3 Truck Delivery Microhubs To Be Installed On UWS Streets: Here's Where

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — New York City's Department of Transportation is installing three street-side truck unloading zones called microhubs on the Upper West Side beginning Tuesday, starting with Amsterdam Avenue and West 85th Street, department officials said.

The microhubs are part of a three-year pilot program expected to help curb double parking and keep large delivery trucks out of the way of drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, officials said.

The other two new microhubs coming to the Upper West Side will be installed at Amsterdam Avenue and West 73rd Street, and Broadway and West 77th Street, the department said.

Each zone will be licensed to one delivery company to operate and maintain the area. This roster includes Amazon, UPS, and a last-mile delivery company called Net Zero Logistics, officials said.

"I stand here today to voice my strong support for microhubs," Manhattan Congressman Jerry Nadler said at the press conference. "New York City desperately needs microhubs. Our streets are too congested with truck traffic."

At the hubs, large truck operators would have dedicated space to offload deliveries onto smaller, more street-friendly modes of transportation like bikes, small vans and handcarts for the last leg of the journey, DOT officials said.

The microhubs on the Upper West Side will be up to 100 feet long and located in the curb lane.

In these zones, the department will install signage and upgraded safety barriers and cargo bike corrals where needed, officials said.

“New Yorkers are receiving more deliveries than ever before, and microhub zones will make them greener and safer by reducing the number of big trucks navigating local streets,” Ydanis Rodriguez, the NYC DOT Commissioner, said in January when the pilot was first approved.

The pilot program will last three years, officials said.

Brooklyn neighborhoods Clinton Hill and Greenpoint will also be getting microhubs installed as part of the pilot program later this spring, the DOT said.

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