Bill Text: NY A08300 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Triborough bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-30 - reported referred to rules [A08300 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08300-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Triborough bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-30 - reported referred to rules [A08300 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08300-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8300 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring certain public authorities to develop a plan to promote bicyclist and pedestrian access on bridges statewide and to consider the impact of capital projects on bicyclist and pedestrian access The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new 2 section 543 to read as follows: 3 § 543. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a 4 strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on road- 5 way bridges under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but not be 6 limited to: 7 (a) developing and monitoring capital projects to allow for and/or 8 expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 9 (b) reviewing the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 10 after January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the impact 11 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and proposing any 12 amendments and modifications to such capital program plans that the 13 authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. 14 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 15 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of 16 the senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic action 17 plan conducted pursuant to this section. Such report shall be made 18 available to the public on the authority's website. 19 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 593 20 to read as follows: 21 § 593. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a 22 strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on road- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13603-02-3A. 8300 2 1 way bridges under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but not be 2 limited to: 3 (a) developing and monitoring capital projects to allow for and/or 4 expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 5 (b) reviewing the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 6 after January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the impact 7 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and proposing any 8 amendments and modifications to such capital program plans that the 9 authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. 10 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 11 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of 12 the senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic action 13 plan conducted pursuant to this section. Such report shall be made 14 available to the public on the authority's website. 15 § 3. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 669 16 to read as follows: 17 § 669. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a 18 strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on road- 19 way bridges under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but not be 20 limited to: 21 (a) developing and monitoring capital projects to allow for and/or 22 expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 23 (b) reviewing the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 24 after January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the impact 25 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and proposing any 26 amendments and modifications to such capital program plans that the 27 authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. 28 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 29 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of 30 the senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic action 31 plan conducted pursuant to this section. Such report shall be made 32 available to the public on the authority's website. 33 § 4. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 718 34 to read as follows: 35 § 718. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a 36 strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on road- 37 way bridges under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but not be 38 limited to: 39 (a) developing and monitoring capital projects to allow for and/or 40 expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 41 (b) reviewing the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 42 after January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the impact 43 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and proposing any 44 amendments and modifications to such capital program plans that the 45 authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. 46 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 47 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of 48 the senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic action 49 plan conducted pursuant to this section. Such report shall be made 50 available to the public on the authority's website. 51 § 5. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 390 52 to read as follows: 53 § 390. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a 54 strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on road- 55 way bridges under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but not be 56 limited to:A. 8300 3 1 (a) developing and monitoring capital projects to allow for and/or 2 expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 3 (b) reviewing the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 4 after January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the impact 5 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and proposing any 6 amendments and modifications to such capital program plans that the 7 authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. 8 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 9 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of 10 the senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic action 11 plan conducted pursuant to this section. Such report shall be made 12 available to the public on the authority's website. 13 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
