Requires that bus drivers be provided with regular rest periods to have the opportunity to use a restroom. / Sponsor: Pretlow Committee:

Provides for a cap on fares for paratransit transportation. / Sponsor: Kellner Committee:

Changes the name of the Briarwood-Van Wyck subway station to the Briarwood station; requires the MTA to update all signs and maps with the new name. / Sponsor: Weprin Committee:

Relates to computing the service payment paid to certain public transportation systems. / Sponsor: Gantt Committee:

Enacts the "hazardous materials transport security act"; establishes a task force to recommend security devices and systems for motor vehicles used to transport hazardous materials; provides for driver's license verification and two-way communication; provides for insurance reductions. / Sponsor: Gantt Committee:

Authorizes department of transportation to conduct a statewide survey to determine areas with a high incidence of pedestrian accidents involving senior citizens; requires commissioner to undertake a comprehensive study of mitigating dangers to senior citizens in any and all areas in which the survey indicates the need to take action; requires commissioner to report recommendations and findings to the legislature and the governor on or before April 1, 2016. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Requires the state to reimburse localities for the expenses incurred by them in operating and maintaining the lighting systems along Sunrise highway (route 27), a state highway, in Nassau and Suffolk counties; directs the commissioner of transportation to establish a uniform procedure therefor. / Sponsor: Curran Committee:

Enacts the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2013 to provide monies for the preservation, enhancement, restoration and improvement of the quality of the state's transportation infrastructure. / Sponsor: Brennan Committee:

Requires any renovations of mass transit or rapid transit stations by the MTA shall include elevators, escalators or other facilities to expand access to include persons with disabilities. / Sponsor: Kellner (MS) Committee:

Provides free public transportation for senior citizens. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Prohibits approval by the commissioner of motor vehicles of defensive driving courses or defensive driving programs conducted over the internet only. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides that tolls for Red Cross vehicles for access to highways, bridges and tunnels during an emergency are suspended. / Sponsor: Titone Committee:

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects, or colliding with motorized or non-motorized vehicles or pedestrians, or leaving the roadway; further requires the commissioner of transportation and the thruway authority to submit a report to the governor and legislature. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides for the reestablishment of the Westchester Parkway Commission, to advise the commissioner of transportation regarding the operation and maintenance of the special parkways within the county of Westchester. / Sponsor: Pretlow Committee:

Requires state police presence at certain work zones. / Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Requires the DOT to determine which entrances to parkways in Westchester county are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barrier to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances. / Sponsor: Abinanti Committee:

Enables property owners to exchange easements on local roadways for easements on state highways. / Sponsor: Gantt Committee:

Proscribes indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts. / Sponsor: Lupardo Committee:

Provides that towers, including communications towers, etc., may not be erected on special parkway lands (Westchester county) without the consent of the local government in which located and must comply with all local laws, regulations, etc. / Sponsor: Pretlow Committee:

Exempts voluntary ambulance service or rescue squads from tolls on any highway, bridge, tunnel or other toll road on the NYS thruway while responding to an emergency or furnishing voluntary ambulance services. / Sponsor: DenDekker Committee: