City Will Pay Businesses To Reduce Truck Deliveries During The Day

BROOKLYN, NY — The New York City Department of Transportation is now reimbursing businesses to shift their truck deliveries to evening hours.

The new initiative is the DOT's attempt to reduce traffic and get 62,000 trucks to make daily off-hour deliveries by 2040, department officials said.

The department has earmarked $6 million for the initiative.

“Incentivizing off-hour deliveries is a win for street safety and businesses throughout New York City,” said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “This program is one of many actions that the City must take to protect our streets from excessive truck congestion while balancing demands for the movement of freight throughout New York."

To apply, businesses must submit their anticipated off-peak delivery expenses through the application portal and commit to conducting all truck deliveries between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. for at least a year. Businesses of all sizes are eligible.

“As a mapped truck route, the Atlantic Avenue business community endures first hand the circulatory challenges of daytime deliveries,” said Kelly Carroll, executive director of the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District. “Off hour deliveries would ease congestion, reduce emissions when they are breathed the most, and lessen the potential for conflicts between other vehicles and most importantly, pedestrians.”

The application portal is open from now until September 30.