S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8272
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 11, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority to study the
feasibility of co-mingling public transit and freight service on the
proposed Triboro line along the rail right-of-way running from Co-op
City in the Bronx, through Queens, and terminating in Bay Ridge,
Brooklyn
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall conduct
a study to explore the use of the Triboro rail line as a co-mingled
public transit and freight line, exploring the reduction of travel time
for residents and an increase in quality of life for outer borough resi-
dents.
2. The study shall cover the full extent of the corridor which
includes Amtrak's ownership in the Bronx south over the Hell Gate
bridge, CSX's Fremont Secondary line south to Fresh Pond Junction, and
the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge branch operated by New York and
Atlantic Railway.
3. Such study shall examine the challenges, opportunities, and feasi-
bility of co-mingling public transit and freight service along the
Triboro rail line.
4. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority shall issue a report of its findings on the
feasibility and benefits of co-mingling public transit and freight
service along the Triboro rail line to the governor, the temporary pres-
ident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of the state of New
York. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) the populations served and ridership expected to benefit from
public transit on the Triboro rail line;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) the potential transit travel time reductions, greenhouse gas
reductions, and economic benefits expected from the public transit
service on the Triboro rail line;
(c) the locations of potential stations, frequency and span of service
expected to run daily along the Triboro rail line;
(d) the operational segments (in phases) to get service started; sche-
dules needed for co-mingling with freight; expected freight expansion
and impacts to service; and
(e) any actions that can be implemented by the Metropolitan Transpor-
tation Authority immediately, a plan of action for such implementation,
and the estimated cost of such implementation plan.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.