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Int 0666-1999

Pedestrians safety

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportationintroduced 1999-12-07

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 1999-12-07Passed: 2001-12-31
Committee on TransportationMass Transportation Agencies and facilities, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority.

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24% of similar bills passed

12 passed · 38 died

This bill: 755 days in committee

Similar bills: median 693 days · 107 days when passed

Sponsors (12)

Gifford Miller(prime)
Tracy L. Boyland
June M. Eisland
Helen M. Marshall
Julia Harrison
Lloyd Henry
Stanley E. Michels
Jerome X. O'Donovan
Morton Povman

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
1999-12-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
1999-12-07 · City Council
ActionPrinted Item Laid on Desk
1999-12-07 · Legislative Documents Unit
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2001-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 1999-12-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section one. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding thereto a new section 19-180 to read as follows: �19-180. Installation of exclusive pedestrian phases. a. For purposes of this section, "exclusive pedestrian phase" shall mean when all vehicular traffic is stopped and pedestrians are allowed to cross the intersection in any direction including diagonally. 1.Within six months of the effective date of this local law, the commissioner shall install exclusive pedestrian phase traffic signals at all pedestrian intersections, except at those intersections where the commissioner determines, after a study, that installation of an exclusive pedestrian phase traffic signal would be adverse to pedestrian safety. �2. This local law shall take effect immediately after its enactment into law. LS#2332 11/05/99