Bill Text: NY S07371 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-13 - PRINT NUMBER 7371A [S07371 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7371

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 22, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        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.
    23    b. The authority shall continue to operate the on-demand E-hail  para-
    24  transit  pilot  through  March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-two, as
    25  provided by subdivision five-a of section fifteen-b of  the  transporta-
    26  tion law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14901-01-0

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     1    c. Fares for rides for the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall be
     2  equal to the authority's base fare for bus and subway services. Hours of
     3  service  for  such  pilot  shall be the same as the authority's hours of
     4  service for bus, subway, and other  paratransit  services.  The  length,
     5  duration  and  number of on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot rides avail-
     6  able to each user enrolled in the  on-demand  E-hail  paratransit  pilot
     7  shall not be limited or restricted.
     8    § 2. Section 15-b of the transportation law is amended by adding a new
     9  subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
    10    5-a.  a.  For purposes of this subdivision, the term "on-demand E-hail
    11  paratransit pilot" shall mean the service created  by  the  metropolitan
    12  transportation  authority in two thousand seventeen, through which users
    13  of the authority's Access-A-Ride paratransit program can receive immedi-
    14  ate rides using a smartphone app or phone service.
    15    b. The metropolitan transportation authority shall continue to operate
    16  the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot through March  thirty-first,  two
    17  thousand twenty-two.
    18    c. On or before March sixteenth, two thousand twenty, the metropolitan
    19  transportation  authority  shall expand the on-demand E-hail paratransit
    20  pilot to include an additional one thousand  two  hundred  Access-A-Ride
    21  users.  In  selecting  new  users  for  the on-demand E-hail paratransit
    22  pilot, the  metropolitan  transportation  authority  shall  endeavor  to
    23  select  a  representative  sample of Access-A-Ride users, accounting for
    24  age, disability, geographic distribution throughout New York  City,  and
    25  frequency of ridership of Access-A-Ride's other services.
    26    d. Fares for rides for the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall be
    27  equal  to  the metropolitan transportation authority's base fare for bus
    28  and subway services. Hours of service for such pilot shall be  the  same
    29  as the metropolitan transportation authority's hours of service for bus,
    30  subway,  and other paratransit services. The length, duration and number
    31  of on-demand E-hail paratransit  pilot  rides  available  to  each  user
    32  enrolled  in the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall not be limited
    33  or restricted.
    34    e. In order to determine the  viability  of  maintaining  and  further
    35  expanding  the  on-demand  E-hail  paratransit  pilot,  the metropolitan
    36  transportation authority shall issue a report to the  governor  and  the
    37  legislature  on  or  before  April  thirtieth,  two thousand twenty-one,
    38  detailing ridership, usage patterns, and costs of the  on-demand  E-hail
    39  paratransit pilot.
    40    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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