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Senate Bill S4508

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-S4508 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4251
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1640-t, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8099
2021-2022: S2880
2023-2024: S2515, A5001

2025-S4508 (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.

2025-S4508 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4508 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4508
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS, ADDABBO, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
   LIU, MAY, PARKER, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- 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.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 1640-t to read as follows:
   § 1640-T. SCRAMBLE CROSSWALKS IN  CITIES  WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR MORE. 1. THERE SHALL BE SCRAMBLE CROSSWALKS IN CITIES WITH A
 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE 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:
   (A) SCRAMBLE CROSSWALKS SHALL OPERATE ON WEEKDAYS  BETWEEN  8:00  A.M.
 AND 4:00 P.M.;
   (B) PEDESTRIANS SHALL WAIT UNTIL A PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL SIGNAL INDICATES
 A SIGN TO WALK;
   (C)  VEHICLES SHALL NOT TURN RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION WHILE THE TRAF-
 FIC SIGNAL INDICATES A RED LIGHT;
   (D) 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;
   (E)  BICYCLISTS  MAY  PROCEED WITH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WHILE THE TRAFFIC
 SIGNAL INDICATES A GREEN LIGHT; AND
   (F) 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.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  "SCRAMBLE  CROSSWALK"  MEANS  A
 CROSSWALK  WITH  A  TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHICH TEMPORARILY STOPS ALL VEHICULAR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04070-01-5

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