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This bill would require the Department of Transportation to develop strategies for enhancing pedestrian and traffic safety near schools in the city and to provide a report on a biennial basis describing such strategies, including information on whether the safety strategies have been implemented and their implementation status.

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Int. No. 1257-A

 

By Council Members Van Bramer, Cohen, Richards, Chin, Vallone, Menchaca, Salamanca, Gibson, Deutsch, Koo, Mealy, Koslowitz, Kallos, Garodnick, Constantinides, Miller, Ulrich and Borelli

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring an annual school safety implementation report, and providing for the repeal of such report

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

                     Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-199 to read as follows:

§ 19-199 School safety implementation report. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

 School. The term “school” means any buildings, grounds, facilities, property or portion thereof in which educational instruction is provided on a full-time basis to at least 250 students at or below the twelfth grade level.

Traffic-calming treatment. The term “traffic-calming treatment” means any treatment, including, but not limited to, street redesigns, speed humps, and raised crosswalks, installed on a street and intended to slow, reduce or alter motor vehicle traffic to enhance safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Traffic control signal. The term “traffic control signal” means any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.

b. By March 30, 2018 and every two years thereafter until March 30, 2024 the department shall develop strategies for enhancing safety within a half mile radius of a minimum of 50 schools and, where practicable, more than 50 schools, including traffic calming treatments and traffic control signals, and post on its website and submit to the speaker of the council and the mayor, a report describing such strategies, including information on whether any such strategies were implemented, and the status of such implementation, as applicable.

c. The strategies referenced in subdivision b of this section shall be selected by the department and prioritized according to criteria which may include but are not limited to those locations within each borough that have the highest density of pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries, as referenced in plans developed by the department in 2015 regarding pedestrian safety.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately, and is deemed repealed after the posting and submission of the report due March 30, 2024, required by subdivision b of section 19-199 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section one of this local law.

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11/8/2017 8:27 PM