Assembly Bill A10137

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10137
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 12, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  redefining
   the term "crosswalk" to include an unmarked portion of the roadway
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 110 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  WHERE  NO MARKED CROSSWALK EXISTS, A CROSSWALK IS THAT PORTION OF
 THE ROADWAY DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING:
   1. WHERE A SIDEWALK, SHOULDER  OR  A  COMBINATION  THEREOF  EXISTS,  A
 CROSSWALK  IS THE PORTION OF A ROADWAY AT AN INTERSECTION, NOT MORE THAN
 TWENTY FEET IN WIDTH AS MEASURED FROM THE PROLONGATION  OF  THE  LATERAL
 LINE OF A ROADWAY TOWARD THE PROLONGATION OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY LINE,
 THAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN:
   A.  THE CONNECTION OF THE LATERAL LINES OF THE SIDEWALKS, SHOULDERS OR
 A COMBINATION THEREOF ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET OR  HIGHWAY  MEAS-
 URED  FROM  THE CURBS, OR IN THE ABSENCE OF CURBS, FROM THE EDGES OF THE
 TRAVELED ROADWAY; OR
   B. THE PROLONGATION OF THE LATERAL LINES OF A  SIDEWALK,  SHOULDER  OR
 BOTH, TO THE SIDEWALK OR SHOULDER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, IF
 THE PROLONGATION WOULD MEET SUCH SIDEWALK OR SHOULDER.
   2.  IF  THERE  IS NEITHER A SIDEWALK OR A SHOULDER, A CROSSWALK IS THE
 PORTION OF THE ROADWAY AT AN INTERSECTION MEASURING NOT  LESS  THAN  SIX
 FEET  IN  WIDTH  THAT  WOULD  BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE PROLONGATION OF THE
 LATERAL LINES OF THE SIDEWALK, SHOULDER OR BOTH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE  OF
 THE STREET OR HIGHWAY IF THERE WERE A SIDEWALK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14892-01-0