S 5178 NY

0likes☆Favorite🔕SubscribeShare

Skip to main content

New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie

--> --> -->

Assembly Members

Legislative Info

Public Hearings

Speaker's Press

Assembly Reports

Committees & More

Bill Search Home Laws Legislative Calendar Public Hearing Schedule Assembly Calendars Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page.

Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S05178 Summary: BILL NO S05178A &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A08309-A

&nbsp SPONSOR COMRIE &nbsp COSPNSR FAHY &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add §§543, 593, 669, 718 & 390, Pub Auth L &nbsp Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.

Go to top S05178 Text:

STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

5178--A

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

February 19, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring certain public authorities to develop a feasibility study to promote bicyclist and pedestrian access on bridges statewide and to consider the impact of capital projects on bicyclist and pedestrian access

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new 2 section 543 to read as follows: 3 § 543. Pedestrian bridge access feasibility study. 1. The authority 4 shall develop a pedestrian bridge access feasibility study to analyze 5 ways to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on roadway bridges under 6 its jurisdiction. Such study shall include but not be limited to: 7 (a) identification of bridges within the authority's jurisdiction that 8 are suitable for safe bicycle and pedestrian access; 9 (b) potential capital projects that would allow for and/or expand 10 bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 11 (c) a review of the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 12 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, to determine the impact 13 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and propose amendments 14 and modifications to such capital program plans that would allow for 15 and/or expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges. 16 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 17 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, the temporary presi- 18 dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, detailing the 19 pedestrian bridge access feasibility study conducted pursuant to this

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06127-03-6

S. 5178--A 2

1 section. Such report shall be made available to the public on the 2 authority's website. 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 593 4 to read as follows: 5 § 593. Pedestrian bridge feasibility study. 1. The authority shall 6 develop a pedestrian bridge access feasibility study to analyze ways to 7 improve bicycle and pedestrian access on roadway bridges under its 8 jurisdiction. Such study shall include but not be limited to: 9 (a) identification of bridges within the authority's jurisdiction that 10 are suitable for safe bicycle and pedestrian access; 11 (b) potential capital projects that would allow for and/or expand 12 bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 13 (c) a review of the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 14 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, to determine the impact 15 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and propose amendments 16 and modifications to such capital program plans that would allow for 17 and/or expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges. 18 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 19 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, the temporary presi- 20 dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, detailing the 21 pedestrian bridge access feasibility study conducted pursuant to this 22 section. Such report shall be made available to the public on the 23 authority's website. 24 § 3. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 669 25 to read as follows: 26 § 669. Pedestrian bridge access feasibility study. 1. The authority 27 shall develop a pedestrian bridge access feasibility study to analyze 28 ways to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on roadway bridges under 29 its jurisdiction. Such study shall include but not be limited to: 30 (a) identification of bridges within the authority's jurisdiction that 31 are suitable for safe bicycle and pedestrian access; 32 (b) potential capital projects that would allow for and/or expand 33 bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 34 (c) a review of the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 35 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, to determine the impact 36 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and propose amendments 37 and modifications to such capital program plans that would allow for 38 and/or expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges. 39 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 40 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, the temporary presi- 41 dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, detailing the 42 pedestrian bridge access feasibility study conducted pursuant to this 43 section. Such report shall be made available to the public on the 44 authority's website. 45 § 4. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 718 46 to read as follows: 47 § 718. Pedestrian bridge feasibility study. 1. The authority shall 48 develop a pedestrian bridge access feasibility study to improve bicycle 49 and pedestrian access on roadway bridges under its jurisdiction. Such 50 plan shall include but not be limited to: 51 (a) identification of bridges within the authority's jurisdiction that 52 are suitable for safe bicycle and pedestrian access; 53 (b) potential capital projects that would allow for and/or expand 54 bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 55 (c) a review of the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 56 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, to determine the impact

S. 5178--A 3

1 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and propose amendments 2 and modifications to such capital program plans that would allow for 3 and/or expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges. 4 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 5 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, the temporary presi- 6 dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, detailing the 7 pedestrian bridge access feasibility study conducted pursuant to this 8 section. Such report shall be made available to the public on the 9 authority's website. 10 § 5. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 390 11 to read as follows: 12 § 390. Pedestrian bridge access feasibility study. 1. The authority 13 shall develop a pedestrian bridge access feasibility study to improve 14 bicycle and pedestrian access on roadway bridges under its jurisdiction. 15 Such plan shall include but not be limited to: 16 (a) identification of bridges within the authority's jurisdiction that 17 are suitable for safe bicycle and pedestrian access; 18 (b) potential capital projects that would allow for and/or expand 19 bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and 20 (c) a review of the authority's capital program plans in effect on and 21 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, to determine the impact 22 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and propose amendments 23 and modifications to such capital program plans that would allow for 24 and/or expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges. 25 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori- 26 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, the temporary presi- 27 dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, detailing the 28 pedestrian bridge access feasibility study conducted pursuant to this 29 section. Such report shall be made available to the public on the 30 authority's website. 31 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

Go to top

Sitemap

Request Information

Directions and Maps