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A2271Assembly2019-2020 Session

Free Transit for Seniors

Official title

“Provides for free public transportation of senior citizens”

Sponsor David GanttAD-137Affects Transportation
Status
Stricken
Impact
8/10
Significant
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Transportation

What's happening

This bill requires that senior citizens be allowed to use public transportation free of charge in New York State.

Why it matters

  1. Reduces financial burden for seniors. By eliminating fares, the bill helps seniors on fixed incomes save money, potentially improving their quality of life and making it easier to afford essentials.

  2. Promotes mobility and independence. Free public transportation can make it easier for seniors to attend medical appointments, access social opportunities, and maintain active lifestyles, supporting their physical and mental health.

  3. Encourages public transit use. The measure could increase ridership among seniors, making public transportation a more integral part of community life and potentially reducing reliance on private vehicles or costly paratransit services.

  4. Requires new state and local planning. Implementation will demand adjustments from transit agencies, including possible updates to fare collection systems and public outreach, as well as potential impacts on transit budgets and funding allocations.

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Who cares

  • Senior citizens

    They would receive free use of public transportation.

  • Public transportation operators

    They would have to provide senior citizens with transportation free of charge.

  • New York State Department of Transportation

    The commissioner would have to issue any necessary implementation rules by the bill’s effective date, 180 days after it becomes law.

Headline styles

Free Transit for Seniors

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
David Gantt

Assembly Member · Assembly District 137

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Enacting clause stricken
  2. Referred to transportation
  3. Referred to transportation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

2271

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 22, 2019

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

AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to providing free public transportation for senior citizens

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

Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 15-d to read as follows:

§ 15-d. Public transportation for senior citizens. Senior citizens shall receive use of public transportation free of charge.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law, provided, however, that the commissioner of transportation shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on or before such effective date.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD00122-01-9

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