#transit-priority

#transit-priority

The federal government has lost its trucking mind. So says the state's trucking industry trade group, which is demanding that the Federal Highway Administration abandon its objection to the 34th Street busway - a red flag speciously thrown up by Administrator Sean McMaster on the false premise that truckers would not be able to access the crosstown corridor because of the city Department of Transportation's plan to put down red paint.

The Department of Transportation says work will begin the second week of October and wrap up by the end of the year, with the new rules going live in November or December. Once in effect, private cars will only be allowed onto the street to reach local businesses and must exit within a block. Translation: No more joyrides across town. Trucks and buses, however, will rule the road from 6 am to 10 pm.