NEW YORK — New distribution centers aimed at curbing delivery truck traffic on New York City’s residential streets will open later this year, the Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
“New Yorkers are receiving more deliveries than ever before, and we are pursuing creative ways to make these deliveries cleaner, safer, and more efficient by reducing the number of delivery trucks on our roads,” DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement.
The so-called “microhubs” will provide temporary parking for large delivery trucks and allow packages to be transferred to smaller, cleaner vehicles — such as cargo bicycles, electric vans, or even hand trucks — for delivery to residential customers, according to the DOT plan mandated by City Council legislation passed in 2021.
