This study was intended to help the Department of Transportation improve traffic circulation and enhance safety in the industrial and residential neighborhoods bounded by Grand Avenue, the Long Island Expressway, and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The study explored alternative travel routes for trucks and assessed signs to reduce the impact of truck traffic on local streets.
A summary of the Sector Assessment Project, which investigated challenges faced by the reuse sector and ways to facilitate more effective and efficient reuse programs in New York City.
Sims Municipal Recycling of New York, LLC is seeking to lease the 30th Street Pier from the Department of Small Business Services, to gain capital funding for the construction and operation of a private recyclables handling and recovery facility from the Department of Sanitation, and to sign a long-term contract with the City to sort and market source-separated metal, glass, paper and plastic recyclables.