Legislation Details

File #: Int 0304-2010    Version: * Name: Allowing hybrid electric taxicabs to drive in the bus lane.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 7/29/2010
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing hybrid electric taxicabs to drive in the bus lane.
Sponsors: G. Oliver Koppell, Margaret S. Chin, Vincent J. Gentile, Robert Jackson, Letitia James, Peter A. Koo
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013*G. Oliver Koppell City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/29/2010*G. Oliver Koppell City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/29/2010*G. Oliver Koppell City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 304
 
By Council Members  Koppell, Chin, Gentile, Jackson, James and Koo
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing hybrid electric taxicabs to drive in the bus lane.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
      Section 1.  Chapter 5 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new section 19-510 to read as follows:
      §19-510  Licensed vehicles in the bus lanes:   a.  "Hybrid electric taxicab" shall mean a taxicab that employs a combustion engine system together with an electric propulsion system that operates in an integrated manner, which is approved by the commissioner for use as a taxicab.
b.  "Bus lane" shall mean any portion of a street, road, or highway that has been designated as such by the department of transportation or any governmental agency having jurisdiction over that street, road, or highway.
c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or  rule or regulation to the contrary, the department of transportation shall permit hybrid electric taxis to drive in bus lanes.
§2.    This local law shall take effect immediately after it is enacted into law.
 
MWC
6-23-10
LS 295
Int. 0156-2004