NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2657

Senate Bill S2657

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study the feasibility and impact of installing sliding access doors on subway platforms

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Jan 24, 2023	referred to transportation

2023-S2657 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9735
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4568, A8713
2017-2018: S360, A3527
2019-2020: S2784, A7833
2021-2022: S5788, A632

2023-S2657 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study the feasibility and impact of installing sliding access doors on subway platforms.

2023-S2657 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2657

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to direct the metropolitan transportation authority to study the
feasibility and impact of installing sliding access doors on subway
platforms

 
PURPOSE:

This bill directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to conduct a
safety and fiscal study relative to the feasibility and impact of the
installation of sliding access doors upon platforms at subway facilities

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to conduct
a feasibility and impact study as to the installation of sliding access
doors upon authority operated subway platforms.

Section 2 requires that within one year of the effective date of this

act. the chair of the metropolitan transportation authority shall submit
a written report to the governor. temporary president of the senate.
speaker of the assembly. and mayor of the city of New York.  with the
findings and recommendations from its study.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date of this act.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The rail system is part of the fabric of everyday life for New Yorkers.
NYC Transit keeps New York moving 24 hours a day, seven days a week as
some 6,400 subway cars travel over nearly 700 track miles in underground
tunnels and elevated structures throughout the boroughs of New York
City. Yet, the safety of customers is not guaranteed.

Approximately 100 people are struck by New York City Subway trains every
year and dozens of those individuals are killed. There have been inci-
dents in which customers are pushed or accidentally fall or climb down
intentionally to retrieve dropped items. Limiting unauthorized track
access would prohibit these fatalities and could result in far less
vandalism and litter.

Where the costs and anticipated safety improvements that would result
from the installation of sliding access doors on subway platforms are
currently unknown, this legislation takes an important step forward by
requiring a study of these topics.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022 S5788 S 360-A PERALTA Same as A 3527A DenDekker

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act will take effect immediately.

2023-S2657 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2657
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to direct the metropolitan transportation authority to study  the
   feasibility  and  impact  of installing sliding access doors on subway
   platforms

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The metropolitan transportation authority shall conduct a
 study to examine the feasibility and impact of the installation of slid-
 ing access doors upon platforms at subway facilities  operated  by  such
 authority including, but not limited to the following issues:
   (a) increased benefits to the safety of customers;
   (b) the likelihood of fatality prevention; and
   (c) the fiscal impact of installation.
   §  2.  Within one year of the effective date of this act, the chairman
 of the metropolitan transportation  authority  shall  submit  a  written
 report  to  the  governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of
 the assembly and mayor of the city of New York, with  the  findings  and
 recommendations  of  the study conducted pursuant to section one of this
 act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04504-01-3

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