Originally Posted by
UniChris
People tend to forget that truck routes are through truck routes. Except where there are clearance or load issues, trucks can legally use other streets to get to their local destination. That doesn't mean things aren't done illegally, but it does mean that to enforce an off-route truck you have to recognize a pattern or be investigating subsequent to something else which exposes the actual purposes of the trip.
No no no no no!
THROUGH Truck Routes in NYC are for travel THROUGH a borough if the point of origin is outside the borough and the destination is outside the borough. These MUST be used by commercial operators while transiting a borough.
LOCAL Truck Routes in NYC may be used if your point of origin or destination is inside a borough.
Finally, commerical operators may ONLY leave designated truck routes at the origin or destination, and ONLY THEN from the nearest intersection on the truck route to the destination, take the MOST DIRECT route to the destination, and then proceed by the MOST DIRECT route to the NEAREST designated truck route.
This isn't rocket science. But what it is is nearly completely unenforced!
-mr. bill