Doing business around Hunts Point? The NYS DOT’s Hunts Point Interstate Access Improvement Project is now open for review and comment. The DOT is seeking input about making it easier to go between the Hunts Point Market and the Bruckner Expressway. The full project may be viewed here. The comment period ends on July 27th. […]
Long Island Truck Route Fight
When the New York DOT proposed a new Long Island truck route on Nassau County’s South Oyster Bay Road, residents of Syosset, Hicksville, Plainview, and Bethpage, joined together to try to block it. The route, requested by Fed Ex to ease access to their new hub at the old Grumman site in Bethpage, goes through […]
Five Reasons Why American Freight Volumes Will Increase Over the Next Ten Years
The “U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2026” says that annual freight volumes will increase by 28.6% over the next ten years. The report put out by The American Trucking Associations (ATA) with IHS Global Insight. From the report as well as other trends we see the following reasons for the increase: Population growth. This is […]