ALBANY, N.Y. — A plan to charge trucks to enter New York City’s downtown core was sunk a few weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean local politicians have stopped trying to figure out how to make travelling miserable for truckers.

According to the American Trucking Associations, New York state is considering a policy that would keep large trucks limited to interstate highways only, except to access terminals or to reach food, fuel, rest or repair locations.

The New York State Department of Transportation issued guidelines on the policy following Gov. David Patterson’s (D) announcement last week on the new regulations.

“When travelling off the national network, large trucks should utilize the most direct route when accessing terminals and services,” NYSDOT said in a statement on its Web site.

NYSDOT said it is working with officials to identify and develop appropriate traffic-calming measures at 15 proposed locations, and later this month plans to meet with businesses and the trucking industry to discuss the proposed regulation.