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a. Definitions. As used in this section, the term “micromobility device” means a device intended for personal transportation within the city of New York that is not a motor vehicle, as such term is defined in section 125 of the vehicle and traffic law. The term “micromobility device” includes, but is not limited to, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, and electric scooters.
b. Webpage.
1. No later than February 1, 2025, the department shall publish a page on its website providing information about current bicycle and other micromobility device ridership as well as historical trends relating to such ridership. The department shall include on such page data from automated counters as well as data from other relevant sources. The department shall update such page monthly if updated data is available, or within a reasonable amount of time after such data is available, and shall update such page no less frequently than annually.
2. The department shall include, or provide a link on such page to, a description of any projects of the department to enhance the safety and movement of bicycles and other micromobility devices on the streets and bridges under the jurisdiction of the department. The department shall study and consider bicycle crash data, bicycle use data, and any other data the department deems relevant and appropriate to determine the projects described on such page, and shall explain how such projects respond to the needs of users of bicycles and other micromobility devices. The department shall include such project descriptions as part of the update required to be submitted by paragraph 2 of subdivision d of § 19-199.1.
(L.L. 2024/086, 9/14/2024, eff. 10/14/2024)
Editor's note: Former § 19-187, regarding community board hearings on the construction or removal of bicycle lanes, was repealed by L.L. 2024/003, 1/6/2024, eff. 1/6/2024.
a. The department shall establish an accessible pedestrian signals program. As part of this program, the department shall identify intersections where accessible pedestrian signals may be installed based on guidelines, including, but not limited to, those set forth in the most recent version of the manual on uniform traffic control devices. The department, after consultation with the mayor's office for people with disabilities and with advocates for and members of the visually impaired community, shall identify intersections which reflect the greatest crossing difficulty for persons with visual impairments. The department shall annually install, based on such guidelines, an accessible pedestrian signal at seventy-five intersections identified by the department following such consultation.
b. On or before November 30, 2012, and on or before every November 30 thereafter, the department shall post on its website a report analyzing the status of the accessible pedestrian signals program which shall include, but not be limited to, a detailed assessment of the program including cost, funding sources for such program including, but not limited to city, state and federal funding, recommendations for improvements to such program, availability of new technology that may be employed by the department for use in such program and any additional intersections in the city that may warrant inclusion in such program. In addition, such report shall list the fifty top ranked intersections for new accessible pedestrian signals, as evaluated by the department after consultation with the mayor's office for people with disabilities and with advocates for and members of the visually impaired community, based on the criteria set forth in subdivision a of this section.
c. The department shall post on its website the locations of all such accessible pedestrian signals, disaggregated by community district and council district.
a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Pedestrian countdown display. The term "pedestrian countdown display" means any automated digital reading used in a crosswalk that displays, at the beginning of the flashing upraised hand signal, the number of seconds remaining until the termination of such signal.
Traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring system. The term "traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring system" means a device installed to work in conjunction with a traffic-control signal which, during operation, automatically produces two or more photographs, two or more microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded images of each vehicle at the time it is used or operated in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law.
b. The department shall install a pedestrian countdown display at any location where a traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring system is installed unless (i) the department determines that such installation would endanger the safety of any street user, (ii) the department determines that such installation would be inconsistent with the department's guidelines regarding the installation of pedestrian countdown displays, or (iii) such installation would otherwise be impracticable.
(L.L. 2019/050, 3/16/2019, eff. 7/14/2019)
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