Bill Text: NY S00486 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends and expands the scope of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot to include an additional 1,200 users.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00486 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00486-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 486 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, BAILEY, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta- tion AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the transportation law, in relation to extending and expanding the scope of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1205 of the public authorities 2 law, as added by chapter 717 of the laws of 1967, is amended and a new 3 subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: 4 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, 5 no zonal system of fares proposed to be instituted on or after March 6 first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight for the use of the whole or any part 7 of a rapid transit facility or of an omnibus line facility or a para- 8 transit service operated by the authority and no general revision of the 9 system of transfers applicable to the use of all such facilities in 10 effect as of that date shall be established without the written approval 11 of the mayor. For the purposes of this subdivision the term "zonal 12 system of fares" shall mean any system whereby the fare payable for the 13 use of a rapid transit facility or an omnibus line facility or any para- 14 transit service operated by the authority or of any part thereof varies 15 according to distance traveled or to the location of the point of entry 16 or departure by the user, but the creation or elimination of free trans- 17 fer points shall not be regarded as the institution of such a system. 18 9. a. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "on-demand E-hail 19 paratransit pilot" shall mean the service created by the metropolitan 20 transportation authority in two thousand seventeen, through which users 21 of the authority's Access-A-Ride paratransit program can receive immedi- 22 ate rides using a smartphone app or phone service. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01177-01-3S. 486 2 1 b. The authority shall continue to operate the on-demand E-hail para- 2 transit pilot through March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, as 3 provided by subdivision five-a of section fifteen-b of the transporta- 4 tion law. 5 c. Fares for rides for the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall be 6 equal to the authority's base fare for bus and subway services. Hours of 7 service for such pilot shall be the same as the authority's hours of 8 service for bus, subway, and other paratransit services. The length, 9 duration and number of on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot rides avail- 10 able to each user enrolled in the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot 11 shall not be limited or restricted. 12 § 2. Section 15-b of the transportation law is amended by adding a new 13 subdivision 5-a to read as follows: 14 5-a. a. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "on-demand E-hail 15 paratransit pilot" shall mean the service created by the metropolitan 16 transportation authority in two thousand seventeen, through which users 17 of the authority's Access-A-Ride paratransit program can receive immedi- 18 ate rides using a smartphone app or phone service. 19 b. The metropolitan transportation authority shall continue to operate 20 the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot through March thirty-first, two 21 thousand twenty-five. 22 c. On or before March sixteenth, two thousand twenty-four, the metro- 23 politan transportation authority shall expand the on-demand E-hail para- 24 transit pilot to include an additional one thousand two hundred Access- 25 A-Ride users; provided, however, the authority shall not pay any costs 26 or expenses related to such expansion above funding levels for the 27 on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot for the two thousand nineteen calen- 28 dar year, and may only implement such expansion with funds appropriated 29 to it by the state of New York or other governmental source for such 30 purpose. In selecting new users for the on-demand E-hail paratransit 31 pilot, the metropolitan transportation authority shall endeavor to 32 select a representative sample of Access-A-Ride users, accounting for 33 age, disability, geographic distribution throughout New York city, and 34 frequency of ridership of Access-A-Ride's other services. 35 d. Fares for rides for the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall be 36 equal to the metropolitan transportation authority's base fare for bus 37 and subway services. Hours of service for such pilot shall be the same 38 as the metropolitan transportation authority's hours of service for bus, 39 subway, and other paratransit services. The length, duration and number 40 of on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot rides available to each user 41 enrolled in the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall not be limited 42 or restricted. 43 e. On or before April thirteenth, two thousand twenty-five, the 44 authority shall issue a report to the governor, the temporary president 45 of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the 46 assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the mayor of the city of 47 New York, the city council of the city of New York and the metropolitan 48 transportation authority. Such report shall detail ridership, usage 49 patterns, and costs of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot. 50 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
