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I read it, can’t say I enjoyed it, but I take it seriously. I grew up in NYC, and really disliked it for all the right reasons. Our author makes a lot of good points and makes sense.

One fact he left out is that the instigator of the boycott points out that getting into or out of NYC is a pain in the behind, on a good day, in a truck. Not a fun place to drive a big rig.

One fact he left out is that the instigator of the boycott points out that getting into or out of NYC is a pain in the behind, on a good day, in a truck.

The author points out that many of the truck depots servicing NYC aren't actually in NYC, but just outside - does that have any impact on how willing truckers will be to boycott?

I'll be interested to see how this goes - so many of the people gloating about Trump's case on MSNBC and NPR have no idea how economies or the real estate market work, and view professions like trucking with absolute contempt. An effective trucker boycott of NYC would be a real wake-up call for the lotus eaters.

My company is involved daily in the trucking of bulk materials around the country. NYC/NJ is already one of the most expensive places to deliver into on the east coast.
This is because all the major highways going in there are typically toll roads.

In addition, the traffic is terrible. Long haul truck drivers are paid by the mile. Not by the hour. Therefore, If it takes an extra 4 half day to deliver into the NYC/Newark area they charge for this.

Even picking up at the ports in NJ is more expensive. We purchase materials FOB the port. There is very little products sent into Newark ports that does not stay in the NYC metro area. This is because of the logistical nightmare of going into and out of these ports. Meaning you will pay an extra $1/mile shipping into or out of these ports.

Hence, IF you want to bring a product into the New England market the manufacturer will bring it into New Haven, CT.
IF you want to bring a product into the mid Atlantic market you will ship it into Baltimore, Wilmington(DE), or Philadelphia.

So, this effort will just remove more truckers from going into to NYC. However, IF the current rate going in there is $3.00/mile, then the rate will go up to $3.50 or $4.00 per mile. It just means everything going into NYC will cost more. However, it will not be double.