Int. No. 289-A
By Council Members Rivera, Hudson, Sanchez, Stevens, Yeger, Restler, Avilés, Krishnan, Nurse, Bottcher, Ossé, Hanif, Gutiérrez, Cabán, Richardson Jordan, Brewer, Schulman, Powers, Marte, Velázquez, Louis, Hanks, Brooks-Powers, Farías and Won
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of transportation to develop a map of bicycle infrastructure conditions
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-159.7 to read as follows:
§ 19-159.7 Map of bicycle infrastructure conditions. a. Definition. For purposes of this section, the term “micromobility share program” means a program for the provision of devices for personal transportation for shared use within the city of New York under a contract with an operator that permits payment for the use of such devices, including but not limited to bike share, as that term is defined in section 19-193, or any similar program for the shared use of electric scooters, as that term is defined in section 114-e of the vehicle and traffic law.
b. Beginning no later than February 1, 2025, the department shall make available on a website owned and operated by the department, and update as feasible when data becomes available, a searchable map of every bicycle lane in the city. Such map shall include:
1. A notation identifying each street with a bicycle lane that has an active permit for street construction, maintenance, or repair that may obstruct such bicycle lane, in whole or in part, for a period of 1 day or longer;
2. The location of every temporary bicycle lane maintained pursuant to section 19-159.3;
3. A notation identifying the different types of bicycle lanes, including protected bike lanes, conventional bike lanes, shared lanes, and off-street bicycle lanes;
4. The location of any active street resurfacing project that may affect the surface of a bicycle lane;
5. The location of all city-owned bicycle parking infrastructure;
6. The location of stations for micromobility share programs and real time availability data for each such station, if feasible; and
7. A notation identifying every open street designated pursuant to section 19-107.1.
c. The website with the map required by this section shall include information on how to report bicycle lane issues to the 311 customer service center.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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