Bill Text: NY A01934 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to conducting a study on the feasibility of using the Triboro rail line as a public transit line co-mingling with freight services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01934 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01934-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1934

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WALKER,  BENEDETTO,  REYES  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority to study  the
          feasibility  of  co-mingling public transit and freight service on the
          proposed Triboro line along the rail right-of-way running  from  Co-op
          City  in  the  Bronx,  through  Queens,  and terminating in Bay Ridge,
          Brooklyn

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  1.  The  Metropolitan  Transportation Authority shall, in
     2  consultation with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and  the
     3  state  Department  of Transportation, conduct a study to explore the use
     4  of the Triboro rail line as a  co-mingled  public  transit  and  freight
     5  line,  exploring  the  reduction  of  travel  time  for residents and an
     6  increase in quality of life for outer borough residents.
     7    2. The study shall  cover  the  full  extent  of  the  corridor  which
     8  includes  Amtrak's  ownership  in  the  Bronx  south  over the Hell Gate
     9  bridge, CSX's Fremont Secondary line south to Fresh Pond  Junction,  and
    10  the  Long  Island  Rail Road's Bay Ridge branch operated by New York and
    11  Atlantic Railway.
    12    3. Such study shall examine the challenges, opportunities, and  feasi-
    13  bility  of  co-mingling  public  transit  and  freight service along the
    14  Triboro rail line.
    15    4. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the Metropolitan
    16  Transportation Authority shall issue a report of  its  findings  on  the
    17  feasibility  and  benefits  of  co-mingling  public  transit and freight
    18  service along the Triboro rail line to the governor, the temporary pres-
    19  ident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of the state of  New
    20  York.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
    21    (a)  the  populations  served  and  ridership expected to benefit from
    22  public transit on the Triboro rail line;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 1934                             2

     1    (b) the potential  transit  travel  time  reductions,  greenhouse  gas
     2  reductions,  and  economic  benefits  expected  from  the public transit
     3  service on the Triboro rail line;
     4    (c) the locations of potential stations, frequency and span of service
     5  expected to run daily along the Triboro rail line;
     6    (d) the operational segments (in phases) to get service started; sche-
     7  dules  needed  for  co-mingling with freight; expected freight expansion
     8  and impacts to service; and
     9    (e) any actions that can be implemented by the Metropolitan  Transpor-
    10  tation  Authority immediately, a plan of action for such implementation,
    11  and the estimated cost of such implementation plan.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.