While everyone complains about the traffic in Boro Park, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D, Brooklyn) is doing something about it. Hikind believes one solution would be for stores along the main thoroughfares to begin accepting off-hour deliveries. Rather than having trucks adding to the congestion, this would go a long way to reducing the congestion along 13th, 16th and 18th Avenues during peak traffic hours.
Today, Assemblyman Hikind met with Brooklyn Department of Transportation Commissioner Keith Bray to discuss his solution. The meeting was also attended by Stacey Hodge, DOT Director of Freight Mobility, Transportation and Planning Management, Asheque Rahman, DOT Program Manager, Claudette Workman, Assistant to the Commissioner, and Barry Spitzer, Manager of Community Board 12.
“Everyone agrees that traffic in Boro Park, especially along the main streets, can become nightmarish,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “I had an excellent, productive meeting with Commissioner Bray and his team about possibly offering store owners financial incentives to accept off-hour deliveries. Implementing a program like this, which they currently have in Manhattan, would be a first for the outer boroughs. It would improve the standard of living for everyone in our community—not just the people who live here but also those who are making deliveries because the deliveries would also be faster. It’s a win-win and I look forward to reporting further about our progress. I look forward to working with all elected officials and the Community Board to make the necessary changes that will help alleviate the traffic congestion in the community.”
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“offering store owners financial incentives” Curious what this means?
Something as “cheap” as giving store owners a break from sanitation tickets might very well do the trick…
And have the city clean those areas instead.
…But in Manhattan they gave businesses that signed up $2,000., at least during the pilot program.
To No. 1
It means tax abatements and other “bribes” to change their business operations so there is someone who can accept deliveries either late in the day or very early AM. However, its expensive and unnecessary since they have the legal right to ban parking during certain hours and enforce those regulations. Private businesses have no entitlement to have their delivery trucks block traffic for thousands of commuters for their own convenience and economic benefit.
First thing what has to be done is trucks to double-park only one side of street with zero tolerance,
This will avoid a lot of traffic and u don’t have to give any incentives to store owners, then if u wanna do other things go ahead and do whatever u think gonna work
#4 thanks & excellent point!
Trucks are the least of the problems. Ticket every selfish, entitled driver who double parks. They often reduce 13th Avenue to one lane
maybe the stores get an incentive to stay open late but how about the suppliers,distributors,manufacturers?
a local distributor lets use Mehadrin for example.
They need their truck back in New Jersey for the evening to be loaded for the next day deliveries. They won’t keep a distribution open with staff 24 hours. drivers have families to go home to on time to be with their kids.
I think changing 16th ave and 18th ave to one-way streets will help better and keep 66 officers enforcing double parked vehicles all day will help traffic flow better.
Also give incentive to distributors to pay for extra help and maybe get deliveries faster off the truck and into stores.
They should get Korns bakery out of bp! They cause a huge amount of traffic on 15th avenue at all hours of the day.