Running In NYC - Tips, Encouraging Words, Fair Warnings ;)

Go to the NYC DOT website and order a truck route map for the city.

I have been there many, many times. Almost all of them have been driving a bus. A tour bus.

The map gives you the routes you are allowed to go on. As Guy and others have said. Always look at your route before hand. Use Google Earth and the Sat view on Google Maps. Look at each turn. Each intersection. And most of all make sure you are on an authorized route.

If you go by your company's or the receiver's direction and they take you on a non truck route, the cops don't care. I think they get paid extra for giving tickets to commercial vehicles, because they give out enough.

I can't remember how long ago it was, but they have banned trucks over 4x feet from Manhattan. I can't remember if it is 40 or 43 feet. But 53 footers are no longer allowed.

Keep it safe out here, the life you save might be your own. Joe S

Thank you very much for the thoughtful response!