Springfield food trucks

In Springfield, Massachusetts, outcry from food truck operators appears to be getting results – or at least setting them in motion. Dozens of vendors who run smaller-than-small businesses in the city have come out against rule changes passed by the city council months ago. As WAMC’s reports, the council’s acting – it’s just a matter of what and when.

New rules meant to rein in food trucks - and the late-night complaints some of them have allegedly caused - have become the stuff of dismay in Springfield, Massachusetts.The city council passed reforms months ago – but much isn’t being enforced as councilors hear out vendors who, in some cases, say they never got the memo.Some vendors say they might just leave the city, especially when their trucks are a literal vehicle for making ends meet.

An almost decade-long dispute over food trucks on downtown streets in the largest city in western Massachusetts appears to have been resolved. The…