Mack Trucks has turned over the keys to its Mack LR Electric demonstration model to New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) officials.
Side-guards are inexpensive and common-sense protections to help keep pedestrians from being caught in the gap of a truck and badly hurt or killed, according to the city.
Early in 2020, Mack Trucks handed the keys to its first fully electric refuse truck to the New York City Department of Sanitation. Equipment Editor Jim Park gives us a tour of the truck and a few early driving impressions.
Mack Trucks pulled back the curtain on the first working Mack LR Electric, a fully electric version of the LR refuse model, which will be delivered to the New York City Department of Sanitation before the end of January.
About 49.3 million people will hit the nation's roadways this Thanksgiving as compared with 48.5 million in 2018, representing a 2.8% increase and the highest volume of travelers in 14 years.
The ban is especially designed to lessen the impact of large tucks and delivery vans.
In its 2019 Strategic Plan Progress Report, the New York City Department of Sanitation noted that it continues to test alternative fuels and raise public awareness with the fleet.
A. Duie Pyle, provider of asset and non-asset based transportation and supply chain solutions in the Northeast, announced the implementation of two new 100% electric Fuso eCanter trucks.
New York's elected leaders have approved a state budget that enables new tolls on vehicles entering midtown Manhattan that's designed to reduce traffic and increase vehicle speeds, as well as fund long-needed improvements to New York City's network of subway and train lines.
New York City's high-vision trucks minimize blind spots by lowering the height of the truck cab, using additional windows, and reducing the size and height of the truck’s hood.
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