A08433 Summary:

BILL NOA08433
 
SAME ASSAME AS UNI. S06340
 
SPONSORRyan
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSRSkartados, Thiele
 
Amd S331, Hway L
 
Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles.
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A08433 Actions:

BILL NOA08433
 
01/15/2014referred to transportation
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A08433 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8433
 
SPONSOR: Ryan
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the highway law, in relation to enabl- ing safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles   PURPOSE: To include, when possible, complete street design features in resurfacing, maintenance and pavement recycling projects and further enable safe access to public roads for all users   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends subdivision (a) of section 331 of the highway law to include complete streets design features in resurfacing, maintenance and pavement recycling projects that are subject to the department of trans- portation's oversight. Section 2: sets the effective date for this act.   JUSTIFICATION: New York State's Compete Street Law, which requires the Department of Transportation to consider the convenient access and mobility on the road network by all users of. all ages, including motor- ists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transportation users through the use of complete street design features, only applies to projects classified as construction, reconstruction or rehabilitation. The law specifically excludes projects classified as resurfacing, maintenance and pavement recycling, which dramatically decreases the projects in which complete-streets design features are used. As a result of the state Department of Transportation's Preservation First policy, nearly 80 percent of transportation funding and numerous road projects exclude pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure, according to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. This exclusion of a key component of complete-streets design runs contrary to the original intent of the state's Complete Streets law, and this bill would address the issue and strengthen the law. By reforming our state's Complete Streets law, this legislation would make dangerous intersections and roadways safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. It would ensure our children have safer routes to school and provide local families with more opportunities to walk and bike safely.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A08433 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
            S. 6340                                                  A. 8433
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 15, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
          tion
 
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred  to
          the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN  ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to enabling safe access to

          public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design princi-
          ples
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 331 of the highway law, as added
     2  by chapter 398 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     3    (a)  For  all state, county and local transportation projects that are
     4  undertaken by the department or receive both federal and  state  funding
     5  and  are  subject to department of transportation oversight, the depart-
     6  ment or agency with jurisdiction over such projects shall  consider  the
     7  convenient  access  and mobility on the road network by all users of all
     8  ages, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transpor-
     9  tation users through the use of complete street design features  in  the

    10  planning,  design, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation, [but
    11  not including resurfacing, maintenance, or pavement  recycling  of  such
    12  projects] resurfacing, maintenance and pavement recycling.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13150-01-3
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