Bill Text: NY A05222 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
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 - Dead) 2022-04-13 - print number 5222a [A05222 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A05222-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5222--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, BENEDETTO, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07453-03-1A. 5222--A 2 1 ident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of the state of New 2 York. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 3 (a) the populations served and ridership expected to benefit from 4 public transit on the Triboro rail line; 5 (b) the potential transit travel time reductions, greenhouse gas 6 reductions, and economic benefits expected from the public transit 7 service on the Triboro rail line; 8 (c) the locations of potential stations, frequency and span of service 9 expected to run daily along the Triboro rail line; 10 (d) the operational segments (in phases) to get service started; sche- 11 dules needed for co-mingling with freight; expected freight expansion 12 and impacts to service; and 13 (e) any actions that can be implemented by the Metropolitan Transpor- 14 tation Authority immediately, a plan of action for such implementation, 15 and the estimated cost of such implementation plan. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
