Int 0271-2024

Installation of protected bicycle lanes.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2024-02-28

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2024-02-28Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

Protected bicycle lanes have been proven to increase cycling and ensure the safety of New Yorkers who depend on cycling for commuting, work, and pleasure. This bill would require the Department of Transportation to increase the pace at which it installs protected bicycle lanes to 100 miles per year for the next six years, providing safe infrastructure for an environmentally friendly transportation method.

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Mass 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

14% of similar bills passed

7 passed · 43 died

This bill: 671 days in committee

Similar bills: median 408 days · 251 days when passed

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Sponsors (14)

Rita C. Joseph(prime)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2024-02-28 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2024-02-28 · City Council

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2024-02-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

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 Protected bicycle lanes. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "protected bicycle lane" means a path intended for the use of bicycles that is separated from motorized traffic by a vertical delineation or physical barrier. b. The department shall install, on an annual basis, at least 100 miles of protected bicycle lanes. � 2. This local law takes effect on January 1, 2023 and remains in effect until January 1, 2029, when it is deemed repealed. Session 13 LS 8790 1/22/24 Session 12 AV LS 8790 4/14/22