Bill Text: NY S07399 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects, or colliding with motorized or non-motorized vehicles or pedestrians, or leaving the roadway; further requires the commissioner of transportation and the thruway authority to submit a report to the governor and legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07399-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 7399                                                 A. 10125
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 8, 2012
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, GANTT  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the transportation law and the public authorities law,
         in relation to the study and examination of the state's  roadways  and
         the thruway in reducing certain motor vehicle risks
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by  adding
    2  a new subdivision 36 to read as follows:
    3    36.  TO  STUDY  AND EXAMINE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE STATE'S ROADWAYS IN
    4  REDUCING THE RISK OF MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTING THE TRAVEL LANE AND  OVER-
    5  TURNING, OR COLLIDING WITH FIXED OBJECTS, OR COLLIDING WITH MOTORIZED OR
    6  NON-MOTORIZED  VEHICLES  OR  PEDESTRIANS,  OR  LEAVING THE ROADWAY. SUCH
    7  STUDY AND EXAMINATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SEGMENTS  OF
    8  THE  STATE'S  ROADWAYS WITH A HIGH NUMBER OF FATAL CRASHES, AND SEGMENTS
    9  OF ROADWAY WITH HAZARDOUS FEATURES SUCH AS  STEEP  SLOPES,  EMBANKMENTS,
   10  CLIFFS, DROP-OFFS OR DEEP BODIES OF WATER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT
   11  A   REPORT   ON   LANE   DEPARTURES,  BEGINNING  NO  LATER  THAN  AUGUST
   12  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN  AND  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  TO  THE
   13  GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE WHICH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE BUT SHALL NOT BE
   14  LIMITED  TO: (A) THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF TRAVEL LANE DEPARTURE CRASHES ON
   15  THE STATE'S ROADWAYS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FIXED OBJECT,  HEAD-
   16  ON,  CROSS-OVER, ROLLOVER AND SIDESWIPE CRASHES, ROADWAY DEPARTURES, AND
   17  THOSE INVOLVING NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS; (B)  THE  EXTENT
   18  TO  WHICH  THE  DEPARTMENT  HAS  ANALYZED  CRASH DATA AND IDENTIFIED AND
   19  CONSIDERED THE SAFETY NEEDS OF THE STATE'S ROADWAYS  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
   20  LIMITED  TO  HIGH-FATALITY SEGMENTS AND SEGMENTS WITH HAZARDOUS FEATURES
   21  SUCH AS STEEP SLOPES, EMBANKMENTS, CLIFFS, DROP-OFFS OR DEEP  BODIES  OF
   22  WATER;  AND  (C)  THE  MEASURES  AND  STRATEGIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS
   23  UNDERTAKEN, OR PLANS TO UNDERTAKE, TO IMPROVE  ROADWAY  PERFORMANCE  AND
   24  REDUCE THE RISK OF MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL LANE DEPARTURES AND CRASHES.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15761-01-2
       S. 7399                             2                           A. 10125
    1    S  2. Section 361 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3.  THE AUTHORITY SHALL STUDY AND EXAMINE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE THRU-
    4  WAY IN REDUCING THE RISK OF MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTING THE TRAVEL LANE AND
    5  OVERTURNING, OR COLLIDING WITH FIXED OBJECTS, OR COLLIDING  WITH  MOTOR-
    6  IZED  OR  NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS, OR LEAVING THE THRUWAY.
    7  SUCH STUDY AND  EXAMINATION  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
    8  SEGMENTS  OF  THE  THRUWAY  WITH  A  HIGH  NUMBER  OF FATAL CRASHES, AND
    9  SEGMENTS WITH HAZARDOUS FEATURES  SUCH  AS  STEEP  SLOPES,  EMBANKMENTS,
   10  CLIFFS,  DROP-OFFS OR DEEP BODIES OF WATER. THE AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT A
   11  REPORT ON LANE DEPARTURES, BEGINNING NO LATER THAN AUGUST  THIRTY-FIRST,
   12  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
   13  LEGISLATURE WHICH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO:  (A)
   14  THE  NUMBER  AND  TYPE  OF  TRAVEL LANE DEPARTURE CRASHES ON THE THRUWAY
   15  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FIXED OBJECT, HEAD-ON, CROSS-OVER,  ROLL-
   16  OVER  AND  SIDESWIPE  CRASHES,  ROADWAY  DEPARTURES, AND THOSE INVOLVING
   17  NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS; (B)  THE  EXTENT  TO  WHICH  THE
   18  AUTHORITY  HAS  ANALYZED  CRASH  DATA  AND IDENTIFIED AND CONSIDERED THE
   19  SAFETY NEEDS OF THE THRUWAY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  HIGH-FATALITY
   20  SEGMENTS  AND  SEGMENTS  WITH  HAZARDOUS  FEATURES SUCH AS STEEP SLOPES,
   21  EMBANKMENTS, CLIFFS, DROP-OFFS OR DEEP BODIES  OF  WATER;  AND  (C)  THE
   22  MEASURES  AND  STRATEGIES THAT THE AUTHORITY HAS UNDERTAKEN, OR PLANS TO
   23  UNDERTAKE, TO IMPROVE THRUWAY PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE THE RISK  OF  MOTOR
   24  VEHICLE TRAVEL LANE DEPARTURES AND CRASHES.
   25    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   26  have become a law.