S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6288
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 11, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- 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] PERFORMANCE MEASURES
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 reliabil-
ity of such equipment, 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 influ-
encing the quality of services[;]. IN SUCH PLAN SUBMITTED AFTER JULY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR PROJECTED
PERFORMANCE OF EACH SUBWAY LINE, BUS ROUTE OR GROUP OF BUS ROUTES, AND
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09749-01-1
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COMMUTER RAIL LINES, DIVISIONS OR BRANCHES AS APPROPRIATE, SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
(1) THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT RIDE IN CROWDED VEHICLES.
CROWDED SHALL BE DEFINED BY IN EXCESS OF STANDARDS DEVELOPED UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH; AND
(2) A PASSENGER BASED ON TIME PERFORMANCE MEASURE DEVELOPED IN CONSUL-
TATION WITH THE PERMANENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS ESTABLISHED IN
SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-I OF THIS TITLE, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES AS THE AUTHORITY SHALL DETERMINE.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.