Provides that any service outside of a city with a population of more than one million, that is designated as a microtransit service shall be eligible for statewide mass transportation operating assistance regardless of vehicle size; defines "microtransit service" to mean a technology-enabled on-demand service with dynamically generated routing that uses a managed fleet of multi-passenger vehicles dedicated to that service.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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807
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to permitting the
reimbursement of operating expenses of small vehicles as part of
specific bus or demand-responsive services under the statewide mass
transportation operating assistance program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 18-b of the transportation law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
3 13. a. Any service outside of a city with a population of more than
4 one million, that is designated as a microtransit service shall be
5 eligible for statewide mass transportation operating assistance regard-
6 less of vehicle size.
7 b. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "microtransit
8 service" shall mean a technology-enabled on-demand service with dynam-
9 ically generated routing that uses a managed fleet of multi-passenger
10 vehicles dedicated to that service.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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