File #:

Int 0216-2014    Version: * A B

Name:

Increasing the number of accessible pedestrian signals.

Type:

Introduction

Status:

Enacted

Committee:

Committee on Transportation

On agenda:

3/26/2014

Enactment date:

12/12/2014

Law number:

2014/060

Title:

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the number of accessible pedestrian signals.

Sponsors:

Mark Levine, Margaret S. Chin, Corey D. Johnson, Brad S. Lander, Rosie Mendez, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Andrew Cohen, Helen K. Rosenthal, Karen Koslowitz, James Vacca, Carlos Menchaca, Costa G. Constantinides, Ben Kallos, Mark Treyger, Daniel Dromm , Stephen T. Levin, Maria Del Carmen Arroyo, James G. Van Bramer, Donovan J. Richards, Deborah L. Rose, I. Daneek Miller, Daniel R. Garodnick, Vincent J. Gentile, David G. Greenfield, (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

Council Member Sponsors:

25

Summary:

An accessible pedestrian signal (“APS”) is a device that communicates information about pedestrian timing in nonvisual format such as audible tones, verbal messages, and vibrating surfaces. APS generally provide information to pedestrians about the existence and location of the pushbutton, the beginning of the “WALK” interval, the direction of the crosswalk, and location of the destination curb. In 2012, the Council enacted a local law requiring the New York City Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to establish an APS program and annually install accessible pedestrian signals at each corner of 25 identified intersections. The bill would increase the minimum number of intersections at which DOT must install an APS to 75.

Attachments:

1. Summary of Int. No. 216-B, 2. Int. No. 216 - 3/26/14, 3. Proposed Int. No. 216-A - 10/29/14, 4. Summary of Int. No. 216-A, 5. Committee Report 10/29/14, 6. Hearing Testimony 10/29/14, 7. Hearing Transcript 10/29/14, 8. Committee Report 11/24/14, 9. Hearing Transcript 11/24/14, 10. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 11. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-25-14, 12. Fiscal Impact Statement, 13. Mayor's Letter, 14. Local Law 60, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 25, 2014