Bill Text: NY S00230 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 230 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes department of transportation to conduct a statewide survey to determine areas with a high incidence of pedestrian accidents involving senior citizens; requires commissioner to undertake a comprehensive study of mitigating dangers to senior citizens in any and all areas in which the survey indicates the need to take action; requires commissioner to report recommendations and findings to the legislature and the governor on or before April 1, 2019.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-20 - PRINT NUMBER 230A [S00230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00230-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         230--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  DIAZ,  PARKER,  PERKINS -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
          portation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accord-
          ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  in  relation to authorizing the department of transportation to
          survey areas of the state with a high incidence  of  pedestrian  acci-
          dents involving senior citizens
          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, in consultation with  the
     2  office  for  the aging, the department of motor vehicles, the governor's
     3  traffic safety committee, local police agencies, and any other agency or
     4  group the department of transportation deems necessary to enlist the aid
     5  of, shall conduct a statewide survey to  determine  areas  with  a  high
     6  number  of senior citizen residents and/or a high level of senior pedes-
     7  trian traffic, and/or any incidence of senior citizen  -  motor  vehicle
     8  accidents.
     9    §  2.  The  commissioner  of  the  department of transportation shall,
    10  utilizing the results of the survey required by section one of this act,
    11  undertake a comprehensive study of the feasibility of methods  of  miti-
    12  gating  dangers  to pedestrians in any and all areas in which the survey
    13  required in section one of this act indicates such necessity. The  study
    14  shall include, but not be limited to, the feasibility of building safety
    15  median  islands  permitting  pedestrians  to cross on two timing cycles;
    16  retiming of traffic signals; installation of crossing  signs;  installa-
    17  tion  of pedestrian warning signs; lowering of vehicle speed limits; and
    18  cost of implementing any recommendations emanating from the study.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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