Enacts "Stefan's law" to direct the department of transportation in the city of New York to establish a process to evaluate the need for traffic control signals at intersections in such city.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7345
IN SENATE
March 31, 2010
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Introduced by Sens. HUNTLEY, ADDABBO, PARKER -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee 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 § 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 § 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.
25 Such written finding shall be provided within ten business days of such
26 request, with copies sent to the member of the state assembly and state
27 senator in whose districts such evaluated intersection is located.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
2 have become a law, provided that any administrative actions, including
3 the promulgation of rules, necessary to implement the provisions of this
4 act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be taken and
5 completed on or before such effective date.
