Bill Text: NY A01272 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes legislative bodies to establish speed limits not less than fifteen miles per hour for any portion of a highway within a city, village or town park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A01272 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A01272-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1272 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speed limits for any portion of a highway within a city, village or town park The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 2 chapter 496 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 1643. Speed limits on highways in cities and villages. The legisla- 4 tive body of any city or village with respect to highways (which term 5 for the purposes of this section shall include private roads open to 6 public motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village, other than state 7 highways maintained by the state on which the department of transporta- 8 tion shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statu- 9 tory fifty-five miles per hour speed limit as provided in section 10 sixteen hundred twenty of this title, or on which the department of 11 transportation shall have designated that such city or village shall not 12 establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred 13 twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section 14 sixteen hundred eighty-four of this title may by local law, ordinance, 15 order, rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits at which vehi- 16 cles may proceed within such city or village, within designated areas of 17 such city or village or on or along designated highways within such city 18 or village higher or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum 19 statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such city or 20 village or within designated areas of such city or village shall be 21 established at less than twenty-five miles per hour; except that in the 22 city of Long Beach, in the county of Nassau, speed limits may be estab- 23 lished at not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of the 24 following highways in such city: Cleveland avenue, Harding avenue, Mitc- 25 hell avenue, Belmont avenue, Atlantic avenue, Coolidge avenue, Wilson EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01780-01-3A. 1272 2 1 avenue and Taft avenue. No such speed limit applicable on or along 2 designated highways within such city or village shall be established at 3 less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits 4 may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a 5 distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a 6 highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting 7 on the highway [and], except that within the cities of Buffalo and 8 Rochester speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles 9 per hour for any portion of a highway within a city park, and except 10 that a speed limit may be established at not less than fifteen miles per 11 hour for any portion of a highway within a city or village park. No 12 speed limits shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this 13 section except in accordance with the engineering considerations and 14 factors for speed limits set forth in the manual and specifications for 15 a uniform system of traffic control devices maintained by the commis- 16 sioner of transportation pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of 17 this title, as such manual and specifications may be amended from time 18 to time, certified by a licensed professional engineer who specializes 19 in traffic operations. 20 § 2. Section 1662-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 21 chapter 496 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 22 § 1662-a. Speed limits in certain towns. The town board of any subur- 23 ban town governed pursuant to article three-A of the town law and the 24 town board of any other town having a population exceeding fifty thou- 25 sand, with respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this 26 section shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traf- 27 fic) in such towns outside any village, other than state highways main- 28 tained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have 29 established higher or lower speed limits than the statutory fifty-five 30 miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty 31 of this title, or on which the department of transportation shall have 32 designated that such towns shall not establish any maximum speed limit 33 as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty-four of this title, 34 subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty- 35 four of this title may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regu- 36 lation establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed 37 within such towns, within designated areas of such towns or on or along 38 designated highways within such towns lower than the fifty-five miles 39 per hour maximum statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable 40 throughout such towns or within designated areas of such towns shall be 41 established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that in the 42 town of Hempstead speed limits may be established at not less than 43 fifteen miles per hour on any portion of a highway in the community 44 known as Point Lookout and on all or any portion of the following high- 45 ways in the community known as Lido Beach: Ocean Boulevard, Allevard 46 Street, Bath Street, Buxton Street, Cheltenham Street, Pinehurst Street, 47 Harrogate Street, Matlock Street, Nantwick Street, Biarritz Street, 48 Royat Street, Luchon Street, Woodhail Street, Leamington Street, Sarato- 49 ga Street, Kensington Street, and Prescott Street; provided, however, 50 that no such speed limit in such town may be established unless a major- 51 ity of the residents of each such community file a petition with the 52 town board of such town requesting such speed limit. No such speed limit 53 applicable on or along designated highways within such towns shall be 54 established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school 55 speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, 56 for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, onA. 1272 3 1 a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abut- 2 ting on the highway, except that a speed limit may be established at not 3 less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of a highway within a 4 town park, and except further that in the town of Hempstead speed limits 5 may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour on any 6 portion of a highway in the communities known as Point Lookout and Lido 7 Beach; provided, however, that no such speed limit in such town may be 8 established unless a majority of the residents of each such community 9 file a petition with the town board of such town requesting such speed 10 limit. No speed limits shall be established pursuant to the provisions 11 of this section except in accordance with the engineering considerations 12 and factors for speed limits set forth in the manual and specifications 13 for a uniform system of traffic control devices maintained by the 14 commissioner of transportation pursuant to section sixteen hundred 15 eighty of this title, as such manual and specifications may be amended 16 from time to time, certified by a licensed professional engineer who 17 specializes in traffic operations. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
