Worst City To Drive A Truck In?

I agree Atlanta traffic is terrible not so much the navigation but the commute is ridiculous people constantly jumping in front of trucks and hitting the brakes purposely, refusing to move out the passing lane etc etc and as of right now im a 4 wheeler i can only imagine how it is in a big rig btw im a Native NewYorker.

I've been to New York City twice and I hardly saw any trucks in the city ( Manhattan) during the day, I think it's a night thing that trucks are allowed into the Manhattan area

Dallas is the easiest big city I know of. Just avoid i-30 and us-80 which takes you through the heart of downtown going east and west. If possible get on I-20 running along the south side of town and you can cruise through at 65-70 mph even during rush hour a lot of times.

Much of the industrial places that a truck will often deliver to is on the southwest part of town anyways, 60% of my deliveries there I just exit off of i-20 and arrive within minutes.

The Dallas Fort Worth cities have huge highways going in every direction to make it easy, that place was made for truckers.

Dallas is the easiest big city I know of. Just avoid i-30 and us-80 which takes you through the heart of downtown going east and west. If possible get on I-20 running along the south side of town and you can cruise through at 65-70 mph even during rush hour a lot of times.

Much of the industrial places that a truck will often deliver to is on the southwest part of town anyways, 60% of my deliveries there I just exit off of i-20 and arrive within minutes.

The Dallas Fort Worth cities have huge highways going in every direction to make it easy, that place was made for truckers.

820 is and has been under construction for the longest time and makes it worst.... By the airport they changed everything and GPS is not updated to the changes so its kinda tough there...

Still under construction, eh. God, I hope I don't have to go there. I go to Arkansas on Monday.

Dave

I've delivered in both the Bronx section of NY, and Chicago multiple times, but the worst situations I've gotten into were the times I've delivered in downtown New Orleans.

Driving a flat bed we don't end up down town as often as the dry vans, but occasionally in these older cities there will be some centuries old industrial type place we go to.

One time in New Orleans I delivered a heat exchanger to a hospital in the heart of the city. When the fork lift off loaded me they discovered the equipment was too large to fit in the overhead door. They wanted to put it back on my truck until they could figure out what to do with it, but I politely refused and explained that once it was unloaded it was no longer my responsibility. I don't know how long that thing sat out there on the sidewalk, but I moved on to the next conquest.

NYC has inaccurate signs on their expressways - where trucks are SUPPOSED to be. Why can't they just take those signs down? It boggles my mind. I can think of two in particular. I know there are more. One on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (278 Eastbound) that tells trucks to get off on Atlantic Ave due to low clearance

Let me tell ya........back in 1993, my rookie year as a driver, I was sent on a multi-stop run through Bronx and Queens and I followed that sign and got off there. There is no return ramp to get back on. I tried hollering on the CB to see if I needed to get off there but didn't get an answer in time. Took me a little while to roam around and find a way back onto the highway. So that sign was there 22 years ago. Don't know when it was actually put up.

New York State in general has inaccurate bridge signs everywhere. Many years ago they passed a resolution to change all of the bridge signs to read the actual height of the bridge but only some of that was ever completed. So they made a bad situation worse. At least before you knew the signs all read one foot below the actual height of the bridge. Now sometimes you really can't tell unless a newer sign specifies "actual height".

Embarrassing for New York.

Hello! I see this thread is old, but perhaps someone will see this before tomorrow. I currently drive for a company in PA and have made pickups and deliveries in Brooklyn and on Long Island. I drive a Freightliner sleeper and usually pull 53' reefer trailers.I know to stay on I-278 all the way to I-495 to go out onto Long Island, but . . . is it ok to stay on I-78 all the way to the Bronx. I'm supposed to deliver first in Brooklyn at the Jetro #112 and then I'm supposed to head to the Jetro in the Bronx (100 Oak Point Ave) for my second stop. I'd like to head back to I-78 after the first stop and then go on up to the Bronx. Are trucks ok to stay on I-78 all the way?

Atlanta and Chicago. Hard to choose just one.

I'd like to head back to I-78 after the first stop and then go on up to the Bronx. Are trucks ok to stay on I-78 all the way?

I should have said I-278. I'd like to head back to I-278 after the first stop and then go on up to the Bronx. Are trucks ok to stay on I-278 all the way?

I should have said I-278. I'd like to head back to I-278 after the first stop and then go on up to the Bronx. Are trucks ok to stay on I-278 all the way?

Yes, you can take I-278, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, all the way to its eastern end. Don't worry about those signs saying all trucks must exit at Atlantic Avenue. However, to reach the Triborough Bridge you're supposed to take the Astoria Boulevard exit, since trucks with more than three axles aren't allowed on the Grand Central Parkway. Astoria Boulevard is the frontage road next to the Grand Central, and after a few blocks you'll reenter the highway to get on the bridge. The signs are clear, so you shouldn't have much trouble.