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A5282Assembly2017-2018 Session

Let Buses Use Parkways

Official title

“Authorizes school buses and paratransit vehicles types A(I) and A(II) used solely for the transportation of children or people with disabilities to travel on parkways”

Sponsor Philip RamosAD-6Affects Transportation
Status
In Assembly Committee
Transportation
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Transportation

What's happening

This bill allows school buses and certain paratransit vehicles transporting children or people with disabilities to travel on all parkways.

Why it matters

  1. Improves access for children and people with disabilities. by making it easier and potentially faster for school buses and paratransit vehicles to reach educational and care facilities, as they can now use parkways that were previously off-limits.

  2. May reduce travel times and logistical barriers. for families and service providers, especially in areas where parkways offer the most direct or least congested routes, possibly leading to fewer delays and more reliable transportation.

  3. Reflects a shift in transportation policy. by recognizing that not all larger vehicles are "commercial" in the traditional sense, and that strict bans can unintentionally limit essential services for vulnerable populations.

  4. Could prompt changes in parkway infrastructure or enforcement. , as authorities may need to update signage, adjust road designs, or train staff to accommodate the newly permitted vehicles safely.

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Let Buses Use Parkways

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Philip Ramos

Assembly Member · Assembly District 6

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History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Referred to transportation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

5282

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 7, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT in relation to authorizing school buses and paratransit vehicles types A(I) and A(II) used solely for the transportation of children or people with disabilities to travel on parkways

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

Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of general, special or local law, rule or regulation to the contrary, school buses and paratransit vehicles types A(I) and A(II) used solely for the transportation of children or people with disabilities shall be authorized to travel on all parkways, regardless of limitations on commercial traffic on such parkways.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD08844-01-7

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