File #: Int 1084-2024    Version: * Name: Requiring the department of transportation to install e-bicycle battery stations.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 10/10/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of transportation to install e-bicycle battery stations
Sponsors: Sandy Nurse, Carlina Rivera , Shahana K. Hanif
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to install at least 35 electric bicycle (e-bike) battery stations in commercial corridors each year for a five-year period, and at least 25% of those would be installed in the street next to the curb and allow for e-bikes to be parked and secured. DOT would also be required to report on the installation and operation of the battery stations and post the locations of the battery stations on its website.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1084, 2. Int. No. 1084, 3. October 10, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-10-24

Int. No. 1084

 

By Council Members Nurse, Rivera and Hanif

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of transportation to install e-bicycle battery stations

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-175.9 to read as follows:

§ 19-175.9 Installation of e-bicycle battery stations. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Battery station. The term “battery station” means a station where e-bicycle batteries may be charged or exchanged.

Commercial corridor. The term “commercial corridor” means a block located within a commercial district or overlay, as established by the zoning resolution.

E-bicycle. The term “e-bicycle” has the same meaning as the term “bicycle with electric assist” as provided in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law.

b. 1. The department shall install at least 35 battery stations within commercial corridors in each of the 5 years following the effective date of the local law that added this section. 

2. At least 25 percent of the battery stations the department installs pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision shall be installed in the street adjacent to the curb. Such battery stations shall contain racks or similar structures to which a bicycle frame and one wheel can be secured and which can support a bicycle in a stable position without damage to wheels, frame, or components.

c. In determining locations to install battery stations under subdivision b, the department shall consider factors including:

1. The projected utilization of the battery station;

2. The potential impact on motor vehicle parking where spaces in curb lanes or travel lanes have been reallocated for battery stations;

3. Whether the nearby electric grid infrastructure is capable of supporting such battery station; and

4. Whether there are any community partners capable and willing to assist in the maintenance and upkeep of a battery station,

d. Within 3 years of the effective date of the local law that added this section, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council and the mayor, and post on its website, a report analyzing the status of the battery stations installed pursuant to this section. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the utilization rate of each station, the total cost of installing and operating the battery stations, all funding sources that have been used to install and operate the battery stations, and recommendations for improvements in installation and operation of the battery stations.

e. No later than 60 days of the effective date of the local law that added this section, the department shall post and maintain on its website a map showing the locations of all battery stations installed or maintained by the department.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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LS #13115/15784

9/17/2024 10:23 AM