Senate Bill S8210

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requiring that vehicles yield the right of way to multi-use trails that cross roadways

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Current 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

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2023-S8210 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8272
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1151, V & T L

2023-S8210 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that vehicles yield the right of way to multi-use trails that cross roadways.

2023-S8210 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8210
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  clarifying
   that  all  trail  users,  including  bicyclists,  have right of way in
   crosswalks wherever the multi-use trail crosses a roadway

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1151 of the vehicle and traffic law, is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
   (D) WHEREVER A MULTI-USE TRAIL CROSSES  A  ROADWAY,  A  VEHICLE  SHALL
 YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO ANY USER OF SUCH MULTI-USE TRAIL CROSSING SUCH
 ROADWAY  WITHIN  A  CROSSWALK ON SUCH ROADWAY UPON WHICH SUCH VEHICLE IS
 TRAVELING. ANY USER OF A MULTI-USE TRAIL, INCLUDING A  BICYCLIST,  SHALL
 BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  SAME LIMITATIONS PLACED ON PEDESTRIANS PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CROSSING A ROADWAY IN A CROSSWALK  THAT
 IS CONTIGUOUS TO SUCH MULTI-USE TRAIL. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, THE TERM "MULTI-USE TRAIL" SHALL MEAN A TRAIL ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF THE HIGHWAY LAW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOR-
 TATION OR ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF PARKS,  RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC
 PRESERVATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE NEW YORK
 STATE  CANAL CORPORATION, THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY GREENWAY, OR ANY OTHER
 STATE AGENCY OR AN AFFILIATE OR SUBSIDIARY OF A STATE AGENCY, OR A COUN-
 TY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, OR PRIVATE ENTITY FOR RECREATION AND  TRANSPOR-
 TATION  USE  BY PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, AND/OR OTHERS UTILIZING NON-MO-
 TORIZED TRANSPORT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13552-02-3

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