N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 1706 – Reporting
§ 1706. Reporting. Beginning one year after the operation date and every two years thereafter, the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, in consultation with the city department of transportation shall report on the effect of the central business district tolling program on traffic congestion in and around the central business district and on mass transit use and taxi and for-hire vehicle use including the vehicle-miles traveled for each trip within the central business district for taxis and for-hire vehicles; the current and historic volume and type of vehicles including, but not limited to, commercial trucks, transportation network companies, taxis, private cars, and tour buses, entering the central business district; environmental improvements, including but not limited to, air quality, and emissions trends in and around the central business district; congestion reduction measures; and transit ridership and average bus speeds within the central business district, and on all receipts and expenditures relating to the central business district tolling program. The department of transportation of the city of New York shall be required to assist in gathering and providing to the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority traffic impact data and other related data as directed by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority for purposes of compiling such report. The report shall be readily available to the public, and shall be posted on the authority's website and be submitted to the governor, the director of the budget, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the mayor and council speaker of the city of New York, the metropolitan transportation authority board and the metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board.
Terms Used In N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 1706
- Central business district: means the area described in section seventeen hundred four of this article for which tolls shall be charged for a vehicle's entry into or remaining in such district. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 1703
- Central business district tolling program: means the program for charging tolls for vehicles that enter or remain in the central business district and includes the central business district tolling infrastructure, the central business district tolling collection system and the central business district tolling customer service center. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 1703
- City: means the city of New York. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 1703
- Operation date: means the date determined by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, which shall not be earlier than December thirty-first, two thousand twenty, for the beginning of the operation and enforcement of the central business district tolling program. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 1703
- Triborough bridge and tunnel authority: means the corporation organized pursuant to § 552 of the public authorities law as consolidated pursuant to § 552-a of the public authorities law or any successor corporation or corporation into which it may be consolidated. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 1703