New York S 6793: Enacts the community gridlock prevention act

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S06793 Summary:

BILL NOS06793 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07505

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §14-o, Transp L

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Enacts the community gridlock prevention act, which requires all land use actions to include an intersection and response time of emergency services impact study in addition to any existing requirements for an environmental assessment statement or an environmental impact statement.

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BILL NOS06793 

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6793

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to enacting the
 community gridlock prevention act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "community gridlock prevention act".
 3 § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 14-o to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 14-o. Community gridlock prevention. 1. As used in this section,
 6 unless context requires otherwise:
 7 (a) "State agency" means any state department, agency, board, public
 8 benefit corporation, public authority or commission.
 9 (b) "Local agency" means any local agency, board, district, commission
 10 or governing body, including any city, county, and other political
 11 subdivision of the state.
 12 (c) "Agency" means any state or local agency.
 13 (d) "Study area" means the area of a proposed land use action and
 14 shall include a one mile radius around such area.
 15 (e) "Rush hour" includes, but is not limited to, the time periods of
 16 7:00am to 10:00am and 4:00pm to 7:00pm on weekdays and 3:00pm to 8:00pm
 17 on weekends.
 18 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in addition
 19 to any requirement for an environmental assessment statement or an envi-
 20 ronmental impact statement pursuant to article eight of the environ-
 21 mental conservation law and regulations adopted by the department of
 22 environmental conservation, every proposal for a land use action shall
 23 include a study of the impact of such action on intersections and the
 24 response times of emergency services within the study area.
 25 3. An intersection and response time of emergency services impact
 26 study shall include, but not be limited to:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11253-01-5

 S. 6793 2

 1 (a) A study of the impact of the proposed land use action on inter-
 2 sections in the study area shall include, at a minimum, the metrics of
 3 level of service and additional seconds of delay.
 4 (i) A level of service assessment of each intersection in the study
 5 area, including but not limited to, during rush hour, expressed as a
 6 letter grade where:
 7 (1) Grade A is free-flow traffic with individual users virtually unaf-
 8 fected by the presence of others in the traffic stream.
 9 (2) Grade B is stable traffic flow with a high degree of freedom to
 10 select speed and operating conditions but with some influence from other
 11 users.
 12 (3) Grade C is restricted flow that remains stable but with signif-
 13 icant interactions with others in the traffic stream. The general level
 14 of comfort and convenience declines noticeably at this level.
 15 (4) Grade D is high-density flow in which speed and freedom to maneu-
 16 ver are severely restricted and comfort and convenience have declined
 17 even though flow remains stable.
 18 (5) Grade E is unstable flow at capacity levels with poor levels of
 19 comfort and convenience.
 20 (6) Grade F is forced traffic flow in which the amount of traffic
 21 exceeds the amount that can be served.
 22 (ii) An additional seconds of delay assessment of each intersection in
 23 the study area, including but not lim