STATE OF NEW YORK
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5896--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 1, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, CARROLL, SIMON, WEPRIN, CYMBROWITZ,
BENEDETTO, OTIS, BRAUNSTEIN, FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
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
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 transportation authority in two thousand seventeen, through which users
2 of the authority's Access-A-Ride paratransit program can receive immedi-
3 ate rides using a smartphone app or phone service.
4 b. The authority shall continue to operate the on-demand E-hail para-
5 transit pilot through March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four, as
6 provided by subdivision five-a of section fifteen-b of the transporta-
7 tion law.
8 c. Fares for rides for the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall be
9 equal to the authority's base fare for bus and subway services. Hours of
10 service for such pilot shall be the same as the authority's hours of
11 service for bus, subway, and other paratransit services. The length,
12 duration and number of on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot rides avail-
13 able to each user enrolled in the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot
14 shall not be limited or restricted.
15 § 2. Section 15-b of the transportation law is amended by adding a new
16 subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
17 5-a. a. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "on-demand E-hail
18 paratransit pilot" shall mean the service created by the metropolitan
19 transportation authority in two thousand seventeen, through which users
20 of the authority's Access-A-Ride paratransit program can receive immedi-
21 ate rides using a smartphone app or phone service.
22 b. The metropolitan transportation authority shall continue to operate
23 the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot through March thirty-first, two
24 thousand twenty-four.
25 c. On or before March sixteenth, two thousand twenty-three, the metro-
26 politan transportation authority shall expand the on-demand E-hail para-
27 transit pilot to include an additional one thousand two hundred Access-
28 A-Ride users; provided, however, the authority shall not pay any costs
29 or expenses related to such expansion above funding levels for the
30 on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot for the two thousand nineteen calen-
31 dar year, and may only implement such expansion with funds appropriated
32 to it by the state of New York or other governmental source for such
33 purpose. In selecting new users for the on-demand E-hail paratransit
34 pilot, the metropolitan transportation authority shall endeavor to
35 select a representative sample of Access-A-Ride users, accounting for
36 age, disability, geographic distribution throughout New York city, and
37 frequency of ridership of Access-A-Ride's other services.
38 d. Fares for rides for the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall be
39 equal to the metropolitan transportation authority's base fare for bus
40 and subway services. Hours of service for such pilot shall be the same
41 as the metropolitan transportation authority's hours of service for bus,
42 subway, and other paratransit services. The length, duration and number
43 of on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot rides available to each user
44 enrolled in the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall not be limited
45 or restricted.
46 e. On or before April thirteenth, two thousand twenty-four, the
47 authority shall issue a report to the governor, the temporary president
48 of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the
49 assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the mayor of the city of
50 New York, the city council of the city of New York and the metropolitan
51 transportation authority. Such report shall detail ridership, usage
52 patterns, and costs of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot.
53 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
