ADDABBO, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, MAY, PARKER, SEPULVEDA, WEBB
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Add §1640-t, V & T L
Establishes scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times of student arrival and dismissal to ensure all vehicular traffic is stopped while pedestrians are crossing in the same intersection.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4508
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 6, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, ADDABBO, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
LIU, MAY, PARKER, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times
of student arrival and dismissal
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 1640-t to read as follows:
3 § 1640-t. Scramble crosswalks in cities with a population of one
4 million or more. 1. There shall be scramble crosswalks in cities with a
5 population of one million or more leading to and from school buildings
6 during times of student arrival and dismissal. Such scramble crosswalks
7 shall include, but not be limited to, the following requirements:
8 (a) scramble crosswalks shall operate on weekdays between 8:00 A.M.
9 and 4:00 P.M.;
10 (b) pedestrians shall wait until a pedestrian-control signal indicates
11 a sign to walk;
12 (c) vehicles shall not turn right at the intersection while the traf-
13 fic signal indicates a red light;
14 (d) bicyclists may proceed with pedestrians when a pedestrian-control
15 signal indicates a sign to walk, provided however, such bicyclists shall
16 yield the right of way to all pedestrians in the intersection;
17 (e) bicyclists may proceed with vehicular traffic while the traffic
18 signal indicates a green light; and
19 (f) signs shall be erected at such intersections with a scramble
20 crosswalk indicating that no person shall enter the intersection unless
21 a pedestrian-control signal indicates that all pedestrians may walk.
22 2. For the purposes of this section, "scramble crosswalk" means a
23 crosswalk with a traffic signal which temporarily stops all vehicular
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 traffic while a pedestrian-control signal indicates that all pedestrians
2 at the intersection shall cross the intersection at the same time.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
