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Assembly Bill A9895

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires pedestrian-control signals to indicate that all pedestrians at an intersection shall cross the street at the same time

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2015-A9895 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add ยง19-195, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4119
2019-2020: A5242

2015-A9895 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires pedestrian-control signals to indicate that all pedestrians at an intersection shall cross the street at the same time; prohibits a traffic-control signal from displaying a green light for traffic while a pedestrian-control device is displaying a signal indication walk or a symbol of a walking person.

2015-A9895 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9895

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to requiring pedestrian-control signals to indicate that all
  pedestrians at an intersection shall cross the street at the same time

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
by adding a new section 19-195 to read as follows:
  S 19-195 PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL SIGNALS. ANY INTERSECTION WITH A PEDESTRI-
AN-CONTROL SIGNAL SHALL PROGRAM SUCH SIGNAL TO INDICATE THAT ALL  PEDES-
TRIANS  AT THE INTERSECTION SHALL CROSS THE STREET AT THE SAME TIME.  NO
TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL SHALL INDICATE A GREEN LIGHT FOR TRAFFIC WHILE  A
PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL  SIGNAL  AT SUCH INTERSECTION DISPLAYS A SIGNAL INDI-
CATING WALK OR A SYMBOL OF A WALKING PERSON.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13156-02-6

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