Bill Text: NY A05281 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to cities [A05281 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05281-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5281
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 11, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. GIANARIS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee 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.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05715-01-9
       A. 5281                             2
    1  SUCH  WRITTEN FINDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS OF SUCH
    2  REQUEST, WITH COPIES SENT TO THE MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND  STATE
    3  SENATOR IN WHOSE DISTRICTS SUCH EVALUATED INTERSECTION IS LOCATED.
    4    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    5  have become a law, provided that any administrative  actions,  including
    6  the promulgation of rules, necessary to implement the provisions of this
    7  act  on  its  effective date are authorized and directed to be taken and
    8  completed on or before such effective date.