NY State Senate Bill 2021-S34

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to cities 1
Jan 06, 2021	referred to cities 1

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2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A553
Current Committee:: Senate Cities 1
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §19-177, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4613, A8499
2015-2016: S3372, A9676
2017-2018: S1634, A356
2019-2020: S4120, A226
2023-2024: S754

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to school zone speed limits; requires signage and other traffic calming devices in such speed zones.

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S34

SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to signage in school speed zones

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to protect school children and other pedes-
trians in New York City from traffic-related accidents by reducing the
speed in school zones and the creation of other speed zones.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 19-177(e) of the Administrative Code of the
City of New York to require that the posted signs at school zone s will
include the reduced speed limit, flashing beacons, and a notice that the
speed limit is in effect when such beacons are flashing.

Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Pedestrian safety has always been an important concern for New York City
residents, but recent data has given this issue special urgency.
According to the New York Times, 270 people died in New York City in
traffic-related incidents in 2012, with 148 of these victims being
pedestrians. This was the highest number of traffic-related fatalities
since 2008. These figures indicate a heightened risk to all City resi-
dents, but especially children. This bill is designed to protect the
most vulnerable members of our society, our children.

One factor that accounts for this risk is the insufficient number of
speed signs in school zones, which causes some people to forget that
they are driving in areas where children may be walking. According to a
publication of the Phoenix Street Transportation Department, "research
conducted throughout the country over several decades has shown that
drivers are influenced by the type of street and the current traffic
conditions, not the posted speed limit." This bill seeks to change the
feel of the streets that the most vulnerable members of society use most
often through the installment of traffic calming devices. Once this bill
becomes law, no one driving in a school zone will be able to plead igno-
rance of the speed limit. The Department of Transportation will be
required to post speed limit signs at every school zone.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:


 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    34
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to signage in school speed zones

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision  e  of  section  19-177  of  the
 administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New York, as added by local law
 number 24 of the city of New York for the year 2014, is amended to  read
 as follows:
   (1)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  two of this subdivision, the
 commissioner shall establish speed limits of not less than  fifteen  nor
 more  than twenty miles per hour at fifty school locations annually, for
 a distance not to exceed one thousand  three  hundred  twenty  feet,  on
 highways passing any school building, entrance or exit of a school abut-
 ting  on  the  highway.  FOR  SCHOOL YEARS BEGINNING ON AND AFTER AUGUST
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY PERCENT OF THE  SCHOOL  LOCATIONS
 THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL HAVE OFFICIAL
 SIGNS POSTED THAT INCLUDE THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT, FLASHING BEACONS, AND
 A NOTICE THAT THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT IS IN EFFECT WHEN SUCH BEACONS ARE
 FLASHING.  THE  NUMBER  OF SCHOOL LOCATIONS AT WHICH SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE
 POSTED SHALL INCREASE BY TWENTY PERCENT EACH YEAR. SUCH SIGNS  SHALL  BE
 POSTED NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR SUCH YEAR. For purposes
 of this subdivision, the term "school" shall have the same meaning as in
 section 19-189 of this title.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03375-01-1

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Senate Bill S34

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

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2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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John C. Liu

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

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Alessandra Biaggi

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S34 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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