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Int 0745-2024

Requiring the department of transportation to provide information about bicycle and other micromobility device activity.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2024-04-11Local Law 2024/088

Enacted as Local Law 2024/088.

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Agenda: 2024-04-11Passed: 2024-09-14Enacted: 2024-09-14

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to publish on its website information about current bicycle and micromobility ridership activity in the City, including data from automated counters and other relevant sources. DOT would be required to update the website monthly when available, and at least annually. DOT would also be required to include a description of its projects to enhance the safety and movement of bicycles and other micromobility devices on the streets and bridges under its jurisdiction, and to study bicycle use data, crash data, and other data to determine such projects.

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.

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14 passed · 36 died

This bill: 125 days in committee

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Sponsors (12)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-06-25 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-06-25 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-08-15 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2024-08-15 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
ActionAmended by Committee
2024-08-15 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2024-08-15 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
AdvancedApproved by Council
2024-08-15 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2024-08-15 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2024-09-14 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2024-09-16 · City Council

Votes (9)

Aye (6)
Joann Ariola Carmen N. De La RosaCarlina Rivera Chris BanksAmanda C. FaríasSelvena N. Brooks-Powers
Absent (1)
Mercedes Narcisse
Excused (2)
Julie WonFarah N. Louis

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2024-08-15 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2024-08-15 · 11:30 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2024-06-25 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-04-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (20)

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 to read as follows: � 19-187 Information on bicycle and other micromobility device activity. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the term "micromobility device" means a device intended for personal transportation within the city of New York that is not a motor vehicle, as such term is defined in section 125 of the vehicle and traffic law. The term "micromobility device" includes, but is not limited to, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, and electric scooters. b. Webpage. 1. No later than February 1, 2025, the department shall publish a page on its website providing information about current bicycle and other micromobility device ridership as well as historical trends relating to such ridership. The department shall include on such page data from automated counters as well as data from other relevant sources. The department shall update such page monthly if updated data is available, or within a reasonable amount of time after such data is available, and shall update such page no less frequently than annually. 2. The department shall include, or provide a link on such page to, a description of any projects of the department to enhance the safety and movement of bicycles and other micromobility devices on the streets and bridges under the jurisdiction of the department. The department shall study and consider bicycle crash data, bicycle use data, and any other data the department deems relevant and appropriate to determine the projects described on such page, and shall explain how such projects respond to the needs of users of bicycles and other micromobility devices. The department shall include such project descriptions as part of the update required to be submitted by paragraph 2 of subdivision d of section 19-199.1. � 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law. Session 13 CoJM/MC LS # 8969 8/7/24 7:04pm Session 12 KS LS # 8969 5/2/22 4:30 PM