S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1854
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 12, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN, MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations,
Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
reliability indicators for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness
of capital funds spent in relation to the metropolitan transportation
authority
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 1269-d of the
public authorities law, as amended by chapter 929 of the laws of 1986,
is amended to read as follows:
b. Planned service and performance standards for each year of the
period covered by the plan; including, in such plan submitted after July
first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, (a) standards for determining
frequency of service at peak hours and off-peak hours, (b) frequency of
service at peak and off-peak hours based on the application of such
standards to the current period for each subway line, bus route or group
of bus routes, and commuter rail lines, divisions or branches as appro-
priate, (c) projected performance for each subway line, bus route or
group of bus routes, and commuter rail lines, divisions or branches as
appropriate as measured by reliability indicators commonly utilized
within the transit industry, including such measures as mean distance
between failures for [subway cars] PASSENGER VEHICLES, planned number of
vehicles with air conditioning and projected reliability of such equip-
ment, planned standards for cleanliness of the interior and exterior of
subway cars, commuter rail cars, buses, and passenger stations, and
other appropriate measures of planned performance influencing the quali-
ty of services[;]. IN SUCH COMPONENT OF THE PLAN FOR THE BUS AND SUBWAY
SERVICES OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND
FOR THE STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY SUBMITTED AFTER JULY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, THE RELIABILITY INDICATORS FOR PROJECTED
PERFORMANCE OF EACH SUBWAY LINE, BUS ROUTE OR GROUP OF BUS ROUTES, SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
(1) THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PASSENGERS DELAYED MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES
AND LESS THAN TWENTY MINUTES AND, DELAYED MORE THAN TWENTY MINUTES.
DELAYED PASSENGERS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, PASSENGERS
WAITING LONGER THAN THE SCHEDULED HEADWAY AT A BUS STOP OR RAPID TRANSIT
STATION, AND DELAYED ENROUTE OR ON BOARD A TRANSIT VEHICLE;
(2) THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT RIDE IN CROWDED VEHICLES.
CROWDED SHALL BE DEFINED BY IN EXCESS OF STANDARDS DEVELOPED UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH; AND
(3) THE NUMBER OF RAPID TRANSIT VEHICLES THAT PASS INTO AND OUT OF THE
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ON-TIME AS A PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
VEHICLES SCHEDULED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN SOUTH OF 60TH
STREET. FOR THE STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY THE CENTRAL BUSI-
NESS DISTRICT SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE NORTHERN TERMINAL OF THAT LINE.
ON-TIME SHALL BE DEFINED AS ARRIVING AT THE BORDER OF THE CENTRAL BUSI-
NESS DISTRICT WITHIN THE TIME SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT VEHICLE OR FOUR
MINUTES, WHICHEVER IS LESS;
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.