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- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 55–0
- Home rule request
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.93
- Referred to local government
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Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor John Ceretto
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BILL NUMBER:S6120
Title of bill
An act relating to authorizing the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls
Purpose or general idea of bill
To authorize the city of Niagara Falls to lower the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls by five miles per hour.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one empowers the city of Niagara Falls to lower the speed limit to not less than twenty-five miles per hour in downtown Niagara Falls.
Existing law
Section 1643 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law concerning speed limits on highways in cities and villages provides that no such speed limit applicable throughout such city or village or within designated areas of such city or village shall be established at less than thirty miles per hour.
Justification
The USA Niagara Development Corporation and the City of Niagara Falls have collaborated on a number of projects to attract new investment in downtown Niagara Falls and make the area more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly. One such project is to create a "wayfinding" system involving a number of new vehicular directional signs to help "trailblaze" visitors to various points of interest and services downtown.
This legislation would help make a "wayfinding" system possible for downtown Niagara Falls because it would allow new roadway signs to comply with federal regulations. The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic control Devices (MTCD) permits "urban wayfinding systems" with a 4-inch cap height for letters on signs located on "urban streets where the speed limit is no more than 25 MPH". This size of lettering would be ideal for the new "wayfinding" system in downtown Niagara Falls.
The reduced speed limit would have additional benefits. within the proposed area speed limit zone, the slower speed limit is anticipated to better correspond to existing operating speeds there as well as to facilitate greater pedestrian and bicycle safety.
Prior legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
None to New York State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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