New York S 5178: Requires certain public authorities to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges

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S05178 Summary:

BILL NOS05178A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08309-A

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRFAHY

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Add §§543, 593, 669, 718 & 390, Pub Auth L

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Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.

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BILL NOS05178A

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

05/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 5178A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5178--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
 recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with
 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
 certain public authorities to develop a feasibility study to promote
 bicyclist and pedestrian access on bridges statewide and to consider
 the impact of capital projects on bicyclist and pedestrian access

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

 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 543 to read as follows:
 3 § 543. Pedestrian bridge access feasibility study. 1. The authority
 4 shall develop a pedestrian bridge access feasibility study to analyze
 5 ways to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on roadway bridges under
 6 its jurisdiction. Such study shall include but not be limited to:
 7 (a) identification of bridges within the authority's jurisdiction that
 8 are suitable for safe bicycle and pedestrian access;
 9 (b) potential capital projects that would allow for and/or expand
 10 bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and
 11 (c) a review of the authority's capital program plans in effect on and
 12 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, to determine the impact
 13 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and propose amendments
 14 and modifications to such capital program plans that would allow for
 15 and/or expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges.
 16 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori-
 17 ty shall submit a written report to the governor, the temporary presi-
 18 dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, detailing the
 19 pedestrian bridge access feasibility study conducted pursuant to this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06127-03-6

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 1 section. Such report shall be made available to the public on the
 2 authority's website.
 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 593
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 593. Pedestrian bridge feasibility study. 1. The authority shall
 6 develop a pedestrian bridge access feasibility study to analyze ways to
 7 improve bicycle and pedestrian access on roadway bridges under its
 8 jurisdiction. Such study shall include but not be limited to:
 9 (a) identification of bridges within the authority's jurisdiction that
 10 are suitable for safe bicycle and pedestrian access;
 11 (b) potential capital projects that would allow for and/or expand
 12 bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and
 13 (c) a review of the authority's capital program plans in effect on and
 14 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, to determine the impact
 15 of such projects on bicycle and pedestrian access and propose amendments
 16 and modifications to such capital program plans that would allow for
 17 and/or expand bicycle and p