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Senate Bill S2116

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits parking, standing, or stopping within ten feet of a bus stop

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2025-S2116 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1202, V & T L

2025-S2116 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits parking, standing, or stopping within ten feet of a bus stop.

2025-S2116 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2116 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2116
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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  prohibiting
   parking, standing, or stopping within ten feet of a bus stop
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph l of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section
 1202 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter  206  of  the
 laws  of  2020,  is amended and a new subparagraph m is added to read as
 follows:
   l. In a space designated as provided  in  this  subparagraph  for  the
 exclusive purpose of charging an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle
 charging  station,  unless such vehicle is an electric vehicle connected
 to such charging station. Provided,  however,  that  an  electric  motor
 vehicle  disconnected  from the electric vehicle charging station for no
 more than thirty continuous minutes while stopped, standing or parked in
 such designated space shall not be in violation  of  this  subparagraph.
 Parking spaces designated for the exclusive purpose of charging an elec-
 tric  vehicle  at  an electric vehicle charging station shall be clearly
 identified, and such designation shall include  conspicuous  and  perma-
 nently  installed  above  grade signs which shall be positioned from the
 parking space surface at a height of not less than five  feet  nor  more
 than  seven  feet  and  which identify such space as an electric vehicle
 charging station, indicate that such space is only for electric  vehicle
 charging  and  include any day or time restrictions. For the purposes of
 this subparagraph, the term "electric vehicle" shall mean a motor  vehi-
 cle  that is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associ-
 ated power electronics which provide acceleration torque  to  the  drive
 wheels  sometime  during  normal vehicle operation, and that draws elec-
 tricity from a battery or hydrogen fuel cell that is  capable  of  being
 recharged from an external source of electricity, such that the external
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04838-01-5

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