to North and South Conduit Avenue |
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Flushing Avenue |
Kings County Line to [Grand Avenue] Rust Street |
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Francis Lewis Boulevard |
Cross Island Parkway Service Roads to Springfield Boulevard |
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Fresh Pond Road |
[Flushing Avenue] Metropolitan Avenue to Myrtle Avenue |
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Grand Avenue |
Kings County Line to Long Island Expressway |
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Grand Avenue |
Kings County Line to [Queens Boulevard] Rust Street and Borden Avenue to Queens Boulevard |
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Greenpoint Avenue |
Van Dam Street to Queens Boulevard |
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Guy R. Brewer Boulevard |
Liberty Avenue to North and South Conduit Avenue |
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Hazen Street |
20th Avenue to Astoria Boulevard |
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Hempstead Avenue |
Jamaica Avenue to Nassau County Line |
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Hillside Avenue |
Myrtle Avenue to Nassau County Line |
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Hoyt Ave. (North and South) |
Astoria Boulevard to 21st Street |
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Jackson Avenue |
Borden Avenue to Northern Boulevard |
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Jamaica Avenue |
Merrick Boulevard to Nassau County Line |
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Junction Boulevard |
32nd Avenue to Queens Boulevard |
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Kissena Boulevard |
Main Street to Parsons Boulevard |
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Laurel Hill Boulevard |
Review Avenue to 54th Avenue |
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Liberty Avenue |
Van Wyck Expressway to Farmers Boulevard |
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Linden Boulevard |
Kings County Line to North and South Conduit Avenue, and Newburg Street to Farmers Boulevard |
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Linden Place |
Whitestone Expressway to Northern Boulevard |
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Long Island Expressway |
Queens Midtown Tunnel to Nassau County Line |
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Main Avenue |
Vernon Boulevard to Astoria Boulevard |
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Main Street |
Northern Boulevard to Queens Boulevard |
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Maurice Avenue |
L.I.E. to 56th Terrace |
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Maspeth Avenue |
49th Street to 48th Street |
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Maspeth Avenue |
Page Place to Maurice Avenue |
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Merrick Boulevard |
Hillside Avenue to Nassau County Line |
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Metropolitan Avenue |
Kings County Line to Hillside Avenue |
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Myrtle Avenue |
Kings County Line to Hillside Avenue |
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North and South Conduit Avenue (Sunrise Highway) |
Linden Boulevard to Nassau County Line |
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Northern Boulevard |
Jackson Avenue to Nassau County Line |
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Page Place |
Grand Avenue to Maspeth Avenue |
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Parsons Boulevard |
Kissena Boulevard to Union Turnpike |
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Queens Boulevard |
Jackson Avenue to Hillside Avenue |
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Review Avenue |
Borden Avenue to Laurel Hill Boulevard |
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Rockaway Boulevard |
Atlantic Avenue to Nassau County Line |
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Roosevelt Avenue |
Queens Boulevard to Main Street |
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Rust Street |
58th Street to Flushing Avenue |
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Rust Street |
56th Terrace to 58th Street |
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Springfield Boulevard |
Jamaica Avenue to North and South Conduit Avenue |
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Steinway Street |
Northern Blvd. to Astoria Blvd. North |
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Steinway Street |
Astoria Blvd. North to 19th Avenue |
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Sutphin Boulevard |
94th Avenue to Liberty Avenue |
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Thomson Avenue |
Jackson Avenue to Queens Boulevard |
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Union Turnpike |
Myrtle Avenue to Nassau County Line |
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Van Dam Street |
Queens Boulevard to Greenpoint Avenue |
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Van Wyck Expressway |
Whitestone Expressway to John F. Kennedy International Airport |
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Vernon Boulevard |
Borden Avenue to 8th Street |
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Whitestone Expressway |
Whitestone Bridge to Astoria Boulevard |
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Willets Point Boulevard |
Roosevelt Avenue to Northern Boulevard |
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Woodhaven Boulevard |
Liberty Avenue to Queens Boulevard |
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8th Street |
Astoria Boulevard to Vernon Boulevard |
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14th Road |
College Point Boulevard to 110th Street |
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14th Avenue |
Cross Island Parkway Service Road to Whitestone Expressway and College Point Boulevard to 110th Street |
