Int 1402-2019
Requiring school buses to operate in bus lanes during hours of operation.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportationintroduced 2019-02-13
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2019-02-13Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require school buses to operate in bus lanes when bus lane restrictions are in effect on a roadway. The operator of a school bus must operate the school bus in the bus lane except in order to have the school bus stop, or when it is necessary to safely turn the school bus.
Committee on Transportation — Mass Transportation Agencies and facilities, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority.
How it compares
14% of similar bills passed
7 passed · 43 died
This bill: 1052 days in committee
Similar bills: median 731 days · 285 days when passed
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Sponsors (3)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-02-13 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-02-13 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2019-02-13 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 1402
- Int. No. 1402
- February 13, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-13-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 13, 2019
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-175.6 to read as follows:
� 19-175.6 Bus lane requirement for school buses. a. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "Bus lane" shall mean a portion of the roadway which has been designated by striping, signing, and pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use of buses, and
2. "School bus" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law.
b. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, when bus lane restrictions are in effect on a roadway, any operator of a school bus shall operate such school bus in the bus lane, except in order to pick up or drop off passengers, or when necessary to safely turn such school bus.
� 2. This local law takes effect ninety days after it becomes law.
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