Int. No. 1765
By Council Members Levine, Kallos, Rosenthal, Van Bramer, Koslowitz, Johnson, Constantinides, Deutsch, Vacca, Rose, Treyger, Williams, Espinal, Vallone, Garodnick, Richards, Rodriguez, Dromm, Lander, Levin, Gibson, Torres, Barron, Menchaca, Chin, Perkins, Reynoso, Lancman, Cabrera, Cohen, Crowley, Maisel, Ferreras-Copeland, Greenfield and Koo.
A Local Law in relation to requiring the Department of Transportation to implement transit signal priority on at least 10 bus routes per year for the next 4 years
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Transit signal priority. a. The department of transportation shall identify those city intersections that can provide riders with the greatest benefits through implementation of transit signal priority, and shall to the extent practicable, in cooperation with relevant city and state agencies including the metropolitan transportation authority, implement transit signal priority on at least ten bus routes per year in each of the next four calendar years following the passage of this local law.
b. The department shall post on its website the intersections identified pursuant to this local law and bus routes that receive transit signal priority.
c. If the department is not able to meet the implementation deadlines created by this local law in any given year, it shall promptly submit to the mayor and speaker of the council a memorandum detailing why the target will not be met and identifying remedial steps the department has the authority to take to achieve the implementation timeframe in subsequent years.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is deemed repealed at the conclusion of the final calendar year during which the requirements of section 1 of this local law are in effect.
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10/26/17, 12:00 p.m.