Details Meeting Name: Committee on Transportation (inactive) Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/24/2019 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Public Safety Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (14) 14 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2019-5231 *       Oversight - Vision Zero, Cyclist Safety, and Police Department Enforcement. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2019-5231 *       Oversight - Vision Zero, Cyclist Safety, and Police Department Enforcement. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0769-2018 * Carlos Menchaca     Warning notice for missing bicycle equipment. Introduction This bill would allow notices of violations issued to bicyclists for operating a bicycle without equipment required by state and local law to be canceled if the bicyclist can show that the bicycle contains the required equipment within 48 hours of the notice of violation being issued. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0769-2018 * Carlos Menchaca     Warning notice for missing bicycle equipment. Introduction This bill would allow notices of violations issued to bicyclists for operating a bicycle without equipment required by state and local law to be canceled if the bicyclist can show that the bicycle contains the required equipment within 48 hours of the notice of violation being issued. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1354-2019 * Robert F. Holden     Requiring certain spillage prevention equipment on concrete mixer trucks. Introduction This bill would require all concrete mixing trucks operating in New York City to be equipped with chute shutters or similar devices to prevent the spillage of concrete and materials used to mix concrete by no later than June 30, 2021. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1354-2019 * Robert F. Holden     Requiring certain spillage prevention equipment on concrete mixer trucks. Introduction This bill would require all concrete mixing trucks operating in New York City to be equipped with chute shutters or similar devices to prevent the spillage of concrete and materials used to mix concrete by no later than June 30, 2021. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1435-2019 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez     Use of back seat safety belts. Introduction The proposed legislation would create a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of up to $50 for back seat passengers sixteen years or over not using a safety belt and/or for drivers who fail to ensure safety belt use of their back seat passengers sixteen years or over, other than those drivers transporting passengers for hire pursuant to a Taxi and Limousine Commission license. The proposed legislation would exempt buses, including school buses, and authorized emergency vehicles, mirroring provisions in State law. It would also exempt passengers with a physically disabling condition duly certified by a physician that would prevent safety belt use, and provide an affirmative defense for passengers of for hire vehicles that the vehicle in which they are a traveling lacks a visible, accessible, and working back seat safety belt. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1435-2019 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez     Use of back seat safety belts. Introduction The proposed legislation would create a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of up to $50 for back seat passengers sixteen years or over not using a safety belt and/or for drivers who fail to ensure safety belt use of their back seat passengers sixteen years or over, other than those drivers transporting passengers for hire pursuant to a Taxi and Limousine Commission license. The proposed legislation would exempt buses, including school buses, and authorized emergency vehicles, mirroring provisions in State law. It would also exempt passengers with a physically disabling condition duly certified by a physician that would prevent safety belt use, and provide an affirmative defense for passengers of for hire vehicles that the vehicle in which they are a traveling lacks a visible, accessible, and working back seat safety belt. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1763-2019 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez     Motor vehicles overtaking bicycles. Introduction This bill would require drivers of motor vehicles to maintain a minimum distance of three feet when overtaking a bicycle, and provide for a traffic violation for a driver that makes contact with a bicyclist while failing to exercise due care and failing to maintain the three foot distance. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1763-2019 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez     Motor vehicles overtaking bicycles. Introduction This bill would require drivers of motor vehicles to maintain a minimum distance of three feet when overtaking a bicycle, and provide for a traffic violation for a driver that makes contact with a bicyclist while failing to exercise due care and failing to maintain the three foot distance. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1789-2019 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez   Preconsidered Side guards Introduction Side guards are vehicle-based safety devices that prevent pedestrians, cyclists, and others from being caught in the otherwise exposed space between the front and rear axles of large vehicles. This bill would accelerate existing deadlines for side guard implementation in the City fleet and for trade waste hauling vehicles from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2023. The bill would also require that side guards are equipped on any large vehicle used to fulfill a contract with the City of at least $2 million, starting with contracts registered on or after January 1, 2023. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1789-2019 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez     Side guards Introduction Side guards are vehicle-based safety devices that prevent pedestrians, cyclists, and others from being caught in the otherwise exposed space between the front and rear axles of large vehicles. This bill would accelerate existing deadlines for side guard implementation in the City fleet and for trade waste hauling vehicles from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2023. The bill would also require that side guards are equipped on any large vehicle used to fulfill a contract with the City of at least $2 million, starting with contracts registered on or after January 1, 2023. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available                     Not available