Directs the department of transportation to conduct a study to evaluate the standard approach of setting or adjusting speed limits, specifically the usage of 85th percentile rule.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5859
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 3, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Transportation
AN ACT directing the department of transportation to conduct a study to
evaluate the standard approach of setting or adjusting speed limits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The department of transportation shall conduct a study to
2 evaluate the standard approach to setting or adjusting speed limits in
3 New York state, including:
4 (a) assessing all factors for setting or adjusting the speed limit;
5 (b) assessing the usage of 85th percentile rule in setting or adjust-
6 ing the speed limit;
7 (c) evaluating the application of 85th percentile rule in setting or
8 adjusting the speed limit and its correlation with traffic crashes; and
9 (d) evaluating alternative methods of 85th percentile rule to set or
10 adjust speed limits with better impact (correlation) on preventing traf-
11 fic crashes and provide recommendations on those alternative methods.
12 § 2. For purposes of this act, "85th percentile rule" shall mean the
13 speed at or below which 85 percent of all vehicles are traveling under
14 free-flowing conditions.
15 § 3. Within one year of the effective date of this act the department
16 of transportation shall publish a report with the findings and recommen-
17 dations of the study in a clear and conspicuous location on its website
18 and shall deliver a copy to the legislature.
19 § 4. 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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