Bill Text: NY A04260 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the department of transportation, in consultation with the division of state police, to conduct a study of the synchronization of traffic lights and to study traffic light usage and the flow of traffic on state highways and roadways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A04260 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04260-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4260
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 2, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to authorize the study  of  synchronization  of  traffic  control
         signals on highways
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The department of transportation, in consultation with the
    2  division of state police, is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a
    3  study of the synchronization of  traffic  control  signals  on  highways
    4  under  the  jurisdiction  of the state in regions ten and eleven of such
    5  department.  Such study shall examine the effect of the usage and timing
    6  of traffic control signals installed on state highways, on traffic  flow
    7  and  volume  on such state highways and intersecting highways, including
    8  during peak and non-peak hours. Such study also shall include  recommen-
    9  dations  on traffic light synchronization to maximize the efficient flow
   10  of traffic on such state and intersecting highways.  The  department  of
   11  transportation  shall  deliver such study to the governor, the temporary
   12  president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs  of
   13  the  senate and assembly transportation committees on or before December
   14  1, 2012.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07880-01-1