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A5562Assembly2019-2020 Session

Let Towns Set Speed Limits

Official title

“Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits”

Sponsor Karl BrabenecAD-98+12 co-sponsorsAffects 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 New York cities, towns, and villages to set local speed limits as low as 25 mph, and 15 mph near schools.

Why it matters

  1. Empowers local governments to address unique traffic safety concerns. by letting cities, towns, and villages set lower speed limits on their own roads, rather than being bound by statewide minimums.

  2. Potentially improves pedestrian and cyclist safety. by allowing for slower traffic speeds, especially in densely populated neighborhoods or areas with high foot traffic.

  3. Gives communities greater flexibility around schools. , enabling them to create safer environments for children by setting speed limits as low as 15 mph near school buildings and entrances.

  4. Could lead to a patchwork of speed limits across municipalities. , which may require drivers to be more attentive to changing limits and could impact traffic enforcement practices.

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Let Towns Set Speed Limits

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Karl Brabenec

Assembly Member · Assembly District 98

History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Held for consideration in transportation
  3. Referred to transportation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

5562

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 13, 2019

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

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to regulating speed limits in cities, towns, or villages

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

Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 1662-a of the vehicle and traffic law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:

2. Each city, town, or village in the state of New York may by local law establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on or along such city, town, or village highways in such city, town, or village other than state or county highways maintained by the state or county department of transportation, lower than fifty-five miles per hour statutory maximum speed limit. No such speed limit applicable on or along such designated highways within such city, town, 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.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD08067-01-9

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