New York A 4230: Establishes clean energy goals of reducing the annual total of vehicle miles traveled within the state by 20% by the year 2050

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A04230 Summary:

BILL NOA04230 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04044

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SPONSORMcMahon

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COSPNSRSimone, Mamdani, Gallagher, Shrestha, Simon, Tapia, Kelles, Gonzalez-Rojas, Bores, Burdick,
 Epstein, Valdez, Ramos, Burroughs, Carroll R, Reyes, Lasher, Levenberg, Forrest, Lunsford,
 Rosenthal, Schiavoni

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §10-h, amd §§102 & 140, Hway L; add §6-634, Vil L

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Establishes clean energy goals of reducing the annual total of vehicle miles traveled within the state by 20% by the year 2050; requires state and local highway projects to comply with reductions to vehicle miles traveled targets.

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BILL NOA04230 

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01/31/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4230

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON, SIMONE, MAMDANI, GALLAGHER, SHRESTHA,
 SIMON, TAPIA, KELLES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BORES, BURDICK, EPSTEIN -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the highway law and the village law, in relation to
 reductions in vehicle miles traveled in highway projects in New York
 state

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

 1 Section 1. Vehicle miles traveled assessment working group. 1. There
 2 is hereby established a vehicle miles traveled assessment working group.
 3 The vehicle miles traveled assessment working group shall meet regularly
 4 and shall study the options and best practices available and make recom-
 5 mendations for implementing vehicle miles traveled assessments in a
 6 manner which aligns with the goal of reducing annual vehicle miles trav-
 7 eled within the state by 20% by 2050, developing strategies to coordi-
 8 nate impact mitigation measures with local authorities and a plan to
 9 assess, monitor, and approve a given project's impact mitigation
 10 actions. The working group shall aid the commissioner of transportation
 11 in establishing procedures to assist counties, towns, and villages seek-
 12 ing to comply with their vehicle miles traveled assessment requirements,
 13 as outlined in sections one hundred two and one hundred forty of the
 14 highway law and section 6-634 of the village law.
 15 2. The working group shall include a representative from the depart-
 16 ment of transportation, the office of the governor, the department of
 17 environmental conservation, the department of state, the department of
 18 agriculture and markets, the office of general services, the empire
 19 state development corporation, the New York energy research and develop-
 20 ment authority, the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the
 21 metropolitan transportation authority, and the New York metropolitan
 22 transportation council. At least three of the working group members
 23 shall be representatives from advocacy groups or community organizations

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00638-02-5

 A. 4230 2

 1 whose work is relevant to projects and programs in alternative means of
 2 transportation infrastructure including but not limited to public trans-
 3 it expansion, public transit service improvements, pedestrian and
 4 cyclist transportation infrastructure expansion and improvements, and
 5 micro-mobility transportation infrastructure expansion and improvements.
 6 3. The working group shall report its findings and recommendations to
 7 the commissioner of transportation, the governor, the temporary presi-
 8 dent of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than twelve
 9 months after the effective date of this section. Such report shall be
 10 made publicly available on the department of transportation's website.
 11 4. The commissioner may utilize the findings and recommendations in
 12 the working group report to promulgate any rules and regulations neces-
 13 sary to implement sections two, three, four, and fi