Bill Text: NY S04568 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study the feasibility and impact of installing sliding access doors on subway platforms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04568 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04568-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4568--B
           Cal. No. 736
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
         favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
         amended  on  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, and to be
         reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third  read-
         ing  --  committed  to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged,
         bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
         committee
       AN  ACT to direct the metropolitan transportation authority to study the
         feasibility and impact of installing sliding access  doors  on  subway
         platforms
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The metropolitan transportation authority shall  conduct  a
    2  study to examine the feasibility and impact of the installation of slid-
    3  ing  access  doors  upon platforms at subway facilities operated by such
    4  authority including, but not limited to the following issues:
    5    (a) increased benefits to the safety of customers;
    6    (b) the likelihood of fatality prevention; and
    7    (c) the fiscal impact of installation.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10204-04-5
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