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NY A01875
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dana Levenberg
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AI Summary
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Changes the standard for state, county, and local transportation projects receiving federal and state funding from "considering" complete street design to "requiring" complete street design features for pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transit users
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Mandates the Department of Transportation create a scoring template based on a complete streets checklist to prioritize pedestrian and cyclist safety, with a minimum scoring threshold that projects must meet for approval
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Exempts maintenance activities including pavement preservation, bridge repair, mowing, drainage-only projects, guardrail installations, lighting, signage, and other minor improvements from complete street requirements
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Allows projects focused solely on one user category (pedestrians, bicyclists, or transit users) to exclude design features for the other categories
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Grandfathers projects that have received at least 35% approval from DOT or the relevant agency before the law's effective date, exempting them from the new requirements
Legislative Description
Requires inclusion of complete street design for state and local transportation projects undertaken by DOT or which receive both federal and state funding and are subject to DOT oversight.
Last Action
referred to transportation
1/7/2026