What's happening
This bill allows the village of Pittsford in Monroe County to set village road speed limits as low as 25 mph.
Why it matters
Empowers local decision-making. By allowing Pittsford to set speed limits as low as 25 mph on village roads, the bill gives the village government more control to respond to local traffic concerns and safety needs, rather than being restricted by higher state minimums.
Potential for improved pedestrian and cyclist safety. Lower speed limits can reduce the severity and frequency of accidents, making village streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and vulnerable road users—an issue often raised in walkable, residential communities like Pittsford.
Enables targeted traffic calming. The flexibility to decrease speed limits lets Pittsford address specific problem areas (such as near parks, schools, or high foot traffic zones) without the need for broader, less nuanced restrictions or expensive infrastructure changes.
May influence broader regional changes. If successful, Pittsford’s ability to manage its own speed limits could serve as a model for other villages in New York State seeking similar local authority, potentially influencing future state legislation on municipal traffic control.
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Lower Pittsford Speed Limit
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Rich Funke
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3794
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ERRIGO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speed limits in the village of Pittsford, town of Pittsford, county of Monroe
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 412 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
§ 1643. Speed limits on highways in cities and villages. The legislative body of any city or village with respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this section shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village, other than state highways maintained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statutory fifty-five miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty of this title, or on which the department of transportation shall have designated that such city or village shall not establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-four of this title may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed within such city or village, within designated areas of such city or village or on or along designated highways within such city or village higher or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum statutory limit. 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; except that in the city of Long Beach, in the county of Nassau, speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of the following highways in such city: Cleveland avenue, Harding avenue, Mitchell avenue, Belmont avenue, Atlantic avenue, Coolidge avenue, Wilson avenue
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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and Taft avenue; except that in the village of Pittsford, town of Pittsford, county of Monroe, speed limits may be established at not less than twenty-five miles per hour on village roads in the village of Pittsford. No such speed limit applicable on or along designated highways within such city or village shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway and except that within the cities of Buffalo and Rochester speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour for any portion of a highway within a city park.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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