Bill Text: NY A00973 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to implementing dedicated crossing times at all major thoroughfares in the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to cities [A00973 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00973-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          973
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 8, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Cities
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation to dedicated crossing times for pedestrians
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
    2  by adding a new section 19-192 to read as follows:
    3    S 19-192 DEDICATED CROSSING TIMES FOR PEDESTRIANS. A. THE COMMISSIONER
    4  SHALL DIRECT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEDICATED CROSSING TIMES  FOR  PEDES-
    5  TRIANS ON ALL MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
    6    B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
    7    (1)  "DEDICATED CROSSING TIMES" SHALL MEAN INTERVALS OF SPECIFIC DURA-
    8  TION, SIGNALED BY TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES, DURING  WHICH  ALL  VEHICULAR
    9  TRAFFIC  IS STOPPED AND PEDESTRIANS MAY WALK ACROSS MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
   10  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE DURATION  OF  INTERVALS
   11  AT EACH MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
   12    (2)  "MAJOR  THOROUGHFARES" SHALL MEAN ANY STREET OR INTERSECTION THAT
   13  EXPERIENCES HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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