Bill Text: NY S07031 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes an increase in the maximum speed limit for travel on certain roadways.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-21 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07031 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S07031-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7031 I N S E N A T E April 21, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing an increase in the maximum speed limit for travel on certain roadways THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 1180-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended 2 by chapter 464 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 3 S 1180-a. Maximum speed limits. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision 4 of law, no city, village, town, county, public authority, division, 5 office or department of the state shall maintain or create (a) any speed 6 limit in excess of fifty-five miles per hour on any road, highway, park- 7 way or bridge or (b) any speed limit on any other portion of a public 8 highway, which is not uniformly applicable to all types of motor vehi- 9 cles using such portion of highway, if on November first, nineteen 10 hundred seventy-three, such portion of highway had a speed limit which 11 was uniformly applicable to all types of motor vehicles using it; 12 provided however, a lower speed limit may be established for any vehicle 13 operating under a special permit because of any weight or dimension of 14 such vehicle, including any load thereon, and (c) provided further, 15 paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall not apply to any portion of a 16 highway during such time that the condition of the highway, weather, an 17 accident, or other condition creates a temporary hazard to the safety of 18 traffic on such portion of a highway. However, the commissioner of the 19 department of transportation may establish a maximum speed limit [of not 20 more than sixty-five miles per hour] on any state roadway which meets 21 department criteria for such maximum speed IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 22 FOLLOWING GUIDELINES: (I) SEVENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR ON ANY INTERSTATE 23 HIGHWAY; (II) SIXTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR FOR ALL OR PART OF HIGHWAYS THAT 24 ARE DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, HAVE AT LEAST FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC, 25 AND HAVE A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE ROADWAYS MOVING IN OPPOSITE 26 DIRECTIONS; AND (III) FIFTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR FOR ALL OTHER HIGHWAYS, 27 ROADS, AND STREETS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11889-02-3 S. 7031 2 1 1-A. ANY COUNTY, THROUGH AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION PASSED BY ITS 2 GOVERNING BODY, MAY ADOPT ORDINANCES SETTING A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON 3 HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS THAT IS LOWER THAN THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED 4 BY THIS SECTION. 5 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdi- 6 vision one of this section, upon The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway as 7 such term is defined in section three hundred fifty-six of the public 8 authorities law, the New York state thruway authority may establish a 9 maximum speed limit of not more than [sixty-five] SEVENTY-FIVE miles per 10 hour provided that such maximum allowable speed limit is established in 11 accordance with all applicable rules and regulations. 12 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdi- 13 vision one of this section, upon (a) the southern tier expressway from a 14 point east of the town of Lowman, in the county of Chemung, thence 15 generally westerly to the Pennsylvania border and from the Chemung 16 interchange to New York touring route twenty-six, (b) interstate route 17 eighty-one from the Pennsylvania border in Broome county to the inter- 18 change with New York state touring route twelve in Jefferson county, (c) 19 the Adirondack northway portion of interstate route eighty-seven from 20 the interchange with Crescent Road in Saratoga county to the province of 21 Quebec, (d) interstate route eighty-eight from the interchange with New 22 York state touring route three hundred sixty-nine in Broome county to 23 the interchange with interstate route ninety in Schenectady county, (e) 24 interstate route three hundred ninety, known as the Genesee Expressway, 25 from the interchange with the southern tier expressway in Steuben county 26 to the interchange with interstate route four hundred ninety in Monroe 27 county, (f) interstate route four hundred ninety from interstate ninety 28 exit forty-five in Ontario county to the city of Rochester in Monroe 29 county and from interstate ninety exit forty-seven in Genesee county to 30 the city of Rochester in Monroe county, (g) interstate route five 31 hundred ninety from the interchange with interstate route three hundred 32 ninety in Monroe county to the interchange with interstate route four 33 hundred ninety in Monroe county, (h) route seventeen from the inter- 34 change with New York touring route three hundred ninety-four to the 35 Pennsylvania border, (i) interstate route four hundred eighty-one from 36 the southerly interchange with interstate route eighty-one in Onondaga 37 county to the northerly interchange with interstate route eighty-one in 38 Onondaga county, (j) New York state touring route four hundred eighty- 39 one from the northerly interchange with interstate route eighty-one in 40 Onondaga county to the city of Fulton in Oswego county, (k) interstate 41 ninety from exit eight, in the county of Rensselaer, thence generally 42 easterly to the interchange with the Berkshire section of The Governor 43 Thomas E. Dewey Thruway, (l) interstate route six hundred ninety, from 44 the city of Syracuse and town of Geddes border, thence generally wester- 45 ly to the interchange with the New York state thruway, (m) New York 46 state touring route six hundred ninety, from the interchange with the 47 New York state thruway, thence generally westerly to its intersection 48 with New York state touring route forty-eight in the town of Lysander, 49 (n) New York state touring route six hundred ninety-five, from the 50 interchange with interstate route six hundred ninety approximately 2.3 51 miles to the interchange with New York state touring route five, (o) New 52 York state touring route five from the interchange with New York state 53 touring route six hundred ninety-five approximately 5.0 miles to the 54 interchange with New York state touring route one hundred seventy-four 55 in the town of Camillus, and (p) route five hundred thirty-one from the 56 interchange with interstate route four hundred ninety in Monroe county S. 7031 3 1 to the interchange with route thirty-six in Monroe county, and (q) 2 United States route two hundred nineteen, from the interchange with 3 Armor Duelles Road in the town of Orchard Park, thence generally south- 4 erly to the interchange with New York state route thirty-nine in the 5 town of Concord, the commissioner of the department of transportation 6 may establish a maximum speed limit of not more than [sixty-five] SEVEN- 7 TY-FIVE miles per hour provided that such maximum allowable speed limit 8 is established in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next 10 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.