NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3262A

Senate Bill S3262A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to conducting a study on the feasibility of using the Triboro rail line as a public transit line co-mingling with freight service

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions returned to senate died in assembly
May 24, 2021	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 01, 2021	advanced to third reading
Feb 24, 2021	2nd report cal.
Feb 23, 2021	1st report cal.412
Feb 17, 2021	print number 3262a
Feb 17, 2021	amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
Jan 28, 2021	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Votes

- May 24, 2021 - Floor Vote
  S3262A
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 24, 2021
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  Feb 23, 2021 - Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee Vote
  S3262A
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee Vote: Feb 23, 2021
      
      aye (7)
      
      Comrie
      
      Gaughran
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      Mayer
      
      Ramos
      
      Skoufis

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2021-S3262 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5222
Current Committee:: Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7124, A8272
2023-2024: S1086, A1934

2021-S3262 - Summary

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

2021-S3262 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3262

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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, Brook-
lyn

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Relates to requiring the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to
study the feasibility of co-mingling public transit and freight on the
Triboro line along the rail right-of-way running from Co-op City in the
Bronx, through Queens, and terminating in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Limited access to public transportation and slow bus speeds mean resi-

dents in the outer boroughs of NYC have to take circuitous routes for
inter-borough travel outside of Manhattan. The purpose of this legis-
lation is to have the MTA undertake a feasibility study of the rail
right-of-way (RoW) that runs from Co-op City in the Bronx through Queens
and into Brooklyn ending at Bay Ridge. This Row has mixed-ownership,
including Amtrak, CSX, and Long Island Rail Road, and runs 24 miles. The
study will look at several factors, including the feasibility of co-min-
gling public transit and freight; coordination with existing transit,
including subways and buses; greenhouse gas reduction and economic
impacts; frequency and span of service; fare integration; operational
segments; schedule coordination; and other variables necessary to ensure
a successful expansion of public transit to improve the quality of life
of outer borough riders. The Row is predominantly grade separate
already, and has some existing infrastructure in place. The expansion
project could be undertaken at a fraction of the cost of expanded
subways and create service along a corridor in desperate need of
options. The Triboro project can improve economic vitality in the outer
boroughs, show how new forms of transit can help create a more reliable
and resilient transit system, and put us on a path where all New Yorkers
are better connected.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None of significance noted.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law will take effect immediately.

2021-S3262 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3262
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   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:
 
   Section 1. 1. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall  conduct
 a  study  to  explore  the  use of the Triboro rail line as a co-mingled
 public transit and freight line, exploring the reduction of travel  time
 for residents and an increase in quality of life for outer borough resi-
 dents.
   2.  The  study  shall  cover  the  full  extent  of the corridor which
 includes Amtrak's ownership in  the  Bronx  south  over  the  Hell  Gate
 bridge,  CSX's  Fremont Secondary line south to Fresh Pond Junction, and
 the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge branch operated by  New  York  and
 Atlantic Railway.
   3.  Such study shall examine the challenges, opportunities, and feasi-
 bility of co-mingling public  transit  and  freight  service  along  the
 Triboro rail line.
   4. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the Metropolitan
 Transportation  Authority  shall  issue  a report of its findings on the
 feasibility and benefits  of  co-mingling  public  transit  and  freight
 service along the Triboro rail line to the governor, the temporary pres-
 ident  of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of the state of New
 York.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
   (a) the populations served and  ridership  expected  to  benefit  from
 public transit on the Triboro rail line;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07453-01-1

 S. 3262                             2
 
   (b)  the  potential  transit  travel  time  reductions, greenhouse gas
 reductions, and economic  benefits  expected  from  the  public  transit
 service on the Triboro rail line;
   (c) the locations of potential stations, frequency and span of service
 expected to run daily along the Triboro rail line;
   (d) the operational segments (in phases) to get service started; sche-
 dules  needed  for  co-mingling with freight; expected freight expansion
 and impacts to service; and
   (e) any actions that can be implemented by the Metropolitan  Transpor-
 tation  Authority immediately, a plan of action for such implementation,
 and the estimated cost of such implementation plan.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2021-S3262A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5222
Current Committee:: Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7124, A8272
2023-2024: S1086, A1934

2021-S3262A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-S3262A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3262A

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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, Brook-
lyn

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Relates to requiring the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in
conjunction with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the
New York State Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of
co-mingling public transit and freight on the Triboro line along the
rail right-of-way running from Co-op City in the Bronx, through Queens,
and terminating in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Limited access to public transportation and slow bus speeds mean resi-
dents in the outer boroughs of NYC have to take circuitous routes for
inter-borough travel outside of Manhattan. The purpose of this legis-
lation is to have the MTA, PANYNJ and NYSDOT undertake a feasibility
study of the rail right-of-way (RoW) that runs from Co-op City in the
Bronx through Queens and into Brooklyn ending at Bay Ridge. This Row has
mixed-ownership, including Amtrak, CSX, and Long Island Rail Road, and
runs 24 miles. The study will look at several factors, including the
feasibility of co-min- gling public transit and freight; coordination
with existing transit, including subways and buses; greenhouse gas
reduction and economic impacts; frequency and span of service; fare
integration; operational segments; schedule coordination; and other
variables necessary to ensure a successful expansion of public transit
to improve the quality of life of outer borough riders. The Row is
predominantly grade separate already, and has some existing infrastruc-
ture in place. The expansion project could be undertaken at a fraction
of the cost of expanded subways and create service along. a corridor in
desperate need of options. The Triboro project can improve economic
vitality in the outer boroughs, show how new forms of transit can help
create a more reliable and resilient transit system, and put us on a
path where all New Yorkers are better connected.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New in 2020; passed Committee.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None of significance noted.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law will take effect immediately.

2021-S3262A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3262--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and   Commissions  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  1.  The  Metropolitan  Transportation Authority shall, in
 consultation with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and  the
 state  Department  of Transportation, conduct a study to explore the use
 of the Triboro rail line as a  co-mingled  public  transit  and  freight
 line,  exploring  the  reduction  of  travel  time  for residents and an
 increase in quality of life for outer borough residents.
   2. The study shall  cover  the  full  extent  of  the  corridor  which
 includes  Amtrak's  ownership  in  the  Bronx  south  over the Hell Gate
 bridge, CSX's Fremont Secondary line south to Fresh Pond  Junction,  and
 the  Long  Island  Rail Road's Bay Ridge branch operated by New York and
 Atlantic Railway.
   3. Such study shall examine the challenges, opportunities, and  feasi-
 bility  of  co-mingling  public  transit  and  freight service along the
 Triboro rail line.
   4. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the Metropolitan
 Transportation Authority shall issue a report of  its  findings  on  the
 feasibility  and  benefits  of  co-mingling  public  transit and freight
 service along the Triboro rail line to the governor, the temporary pres-
 ident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of the state of  New
 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.

                                                            LBD07453-02-1

 S. 3262--A                          2
 
   (a)  the  populations  served  and  ridership expected to benefit from
 public transit on the Triboro rail line;
   (b)  the  potential  transit  travel  time  reductions, greenhouse gas
 reductions, and economic  benefits  expected  from  the  public  transit
 service on the Triboro rail line;
   (c) the locations of potential stations, frequency and span of service
 expected to run daily along the Triboro rail line;
   (d) the operational segments (in phases) to get service started; sche-
 dules  needed  for  co-mingling with freight; expected freight expansion
 and impacts to service; and
   (e) any actions that can be implemented by the Metropolitan  Transpor-
 tation  Authority immediately, a plan of action for such implementation,
 and the estimated cost of such implementation plan.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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