NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8099

Senate Bill S8099

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times of student arrival and dismissal

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2019-S8099 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1642, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S2880
2023-2024: S2515

2019-S8099 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times of student arrival and dismissal to ensure all vehicular traffic is stopped while pedestrians are crossing in the same intersection.

2019-S8099 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8099

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times of
student arrival and dismissal

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Establishes scramble crosswalks, adjacent to schools during hours of
operation, allowing pedestrians to cross without any vehicular traffic
to protect students and families from being struck.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 Paragraph 28:

(a) Establishes scramble crosswalks leading to and from schools during
weekdays at 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM; describes vehicular, cycling and pedes-

trian traffic rules during that time.

(b) Defines scramble crosswalks

Section 2: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As of February 2020, 232 cyclists and 819 pedestrians have been injured
on New York City streets with 11 pedestrians killed. The NYPD Motor
Vehicle Collision Report Statistics identifies error or confusion by
pedestrians or bikes, failure to yield right-of-way, traffic control
disregard, and turning improperly as some contributing factors to injury
and fatal collisions. Decreased education funding has limited transpor-
tation options for school districts. Many students walk to and from
school, increasing pedestrian traffic during school hours of operation.
The implementation of pedestrian scramble crosswalks will increase the
safety of pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles limiting chances of injury
and death.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:  TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 90 days after it becomes law.

2019-S8099 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8099
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during  times
   of student arrival and dismissal
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle and  traffic
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph 28 to read as follows:
   28.  (A)  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  SCRAMBLE  CROSSWALKS  LEADING TO AND FROM
 SCHOOL BUILDINGS DURING TIMES OF STUDENT  ARRIVAL  AND  DISMISSAL.  SUCH
 SCRAMBLE  CROSSWALKS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING
 REQUIREMENTS:
   (I) SCRAMBLE CROSSWALKS SHALL OPERATE ON WEEKDAYS  BETWEEN  8:00  A.M.
 AND 4:00 P.M.;
   (II)  PEDESTRIANS  SHALL  WAIT UNTIL A PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL SIGNAL INDI-
 CATES A SIGN TO WALK;
   (III) VEHICLES SHALL NOT TURN RIGHT  AT  THE  INTERSECTION  WHILE  THE
 TRAFFIC SIGNAL INDICATES A RED LIGHT;
   (IV) BICYCLISTS MAY PROCEED WITH PEDESTRIANS WHEN A PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL
 SIGNAL INDICATES A SIGN TO WALK, PROVIDED HOWEVER, SUCH BICYCLISTS SHALL
 YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO ALL PEDESTRIANS IN THE INTERSECTION;
   (V)  BICYCLISTS  MAY  PROCEED WITH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WHILE THE TRAFFIC
 SIGNAL INDICATES A GREEN LIGHT; AND
   (VI) SIGNS SHALL BE ERECTED AT  SUCH  INTERSECTIONS  WITH  A  SCRAMBLE
 CROSSWALK  INDICATING THAT NO PERSON SHALL ENTER THE INTERSECTION UNLESS
 A PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL SIGNAL INDICATES THAT ALL PEDESTRIANS MAY WALK.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "SCRAMBLE CROSSWALK"  MEANS  A
 CROSSWALK  WITH  A  TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHICH TEMPORARILY STOPS ALL VEHICULAR
 TRAFFIC WHILE A PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL SIGNAL INDICATES THAT ALL PEDESTRIANS
 AT THE INTERSECTION SHALL CROSS THE INTERSECTION AT THE SAME TIME.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD16000-01-0

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