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:

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:

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:

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

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

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:

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: Crespo Committee:

Requires contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle to provide federal SafeStat results to potential customers. / Sponsor: DILAN Committee: TRANSPORTATION

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

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

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

Provides for a special-use permit for oversized or commercial vehicles on the Taconic state parkway; includes ambulatory veterinarians. / Sponsor: Cahill Committee:

Prohibits the idling of certain railroads in the state; defines railroad; prohibits a railroad engine to idle for longer than ten minutes while parking, standing or stopping within five hundred feet of a residential property; authorizes the department of transportation to impose a fine for a violation and post signs; directs the department of environmental conservation to regulate train emissions. / Sponsor: Miller Committee:

Relates to work and school zone safety and enforcement. / Sponsor: Gantt Committee: