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* Editor's note: there are two sections designated as § 19-197.
a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Park. The term "park" means any park under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation that is equal to or greater than one acre, and includes a playground or active recreational or athletic amenity.
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.
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 control signal. The term "traffic control signal" has the same meaning as in section 154 of the vehicle and traffic law or any successor provision.
b. No later than three years after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the department shall survey all intersections with traffic control signals that are adjacent to a school or park and do not currently have pedestrian countdown displays for the purpose of determining whether pedestrian countdown displays should be installed at such intersections.
c. The department shall install pedestrian countdown displays at each intersection that the department deems necessary within two years of the completion of the survey required by subdivision b of this section. The department shall inform the speaker of the council in writing upon completion of all such installations.
d. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the department may determine that the installation of a pedestrian countdown display in any one or more intersection is not appropriate because such installation would endanger the safety of motorists or pedestrians, divert resources from installations at other locations that the department has identified as safety priorities, or be inconsistent with the department's guidelines regarding the installation of pedestrian countdown displays.
e. Upon completion of the survey required by subdivision b, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council a report on the results of such survey, including, but not limited to, a list of the intersections where the department has determined that it is not appropriate to install a pedestrian countdown display and the reasons therefor; provided, however, that the department shall annually assess the need to install pedestrian countdown displays adjacent to any new schools or parks created after such survey.
(L.L. 2017/130, 8/8/2017, eff. 8/8/2017)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2017/130.
* Editor's note: there are two sections designated as § 19-197.
The department shall study and produce a report regarding its current and planned efforts to educate pedestrians and drivers of:
1. the dangers inherent in acting as a pedestrian while distracted by texting, or other uses of a mobile device; and
2. the necessity of operators of motor vehicles to exercise care in watching for pedestrians who are distracted by texting, or other uses of a mobile device, regardless of whether a pedestrian is utilizing a defined street crossing.
Such study and report shall detail the department's communications, on a citywide basis, that educate pedestrians about the dangers of using a mobile device while traversing an intersection, and the dangers of using a mobile device while being near or in a street and shall provide an analysis of the effectiveness of such communications. The report shall further provide recommendations relative to preventing future motor vehicle crashes involving pedestrians who are utilizing a mobile device. The department shall submit its report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the mayor and the speaker of the city council.
(2017 N.Y. Laws Ch. 306, 9/13/2017, eff. 9/13/2017)
a. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Fatality. The term "fatality" means a personal injury categorized as a "K" fatality by the New York state department of motor vehicles.
Injury. The term "injury" means a personal injury categorized as an "A", "B" or "C" injury by the New York state department of motor vehicles.
b. The commissioner shall publish on the department's website a map showing the approximate locations of motor vehicle related injuries and fatalities in the city. Such map shall allow users to disaggregate crashes that resulted in an injury or fatality by year, month and time of day of occurrence if known. Times of day shall be aggregated into eight three-hour windows, commencing with a window from midnight to 3:00 a.m. and concluding with a window from 9:00 p.m. to midnight. Such map shall display the speed limit of each street in the city.
c. The commissioner shall publish on the department's website summaries of recent design improvements that the department has made to the streets of the city for the purpose of enhancing motorist, passenger, cyclist or pedestrian safety.
d. The commissioner shall update all information published pursuant to this section not less than once a month.
(L.L. 2017/240, 12/17/2017, eff. 7/31/2018)
a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term “unreadable license plate” means a license plate that a photo violation monitoring system authorized by section 1111-a or 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law could not read because (i) such system was malfunctioning at the time, (ii) such license plate’s number was concealed or obscured from such system, (iii) such license plate produced a distorted recorded or photographic image on such system, or (iv) no license plate was affixed to a motor vehicle.
b. Reporting. Beginning no later than April 30, 2024, and quarterly thereafter, the commissioner shall send a report on unreadable license plates to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post such report on the department’s website. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, monthly aggregate data on unreadable license plates during the previous quarter and provide the following information about such license plates:
1. The days and times of day when such license plates could not be read;
2. The community districts where such license plates could not be read;
3. The boroughs where such license plates could not be read; and
4. A breakdown by type of unreadable license plates.
c. Data dictionary. The report required by this section shall include a data dictionary.
(L.L. 2023/155, 11/19/2023, eff. 11/19/2023)
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