Bill Text: NY S01631 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1631 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Permits travel in designated bus lanes under certain conditions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01631 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01631-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1631
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  permitting
          travel in designated bus lanes under certain conditions
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1116-a to read as follows:
     3    §  1116-a. Travel in designated bus lanes. 1. Notwithstanding any law,
     4  rule  or  regulation  to  the  contrary,  when   designated   bus   lane
     5  restrictions  are  in  effect  on  a  street  in a mixed residential and
     6  commercial zone, except during rush hour, it shall not be a violation of
     7  law for a vehicle to drive in such designated  bus  lane  provided  such
     8  vehicle  is  at  a  distance  of not less than two hundred fifty feet in
     9  front and ahead of a bus in the designated bus lane and  the  driver  of
    10  the  vehicle promptly exits the bus lane, thereby leaving the designated
    11  bus lane free and clear for the bus.
    12    2. For purposes of this section, "rush hour" shall mean the  hours  of
    13  six  a.m.  through  ten a.m. Monday through Friday and four p.m. through
    14  seven p.m. Monday through Friday or the period,  as  designated  by  the
    15  local  transit  authority,  when  bus  service  provided  is at its peak
    16  levels.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    18  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05071-01-7