Assembly Bill A6761A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the New York state department of transportation to conduct a study to evaluate the configuration and signage of entrance and exit ramps on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6761 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3137
Law Section:
Transportation
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A6327, S6375

2017-A6761 - Summary

Requires the New York state department of transportation to conduct a study to evaluate the configuration and signage of entrance and exit ramps on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties to determine whether adequate safety measures exist to prevent collisions and the instance of wrong way drivers.

2017-A6761 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6761
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to require the New York state department  of  transportation,  in
   consultation  with  the  department  of motor vehicles, the governor's
   traffic safety committee, local police agencies, local  transportation
   entities  in  Nassau  and  Suffolk  to conduct a study to evaluate the
   configuration of entrance and exit ramps, and signage at entrance ways
   and exits on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties
   to determine whether adequate safety measures exist to prevent  colli-
   sions and the instance of wrong way drivers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The department of transportation, in consultation with  the
 department  of  motor vehicles, the governor's traffic safety committee,
 local police agencies,  local  transportation  entities  in  Nassau  and
 Suffolk counties, local government stakeholders, and any other agency or
 group the department of transportation deems necessary to enlist the aid
 of,  shall conduct a study to evaluate the configuration of entrance and
 exit ramps, and signage at entrance ways and exits on the Southern State
 Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties  to  determine  whether  adequate
 safety  measures  exist to prevent collisions and the instances of wrong
 way drivers. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, design and
 safety of the configuration of entrance and exit ramps and the feasibil-
 ity of implementing design changes to increase  safety  and  reduce  the
 likelihood of collisions and wrong way driving; and the design and level
 of  safety  of  the  signage  located at entrance ways and exits and the
 feasibility of implementing signage design changes  to  increase  driver
 visibility  of such signage and reduce the likelihood of a collision and
 wrong way driving; and federal  funding  available  for  highway  safety
 improvement  projects. The department of transportation is authorized to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04675-01-7
              

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2017-A6761A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3137
Law Section:
Transportation
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A6327, S6375

2017-A6761A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York state department of transportation to conduct a study to evaluate the configuration and signage of entrance and exit ramps on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties to determine whether adequate safety measures exist to prevent collisions and the instance of wrong way drivers.

2017-A6761A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6761--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Transporta-
   tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to require the New York state  department  of  transportation  to
   conduct  a study to evaluate the configuration and signage of entrance
   and exit ramps on the Southern State Parkway  in  Nassau  and  Suffolk
   counties  to  determine  whether  adequate  safety  measures  exist to
   prevent collisions and the instance of wrong way drivers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  department  of transportation shall, in consultation
 with the department of motor vehicles,  the  governor's  traffic  safety
 committee,  the  division  of state police, local police agencies, local
 governments, and any other department, division, board, bureau,  commis-
 sion,  agency or public authority of the state or any political subdivi-
 sion thereof deemed necessary by  the  commissioner  of  transportation,
 conduct  a  study  to evaluate the configuration and signage of entrance
 and exit ramps on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk coun-
 ties to review incidents of collisions and wrong  way  driving  on  such
 Parkway  and to determine the feasibility of improvements to reduce such
 collisions and instances of wrong way driving. Such study shall include,
 but not be limited  to,  design  and  safety  of  the  configuration  of
 entrance  and  exit  ramps  and  the  feasibility of implementing design
 changes to increase safety and reduce the likelihood of  collisions  and
 wrong way driving; the design and level of safety of the signage located
 at entrance and exit ramps of such Parkway and the feasibility of imple-
 menting  signage  design  changes  to  increase  the  visibility of such
 signage to drivers and reduce the likelihood of collisions and wrong way
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04675-02-8
              

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