Bill Text: NY S07345 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts "Stefan's law" to direct the department of transportation in the city of New York to establish a process to evaluate the need for traffic control signals at intersections in such city.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-31 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S07345 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S07345-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7345
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 31, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sens. HUNTLEY, ADDABBO, PARKER -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation  to the establishment of specific criteria for the evaluation
         and placement of traffic control signals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  "Stefan's law".
    3    S 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
    4  adding a new section 19-180.1 to read as follows:
    5    S  19-180.1  TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A
    6  PROCESS BY WHICH IT EVALUATES THE NEED FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS TO BE
    7  PLACED AT INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY. CRITERIA TO BE INCLUDED IN SUCH
    8  PROCESS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO,  MOTOR  VEHICLE  AND
    9  PEDESTRIAN  TRAFFIC VOLUMES, VISIBILITY FOR BOTH MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS
   10  AND PEDESTRIANS, ANY UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS RELEVANT TO THE LOCATION  IN
   11  QUESTION,  PROXIMITY OF EXISTING TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS TO THE LOCATION
   12  IN QUESTION, AVERAGE VEHICULAR SPEEDS, THE FREQUENCY AND TYPES OF  ACCI-
   13  DENTS  INVOLVING  MOTOR  VEHICLES  AND  PEDESTRIANS, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO
   14  PROPERTY, AT SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS BASED UPON INFORMATION  AND  STATIS-
   15  TICS  PROVIDED  BY  THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES, THE
   16  LIKELY PRESENCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND BICYCLISTS  AND  THE  ABILITY  TO
   17  APPROPRIATELY CONTROL TRAFFIC FLOW BY IMPLEMENTING OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL
   18  TECHNIQUES,  SUCH  AS  SPEED  BUMPS OR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS.   WHENEVER THE
   19  DEPARTMENT UNDERTAKES SUCH EVALUATION FOLLOWING THE REQUEST OF AN  INDI-
   20  VIDUAL,  GROUP OR ORGANIZATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL
   21  SIGNAL AT A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION AND SUCH REQUEST IS DENIED AFTER THE
   22  COMPLETION OF SUCH EVALUATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  PROVIDE  A  WRITTEN
   23  FINDING TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL, GROUP OR ORGANIZATION UPON REQUEST DETAILING
   24  THE  RESULTS  OF  THE EVALUATION UPON WHICH ITS DETERMINATION WAS BASED.
   25  SUCH WRITTEN FINDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS OF  SUCH
   26  REQUEST,  WITH COPIES SENT TO THE MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND STATE
   27  SENATOR IN WHOSE DISTRICTS SUCH EVALUATED INTERSECTION IS LOCATED.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    2  have  become  a law, provided that any administrative actions, including
    3  the promulgation of rules, necessary to implement the provisions of this
    4  act on its effective date are authorized and directed to  be  taken  and
    5  completed on or before such effective date.