Details Meeting Name: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/24/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (20) 20 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 T2023-3166 *       Oversight - Bicycles, Micromobility, and Street Enforcement Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2023-3166 *       Oversight - Bicycles, Micromobility, and Street Enforcement Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0289-2022 * Carlina Rivera     Requiring the department of transportation to develop a map of bicycle infrastructure conditions. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to create a searchable map that shows all of the City’s bike lanes with information about obstructions caused by street construction, maintenance, or repairs, and the location of temporary bicycle lanes. The map will also have information about the location of open streets, bicycle parking infrastructure, micromobility share programs and stations, and information on how to report bicycle lane issues. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0289-2022 * Carlina Rivera     Requiring the department of transportation to develop a map of bicycle infrastructure conditions. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to create a searchable map that shows all of the City’s bike lanes with information about obstructions caused by street construction, maintenance, or repairs, and the location of temporary bicycle lanes. The map will also have information about the location of open streets, bicycle parking infrastructure, micromobility share programs and stations, and information on how to report bicycle lane issues. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0417-2022 * Lincoln Restler     Notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto. Introduction This bill would consolidate the community board and council member notice requirement for bike lanes with the requirement for major transportation projects. This would create a single, uniform process for the department of transportation to provide notice of any street project. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0417-2022 * Lincoln Restler     Notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto. Introduction This bill would consolidate the community board and council member notice requirement for bike lanes with the requirement for major transportation projects. This would create a single, uniform process for the department of transportation to provide notice of any street project. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0501-2022 * Lincoln Restler   Proposed Int. No. 501-A Hazardous obstruction by vehicles and civilian complaints to the department of transportation for hazardous obstruction violations. Introduction This bill would create a new violation and civil penalty for hazardous obstruction by a vehicle of a bicycle lane, bus lane when bus lane restrictions are in effect, sidewalk, crosswalk, or fire hydrant when such vehicle is located within a radial distance of 2,640 feet of a school building, entrance, or exit. The proposed legislation imposes a $175 penalty for each such violation and they would be returnable to the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). The proposed legislation would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to create a civilian reporting program where civilians may submit complaints and supporting evidence for alleged violations to DOT. Such program would be phased-in and supported by a mobile application. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0501-2022 * Lincoln Restler     Hazardous obstruction by vehicles and civilian complaints to the department of transportation for hazardous obstruction violations. Introduction This bill would create a new violation and civil penalty for hazardous obstruction by a vehicle of a bicycle lane, bus lane when bus lane restrictions are in effect, sidewalk, crosswalk, or fire hydrant when such vehicle is located within a radial distance of 2,640 feet of a school building, entrance, or exit. The proposed legislation imposes a $175 penalty for each such violation and they would be returnable to the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). The proposed legislation would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to create a civilian reporting program where civilians may submit complaints and supporting evidence for alleged violations to DOT. Such program would be phased-in and supported by a mobile application. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0501-2022 * Lincoln Restler     Hazardous obstruction by vehicles and civilian complaints to the department of transportation for hazardous obstruction violations. Introduction This bill would create a new violation and civil penalty for hazardous obstruction by a vehicle of a bicycle lane, bus lane when bus lane restrictions are in effect, sidewalk, crosswalk, or fire hydrant when such vehicle is located within a radial distance of 2,640 feet of a school building, entrance, or exit. The proposed legislation imposes a $175 penalty for each such violation and they would be returnable to the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). The proposed legislation would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to create a civilian reporting program where civilians may submit complaints and supporting evidence for alleged violations to DOT. Such program would be phased-in and supported by a mobile application. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0712-2022 * Erik D. Bottcher     Reporting on evasion of photo-violation monitoring systems by motor vehicles with unreadable license plates. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to report on evasion of red light cameras or school speed cameras by motor vehicles with unreadable license plates. An unreadable license plate would be defined as a license plate that a photo-violation monitoring system does not read because the camera malfunctioned, the license plate’s number is concealed or obscured or the license plate produces a distorted recorded or photographic image. This bill would require DOT to post the report on its website each month and submit those reports to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council as a single report by January 31 of each year. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0712-2022 * Erik D. Bottcher     Reporting on evasion of photo-violation monitoring systems by motor vehicles with unreadable license plates. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to report on evasion of red light cameras or school speed cameras by motor vehicles with unreadable license plates. An unreadable license plate would be defined as a license plate that a photo-violation monitoring system does not read because the camera malfunctioned, the license plate’s number is concealed or obscured or the license plate produces a distorted recorded or photographic image. This bill would require DOT to post the report on its website each month and submit those reports to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council as a single report by January 31 of each year. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0816-2022 * Lincoln Restler     Suspending alternate side parking regulations on Tisha B’Av. Introduction This bill would suspend alternate side parking regulations on Tisha B’Av. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0816-2022 * Lincoln Restler     Suspending alternate side parking regulations on Tisha B’Av. Introduction This bill would suspend alternate side parking regulations on Tisha B’Av. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0853-2022 * Joann Ariola     Installing intermediate reference location signs on designated sections of Cross Bay Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, and Rockaway Point Boulevard. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the police department and the fire department, to install intermediate reference location signs, commonly known as mile markers, at one tenth of a mile intervals along designated stretches of Cross Bay Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, and Rockaway Point Boulevard. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0853-2022 * Joann Ariola     Installing intermediate reference location signs on designated sections of Cross Bay Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, and Rockaway Point Boulevard. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the police department and the fire department, to install intermediate reference location signs, commonly known as mile markers, at one tenth of a mile intervals along designated stretches of Cross Bay Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, and Rockaway Point Boulevard. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0926-2023 * Amanda Farías     Requiring the dept of transportation to conduct an annual study on bicycle activity. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to conduct and submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council and post on its website an annual study on cycling activity in the City for the previous year. The study would require the department to identify information such as the most frequently biked streets and bridges, and to make recommendations for improving bike safety in these areas and other locations in the City. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0926-2023 * Amanda Farías     Requiring the dept of transportation to conduct an annual study on bicycle activity. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to conduct and submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council and post on its website an annual study on cycling activity in the City for the previous year. The study would require the department to identify information such as the most frequently biked streets and bridges, and to make recommendations for improving bike safety in these areas and other locations in the City. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0927-2023 * Jennifer Gutiérrez     Establishing a task force to study the feasibility of building charging stations for bicycles with electric assist to be used by food delivery workers. Introduction This bill would establish a task force to determine whether and where charging stations for bicycles with electric assist can be built for exclusive use by food delivery workers. The task force will review the cost of building and operating the charging stations, including whether some or all of that cost can be borne by third party courier services or third party delivery services; where such charging stations should be located; whether the operation of the charging stations would best be done by third parties; whether charging station use could be limited to the class of food delivery workers; whether food delivery workers can use the charging stations for free or at low cost; and the way in which such charging stations can mitigate fire risk caused by the lithium-ion batteries contained in bicycles with electric assist. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0927-2023 * Jennifer Gutiérrez     Establishing a task force to study the feasibility of building charging stations for bicycles with electric assist to be used by food delivery workers. Introduction This bill would establish a task force to determine whether and where charging stations for bicycles with electric assist can be built for exclusive use by food delivery workers. The task force will review the cost of building and operating the charging stations, including whether some or all of that cost can be borne by third party courier services or third party delivery services; where such charging stations should be located; whether the operation of the charging stations would best be done by third parties; whether charging station use could be limited to the class of food delivery workers; whether food delivery workers can use the charging stations for free or at low cost; and the way in which such charging stations can mitigate fire risk caused by the lithium-ion batteries contained in bicycles with electric assist. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available