NY State Senate Bill 2015-S764

Senate Bill S764

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles

download bill text pdf

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2016	referred to transportation
Jan 07, 2015	referred to transportation

2015-S764 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A451
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Highway Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §331, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S6340, A8433
2017-2018: S1801, A6772
2019-2020: S1549, A6029
2021-2022: S5130
2023-2024: S2714, S9718

2015-S764 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles.

2015-S764 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S764

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the highway law, in relation to enabling safe access
to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design
principles

PURPOSE:

To include, when possible, complete street design features in
resurfacing, maintenance and pavement recycling projects and further
enable safe access to public roads for all users

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends subdivision (a) of section 331 of the highway law to
include complete streets design features in resurfacing, maintenance
and pavement recycling projects that are subject to the department of
transportation's oversight.

Section 2: sets the effective date for this act.

JUSTIFICATION:

New York State's Compete Street Law, which requires the Department of

Transportation to consider the convenient access and mobility on the
road network by all users of all ages, including motorists,
pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transportation users through the
use of complete street design features, only applies to projects
classified as construction, reconstruction or rehabilitation. The law
specifically excludes projects classified as resurfacing, maintenance
and pavement recycling, which dramatically decreases the projects in
which complete-streets design features are used.

As a result of the state Department of Transportation's Preservation
First policy, nearly 80 percent of transportation funding and numerous
road projects exclude pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure,
according to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.  This exclusion of
a key component of complete-streets design runs contrary to the
original intent of the state's Complete Streets law, and this bill
would address the issue and strengthen the law.

By reforming our state's Complete Streets law, this legislation would
make dangerous intersections and roadways safer for pedestrians and
bicyclists. It would ensure our children have safer routes to school
and provide local families with more opportunities to walk and bike
safely.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-14: S.6340 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.


EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S764 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   764

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to enabling safe access  to
  public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design princi-
  ples

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 331 of the highway law, as added
by chapter 398 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) For all state, county and local transportation projects  that  are
undertaken  by  the department or receive both federal and state funding
and are subject to department of transportation oversight,  the  depart-
ment  or  agency with jurisdiction over such projects shall consider the
convenient access and mobility on the road network by all users  of  all
ages, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transpor-
tation  users  through the use of complete street design features in the
planning, design, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation,  [but
not  including  resurfacing,  maintenance, or pavement recycling of such
projects] RESURFACING, MAINTENANCE AND PAVEMENT RECYCLING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00613-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.