NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1086

Senate Bill S1086

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to conducting a study on the feasibility of using the Triboro rail line as a public transit line co-mingling with freight service

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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2023-S1086 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1934
Current Committee:: Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7124, A8272
2021-2022: S3262, A5222

2023-S1086 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to conducting a study on the feasibility of using the Triboro rail line as a public transit line co-mingling with freight services.

2023-S1086 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1086

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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, Brook-
lyn

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Relates to requiring the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in
conjunction with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the
New York State Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of
co-mingling public transit and freight on the Triboro line along the
rail right-of-way running from Co-op City in the Bronx, through Queens,
and terminating in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Limited access to public transportation and slow bus speeds mean resi-
dents in the outer boroughs of NYC have to take circuitous routes for
inter-borough travel outside of Manhattan. The purpose of this legis-
lation is to have the MTA, PANYNJ and NYSDOT undertake a feasibility
study of the rail right-of-way (RoW) that runs from Co-op City in the
Bronx through Queens and into Brooklyn ending at Bay Ridge. This Row has
mixed-ownership, including Amtrak, CSX, and Long Island Rail Road, and
runs 24 miles. The study will look at several factors, including the
feasibility of co-min- gling public transit and freight; coordination
with existing transit, including subways and buses; greenhouse gas
reduction and economic impacts; frequency and span of service; fare
integration; operational segments; schedule coordination; and other
variables necessary to ensure a successful expansion of public transit
to improve the quality of life of outer borough riders. The Row is
predominantly grade separate already, and has some existing infrastruc-
ture in place. The expansion project could be undertaken at a fraction
of the cost of expanded subways and create service along. a corridor in
desperate need of options. The Triboro project can improve economic
vitality in the outer boroughs, show how new forms of transit can help
create a more reliable and resilient transit system, and put us on a
path where all New Yorkers are better connected.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021: S3262A Passed Senate, died in Assembly; 22- in cmte

New in 2020; passed Committee.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None of significance noted.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law will take effect immediately.

2023-S1086 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1086
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  MANNION, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Corpo-
   rations, 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,  in
 consultation  with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the
 state Department of Transportation, 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 residents.
   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:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03380-01-3
 S. 1086                             2

 
   (a) the populations served and  ridership  expected  to  benefit  from
 public transit on the Triboro rail line;
   (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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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