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15th Avenue |
College Point Boulevard to 1l0th Street |
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19th Avenue |
Steinway Street to 81st Street |
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20th Avenue |
21st Street to Hazen Street |
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20th Avenue |
Whitestone Expressway to College Point Boulevard |
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21st Street |
Borden Avenue to 20th Avenue |
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23rd Avenue |
Astoria Boulevard South to Ditmars Boulevard |
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24th Avenue |
21st Street to 29th Street |
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29th Street |
24th Avenue to Astoria Boulevard |
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39th Street |
Queens Boulevard to Northern Boulevard |
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41st Avenue |
21st Street to Crescent Street |
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43rd Street |
53rd Avenue to 54th Avenue |
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47th Street |
Grand Avenue to 58th Road |
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48th Street |
Long Island Expressway to 55th Avenue |
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48th Street |
Maspeth Avenue to 58th Road and 55th Avenue to 56th Road |
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49th Street |
Ditmars Boulevard to Astoria Boulevard |
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49th Street |
Maspeth Avenue to 56th Road |
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53rd Avenue |
43rd Street to 48th Street |
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54th Avenue |
Laurel Hill Boulevard to 43rd Street |
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54th Street |
Flushing Avenue to Grand Avenue |
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55th Avenue |
48th Street to 58th Street |
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55th Drive |
Maurice Avenue to 58th Street |
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55th Street |
Flushing Avenue to Grand Avenue |
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56th Drive |
56th Road to 58th Street |
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56th Road |
Laurel Hill Boulevard to 56th Drive |
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56th Road |
56th Drive to 56th Terrace |
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56th Terrace |
58th Street to Rust Street |
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57th Place |
Maspeth Avenue to Rust Street |
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58th Road |
47th Street to 48th Street |
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58th Street |
Queens Boulevard to Maspeth Avenue |
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62nd Drive |
Junction Boulevard to Queens Boulevard |
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69th Street |
Long Island Expressway to Metropolitan Ave. |
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94th Avenue |
Van Wyck Expressway to Sutphin Boulevard |
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94th Street |
La Guardia Airport to 32nd Avenue |
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108th Street |
Astoria Boulevard to Queens Boulevard |
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110th Street |
14th Avenue to 15th Avenue |
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126th Street |
Northern Boulevard to Roosevelt Avenue |
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154th Street |
Cross Island Parkway North Service Road to 10th Avenue |
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168th Street |
Merrick Boulevard to Hillside Avenue |
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213th Street |
Hempstead Avenue to Jamaica Avenue |
NEW YORK CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE OF OPERATIONS
253 BROADWAY, 10th FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10007
212-788-1400
CERTIFICATION / ANALYSIS
PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 1043(d)
RULE TITLE: Changes to truck routes in Queens
REFERENCE NUMBER: DOT-17
RULEMAKING AGENCY: Department of Transportation
I certify that this office has analyzed the proposed rule referenced above as required by Section 1043(d) of the New York City Charter, and that the proposed rule referenced above:
- Is understandable and written in plain language for the discrete regulated
community or communities;
(ii) Minimizes compliance costs for the discrete regulated community or
communities consistent with achieving the stated purpose of the rule; and
(iii) Does not provide a cure period because it does not establish a violation, modification of a violation, or modification of the penalties associated with a violation.
/s/ Amy Bishop September 25, 2013
Mayor’s Office of Operations Date
NEW YORK CITY LAW DEPARTMENT
100 CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007
212-788-1087
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
CHARTER §1043(d)
RULE TITLE: Amendment of Queens Truck Routes
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2013 RG 080
RULEMAKING AGENCY: Department of Transportation
I certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced proposed rule as required by section 1043(d) of the New York City Charter, and that the above-referenced proposed rule:
- is drafted so as to accomplish the purpose of the authorizing provisions of law;
- is not in conflict with other applicable rules;
- to the extent practicable and appropriate, is narrowly drawn to achieve its stated purpose; and
- to the extent practicable and appropriate, contains a statement of basis and purpose that provides a clear explanation of the rule and the requirements imposed by the rule.
/s/ STEVEN GOULDEN Date: September 25, 2013
Acting Corporation Counsel