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Int 0926-2023

Requiring the dept of transportation to conduct an annual study on bicycle activity.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2023-02-16

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2023-02-16Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Transportation to conduct and submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council and post on its website an annual study on cycling activity in the City for the previous year. The study would require the department to identify information such as the most frequently biked streets and bridges, and to make recommendations for improving bike safety in these areas and other locations in the City.

Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMass transportation agencies and facilities, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority, and the Department of Design and Construction and matters related to infrastructure projects within New York City.

How it compares

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12 passed · 38 died

This bill: 318 days in committee

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Sponsors (7)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-02-16 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-02-16 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-04-24 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-04-24 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2023-04-24 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2023-02-16 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-187.1 to read as follows: � 19-187.1 Study on bicycle activity. No later than February 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the department shall conduct and submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post conspicuously on the department's website an annual study on bicycle activity during the previous calendar year. In completing such study, the department shall: a. Identify the streets most frequently biked that have protected bike lanes and the streets most frequently biked that do not have protected bike lanes; b. Identify the bridges most frequently biked that have protected bike lanes and the bridges most frequently biked that do not have protected bike lanes; and c. Propose recommendations for improving bicycle safety and flow on the streets and bridges identified pursuant to subdivisions a and b of this section and any other locations suitable for biking in the city. � 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law. Session 12 KS LS # 8969 5/2/22 4:30 PM Session 11 JEF LS #13938 Int. No. 1973-2020