New York News Updates

Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

NYC Expands Crackdown on BQE Overweight Trucks

New York City has started ticketing overweight trucks headed toward Staten Island on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, expanding its automated enforcement program.

June 24, 2025
Government, Business, Technology

NYC Sets Smaller Driver Pay Raise After Uber, Lyft Resistance

New York City on June 20 announced new minimum-pay rules for rideshare drivers, settling on a smaller-than-proposed 5% increase following pushback from Uber Technologies and Lyft.

June 20, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous

Waymo Applies for NYC Testing Permit

Waymo has applied for a permit to test its robotaxis in New York City, despite an absence of local regulations supporting commercially operated autonomous vehicles.

June 18, 2025
Government, Business

NYC Wins Order Against US Funding Freeze in Congestion Fight

New York won a court order temporarily barring the Trump administration from withholding federal approvals or funds for the state鈥檚 transportation projects.

May 27, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics

New York State Thruway Invests $12.3M to Revamp I-90 Bridge

The New York State Thruway Authority is embarking on a $12.3 million project to rehabilitate a bridge built in 1953 over Interstate 90 that handles 25,000 vehicles daily.

May 20, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, TCA

NYC Expands Weigh-in-Motion Program for Trucks

The New York City Department of Transportation will expand a program to fine overweight trucks on major infrastructure.

May 12, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Colorado Leads 16 States Suing FHWA to Recoup $1B in EV Grants

The group claims that FHWA ran afoul of its authority by blocking the funds, which were approved by Congress as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.

May 9, 2025
Government, Business

NYC Acts to Bar DOT From Denying Funds in Congestion Case

New York asked a judge to stop the Trump administration from withholding federal approvals or funds in the president鈥檚 push to end Manhattan鈥檚 congestion pricing program.

May 6, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics

Congestion Pricing Fight With DOT at Impasse, New York Says

New York is poised to seek an immediate court order in its lawsuit to protect its congestion pricing program from the Trump administration's push to shut it down.

May 2, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics

New $270M JFK Airport Cargo Center to Lower Truck Congestion

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey opened a $270 million consolidated cargo handling center at JFK airport to lessen truck congestion and boost high-value cargo handling.

May 2, 2025