NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8696

Senate Bill S8696

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the implementation of traffic control devices at intersections with a high volume of visual and hearing impaired pedestrians

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Mar 01, 2024	referred to transportation

2023-S8696 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A102
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Transportation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A7205
2021-2022: A2430

2023-S8696 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the implementation of traffic control devices at intersections with a high volume of visual and hearing impaired pedestrians.

2023-S8696 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8696

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act directing the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study
on the implementation of traffic control devices at intersections with a
high volume of visual and hearing impaired pedestrians

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation directs the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct a
study on the implementation of traffic control devices at intersections
with a high volume of visual and hearing-impaired pedestrians.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 directs the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct a study
involving state owned public roads where there may be a high volume of
pedestrians with visual and hearing impairments.

Section 2 directs the Commissioner of Transportation to submit the

report no later than the 31st of December next succeeding the date on
which this act shall have become law, to the Governor, Temporary Presi-
dent of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, the Minority Leader of the
Senate, the Minority Leader of the Assembly, Chair of the Assembly
Transportation Committee, Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee
which shall include the findings and recommendations of the report.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

N/A

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Traffic intersections around New York State can be extremely difficult
to navigate. This becomes even more so for those with a hearing and
sight disability. This legislation directs the Commissioner of Transpor-
tation to conduct a study on the, feasibility for installing pedestrian
control devices on those state-owned intersections where there may be a
high volume of visual or hearing impaired pedestrians.  We must ensure
that all New Yorkers have the ability to move about our communities
safely. In many cities and towns across our state, intersections have
been equipped with pedestrian control devices allowing for the safe
passage of those with hearing and sight disabilities. We need to ensure
our state-owned roads and intersections are also equipped with these
devices where there may be a large volume of hearing and sight impaired
pedestrians.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: A7205-Referred to Transportation

2021-22: A2430-Referred to Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2023-S8696 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8696
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT directing the commissioner of transportation to conduct  a  study
   on the implementation of traffic control devices at intersections with
   a high volume of visual and hearing impaired pedestrians

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of transportation shall conduct a study on
 the feasibility and process for installing pedestrian control devices at
 traffic intersections involving a state-owned public  road  where  there
 may be a high volume of pedestrians with visual and hearing impairments.
 Such  study  shall  include  an  estimate  of how many intersections may
 require such devices, the method used for determining such  estimate,  a
 process  for  implementation,  and  the  estimated  costs  involved. For
 purposes of this act, "pedestrian control device" shall  mean  an  elec-
 tronically operated traffic control device composed of one or more indi-
 cations  which  directs  pedestrian  traffic at signalized locations and
 assists the visual and hearing impaired in  safely  crossing  a  traffic
 intersection.
   §  2.  Upon completion of the study but no later than the thirty-first
 of December next succeeding the date on which this act shall have become
 a law, the commissioner of transportation shall submit a report based on
 the findings of the study to the governor, the  temporary  president  of
 the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the assembly, the minority leader of the
 senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the  chair  of  the  senate
 transportation  committee,  and the chair of the assembly transportation
 committee which shall include the findings and  recommendations  of  the
 study described in section one of this act.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01635-01-3

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