Int. No. 374-A
By Council Members Mendez, Brewer, Chin, Comrie, Fidler, Gentile, James, Koppell, Lander, Palma, Van Bramer, Williams, Rodriguez, Garodnick, Mealy, Jackson, Barron, Nelson, Gennaro, Recchia Jr., Lappin, Reyna, Dromm, Gonzalez, Crowley, Weprin, Levin, Koo and Greenfield
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the compilation of bicycle crash data.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-186 to read as follows:
§19-186 Compilation of bicycle crash data. a. The department shall compile the total number of bicycle crashes that are reported to city agencies. Such bicycle crash compilation shall include crashes between bicycles, between bicycles and motorized vehicles and between bicycles and pedestrians. The department shall commence compiling such data on October 1, 2011.
b. On June 1, 2012 and annually thereafter, the department shall provide a report to the council for the preceding calendar year, with such report posted on the department's website, of the total number of reported crashes as required by subdivision a of this section, disaggregated by those involving solely bicycles, between bicycles and motorized vehicles, and between bicycles and pedestrians. Such report shall also include the number of injuries and fatalities resulting from such crashes disaggregated as above. Such report shall also be disaggregated by borough and by police precinct.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately upon enactment.
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