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Originally Posted by Mikemike
Your truck is an oversized vehicle in New York City: there's a 55' limit, your 48' trailer will certainly put you over.
No, the problem is not that there's no room for your truck in NYC neighbourhoods. The problem is that your truck is there at all, creating a significant hazard for others no matter how good a driver you are. A pharmacy should be getting deliveries in a truck less than half your size, and while there should certainly be parking stalls set aside for commercial loading (2 normal spots will fit any rational city truck), you can't blame cyclists for the lack of open parking spots.
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The trailer limit is 55' that does not include the tractor. You can have a 53' trailer plus any size cab and still be legal. Companies will not send multiple trucks or multiple deliveries to one store it is simply not cost effective. I know my perspective is skewed but there are realities in suppling large cities with goods that people can't wish away bc they don't like the way it is done.
The addition of seperated bike lane eliminated parking/loading area. Most of the time we are instructed to park in bike lane and let the city ticket us. They treat tickets like another cost of doing business similar to tolls and pass those costs to consumers.