Pols are seeking to blunt the proliferation of 'last-mile logistics' warehouses run by Amazon and other large companies, arguing the rapid package deliveries they facilitate have caused an epidemic of truck traffic and pollution in communities of color.
But compared to the warehouses of yore, last-mile facilities see massively increased levels of truck traffic, advocates say, which by extension leads to greater concentrations of air and noise pollution. Of particular concern is the warehouses’ siting in “environmental justice communities,” those areas with disproportionately low-income and non-white populations that have historically borne the burdens associated with polluting industries’ siting in their neighborhoods.
The facility is not within 1,000 feet of a school, park, nursing home, or public housing development.significant maritime industrial areaThe zoning text amendments are paired with bills requiring the city study the impacts of heavy truck traffic on local communities and infrastructure, ways to redesign streets to limit commercial truck traffic in residential areas, and the feasibility of tracking truck routes with GPS.
A spokesperson for Amazon did not respond by press time to amNewYork Metro’s inquiries regarding the company’s existing and planned facilities, as well as its position on the legislative package and whether the company is doing anything to mitigate negative externalities from its facilities.
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