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(a) Equip Street Hail Liveries with Technology System. A Street Hail Livery Base must ensure that each of its Street Hail Liveries is equipped with the Technology System. The Technology System must comply with the specifications established in 35 RCNY Chapter 83.
35 RCNY § 59B-52(a) | Fine: $1,000 and suspension until compliance | Appearance REQUIRED |
(b) Good Working Order. The Technology System equipment must be in good working order.
35 RCNY § 59B-52(c) | Fine: $250 and suspension until compliance | Appearance REQUIRED |
(c) Malfunction or Failure to Operate.
(1) If the Technology System malfunctions or fails to operate, the Street Hail Livery Base must file an incident report with the authorized provider within two hours following the discovery of the malfunction or as soon as the Street Hail Livery Base reasonably should have known of such malfunction.
(2) If the Driver or Street Hail Livery Licensee previously filed an incident report, the Street Hail Livery Base will not be required to file a separate incident report. The Street Hail Livery Base must verify that the report has been filed by obtaining the incident report number from the Driver, Street Hail Livery Licensee or Technology System Provider.
(3) The Street Hail Livery Licensee or the Street Hail Livery Base must meet the appointment for repair scheduled by the Technology System Provider following the incident report.
35 RCNY § 59B-52(c)(1)-(3) | Fine: $250 and suspension until compliance | Appearance REQUIRED |
(d) Inspection upon Multiple Technology System Malfunctions. For any Street Hail Livery requiring six or more repairs of the vehicle's Technology System in any 30-day period, the Street Hail Livery Base with which such vehicle is affiliated must promptly take that vehicle for inspection or schedule an inspection with the Commission's Safety and Emissions Facility. This requirement will not apply to the Street Hail Livery Base if compliance is made by the Street Hail Livery Licensee or Driver of the vehicle.
35 RCNY § 59B-52(d) | Fine: $250 | Appearance NOT REQUIRED |
(Amended City Record 8/19/2019, eff. 9/18/2019)
(a) Requirement. An owner must equip all For-Hire Vehicles with a help or distress signaling light system consisting of two turn signal type "lollipop" lights.
(b) Technical Specifications.
(1) One light must be mounted on the front center of the vehicle, either on top of the bumper or forward or behind the grill. A second light must be mounted on top of the rear bumper, to the left of the license plate.
(2) Each light must be three to four inches in diameter, have a total rated output of 32 candle power, and be amber-colored or have an amber-colored lens so that the light output of the device is the color amber at 32 candle power.
(3) The activator must be installed within easy reach of the driver, must be silent when operating, and must be fully solid-state.
(4) The lights must be able to flash between 60 and 120 times per minute.
(a) An Accessible Vehicle may be approved if it meets the following conditions:
(1) It is a vehicle other than (i) a bus, (ii) a minibus, or (iii) a van, the chassis for which, as originally manufactured, is designed to seat eight or more persons.
(2) It is capable of transporting at least one passenger using a common wheelchair (as wheelchair is defined in C.F.R., Title 49, § 37.3).
(b) The chassis of the Accessible Vehicle, as originally manufactured, must have:
(1) A maximum horsepower of 290.
(2) The original equipment manufacturer’s suspension and steering components.
(3) No bumper modifications.
(4) Exception regarding bumpers: A bumper modified to allow installation of a rear-entry ramp may be approved if it satisfies either of the following:
(i) Modification by secondary manufacturer:
a. The rear bumper is reinforced.
b. The modification is approved by the vehicle manufacturer.
c. The modification meets or exceeds Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards crash testing requirements.
d. Any rear door lock modifications must meet the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and the lock must be attached to the chassis, not the ramp, unless a secondary lock is attached to the chassis.
(ii) Modification by other than secondary manufacturer:
a. The rear bumper is reinforced.
b. The modification is approved by the vehicle manufacturer.
c. The modification meets or exceeds Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards crash testing requirements.
d. The modifier must retain an engineer with at least a bachelors degree in either mechanical engineering or electrical engineering with at least 3 years’ experience in automotive manufacturing to certify that each vehicle was modified using the design tested to meet or exceed Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards crash testing requirements.
e. A separate certification from such engineer for each vehicle must be presented to the TLC indicating that the requirements set forth in items a through c of this subparagraph have been met.
f. Any rear door lock modifications must meet the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and the lock must be attached to the chassis, not the ramp, unless a secondary lock is attached to the chassis.
(c) The Accessible Vehicle as manufactured by the original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) or as modified by an OEM-approved or National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)-registered second-stage manufacturer must meet the following specifications:
(1) The minimum ground clearance (measured from frame, loaded to gross vehicle weight rating) must be 5 inches.
(2) (i) The passenger compartment length (measured from rear of driver’s seat base to rear seat base) must be not less than 56 inches.
(ii) Exception: For an Accessible Taxicab designed to carry a Passenger using a wheelchair in the front right position beside the Driver, the passenger compartment length must be not less than 38 inches.
(3) The rear compartment of any vehicle approved for use as an Accessible Vehicle Model must meet the following dimensions as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers:
(i) Effective legroom (L51) must be at least 34.6 inches.
(4) The front compartment of any vehicle approved for use as an Accessible Vehicle Model must meet the following dimensions:
(i) Effective legroom (L34) must be at least 40 inches.
(5) Total legroom (the sum of L34 and L51) must be at least 74.6 inches.
(6) The original floor of the Accessible Vehicle, if lowered, must be lowered from the base of the firewall to the area immediately in front of the rear axle.
(7) If a lowered floor assembly is used, it must be stainless steel (16 gauge minimum) and must meet or exceed the 1,000 hour salt spray rating.
(8) If a lowered floor assembly is used, a vapor-insulating barrier of 1/2 inch marine grade plywood must be applied over the lowered metal floor and thoroughly secured.
(9) The wheelchair ramp must not block any part of the door or glass while in the stowed position.
(10) The system provided to securely hold one or more wheelchairs in place must be the system known as Q straint QRT Standard or, if an alternative system, it must meet or exceed the Q straint QRT Standard.
(11) No anchor points may project more than 1/8 of an inch above the finished floor.
(12) If the Accessible Vehicle has a middle fold-up passenger seat, it must have a folding mechanism and base plate and must meet the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 207, C.F.R., Title 49, and § 571.207.
(13) Any modifications to the rear air conditioning must be approved by the OEM.
(14) Any and all electrical wiring, other than as provided by the OEM, must be PVC-or-better insulated and color-coded for positive identification.
(15) The back-up alarm must be an electrically operated device that produces an intermittent audible signal when the Accessible Vehicle’s transmission is shifted into reverse.
(16) The converted vehicle must be purchased from the same converter which has manufactured the necessary parts/components and provided the labor to convert the vehicle.
(Added City Record 6/20/2024, eff. 7/20/2024)
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