Bill Text: NY S02204 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to conducting a study on the feasibility of using the Triboro rail line as a public transit line co-mingling with freight services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-15 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S02204 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S02204-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2204

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Author-
          ities and Commissions

        AN  ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority to study the
          feasibility of co-mingling public transit and freight service  on  the
          proposed  Triboro  line along the rail right-of-way running from Co-op
          City in the Bronx, through  Queens,  and  terminating  in  Bay  Ridge,
          Brooklyn

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. 1. The  Metropolitan  Transportation  Authority  shall,  in
     2  consultation  with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the
     3  state Department of Transportation, conduct a study to explore  the  use
     4  of  the  Triboro  rail  line  as a co-mingled public transit and freight
     5  line, exploring the reduction  of  travel  time  for  residents  and  an
     6  increase in quality of life for outer borough residents.
     7    2.  The  study  shall  cover  the  full  extent  of the corridor which
     8  includes Amtrak's ownership in  the  Bronx  south  over  the  Hell  Gate
     9  bridge,  CSX's  Fremont Secondary line south to Fresh Pond Junction, and
    10  the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge branch operated by  New  York  and
    11  Atlantic Railway.
    12    3.  Such study shall examine the challenges, opportunities, and feasi-
    13  bility of co-mingling public  transit  and  freight  service  along  the
    14  Triboro rail line.
    15    4. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the Metropolitan
    16  Transportation  Authority  shall  issue  a report of its findings on the
    17  feasibility and benefits  of  co-mingling  public  transit  and  freight
    18  service along the Triboro rail line to the governor, the temporary pres-
    19  ident  of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of the state of New
    20  York.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04933-01-5
        S. 2204                             2

     1    (a) the populations served and  ridership  expected  to  benefit  from
     2  public transit on the Triboro rail line;
     3    (b)  the  potential  transit  travel  time  reductions, greenhouse gas
     4  reductions, and economic  benefits  expected  from  the  public  transit
     5  service on the Triboro rail line;
     6    (c) the locations of potential stations, frequency and span of service
     7  expected to run daily along the Triboro rail line;
     8    (d) the operational segments (in phases) to get service started; sche-
     9  dules  needed  for  co-mingling with freight; expected freight expansion
    10  and impacts to service; and
    11    (e) any actions that can be implemented by the Metropolitan  Transpor-
    12  tation  Authority immediately, a plan of action for such implementation,
    13  and the estimated cost of such implementation plan.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.