New York City Department of Transportation TRAFFIC RULES

New York City

Department of Transportation

TRAFFIC RULES

Title 34

Chapter 4

Rules of the City of New York

April 15, 2020

Title 34 04/15/2020

Department of Transportation

Chapter 4

Traffic Rules

CONTENTS

§ 4-01 Words and Phrases Defined

(a) Vehicle and Traffic Law definitions apply

(b) Definitions

Access-A-Ride

Bicycle

Bicycle sharing system

Bus

(i) Charter bus

(ii) School bus

(iii) Sight-seeing bus

(iv) Shuttle bus

(v) Intercity bus

Chartered Party

Commercial vehicle

Commissioner

Commuter van

Crosswalk

Cruising

Dedicated use sign

Department

Designated Activities

Designated Activity Zone

Driveway

D/S decals

Electric vehicle

Electric vehicle charging

Electric vehicle charging station

Electronic communication device

Emergency vehicle (authorized)

Expressive Matter

For-hire vehicle

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV)

Holidays

Horse drawn cab

Impounded Vehicle

Law enforcement officer

Limited use vehicle

Marginal street

Motor vehicle

Official time standard

Parking

Parking meter

Passenger car

Pedal-assist bicycle

Pedestrian Countdown Display

Pedestrian Flow Zone

Pedestrian Plaza

Pedestrian Plaza Partner

Pedicab

Person

Public Highway

Public Transportation

Service vehicle

Sidewalk

Standing

Stopping

Taxi

Transitway

Truck

Vehicle

Waterfront property

Wharf property

§ 4-02 Compliance with and Effect of Traffic Rules

(a) Applicability of rules

(b) Suspension of rules

(d) All persons are required to comply with traffic rules

(1) Exceptions

(i) Authorized emergency vehicles

(ii) Traffic/parking control vehicles

(iii) Refuse collection vehicles

(iv) Highway workers and vehicles

(v) Highway Inspection and Quality Assurance vehicles,

compliance inspection unit and street assessment unit vehicles

(2) Public employees

(e) State law provisions superseded

§4-03 Traffic Signals

(a) Traffic control signals

(1) Green alone

(2) Steady yellow alone, dark period, or red-green combined

(3) Steady red alone

(4) Arrows

(5) Signs

(6) Signals not at intersections

(7) Nonfunctioning signals

(b) Blinking traffic control signals

(1) Red

(2) Yellow

(1) Steady walking person

(2) Flashing upraised hand or flashing upraised hand with pedestrian countdown

display

(3) Steady upraised hand

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§4-04 Pedestrians

(a) Pedestrians subject to traffic rules

(b) Right of way in crosswalks

(1) Operators to yield to pedestrians in crosswalk

(2) Pedestrians shall not cross in front of oncoming vehicles

(3) Vehicles stopped for pedestrians

(d) Operators to exercise due care

(e) Hitch-hiking and soliciting prohibited

(1) Talking or selling

(2) Soliciting rides

(3) Washing, polishing, cleaning and assisting parking

(4) Opening or closing doors

(5) Hailing taxis

§4-05 Turns

(a) Compliance with turning restrictions

(b) Limitations on turning around

§4-06 Speed Restrictions

(a) Maximum speed limits and basic rule

§4-07 Other Restrictions on Movement

(a) Yield signs

(b) Obstruction of traffic

(1) Traffic lane

(2) Spillback

(1) Driveways

(2) Avoiding intersections

(3) Bicycles and limited use vehicles

(d) Restrictions on backing

(e) Play streets

(f) Restrictions on learners

(g) Following emergency vehicles prohibited

(h) Driving on divided highways

(i) Towing of vehicles

(1) Restrictions

(2) Police commissioner may waive requirements

(3) Road service and towing rates

(j) Yearly and single issue permits for use of roadways

(1) General information

(2) Eligible groups and vehicles

(3) Authorized roadways

(4) Duration

(k) Express lanes

(1) Restrictions

(2) Buses and Access-A-Ride vehicles

(3) Taxis and for-hire vehicles

(4) Emergency vehicles

(l) Use of the Grand Central Parkway by certain vehicles

(m) Use of the Korean War Veteran Parkway by certain vehicles

§4-08 Parking, Stopping, Standing

(a) General provisions

(1) Compliance with rules

(i) Sign placement

(ii) Pedicabs

(2) Stopping prohibited

(3) Standing prohibited

(4) Parking prohibited

(5) Vehicles prohibited on berms and shoulders

(6) Paper or other temporary signs

(7) Holiday suspensions of parking rules

(i) Major legal holidays

(ii) Exception

(iii) Street cleaning rules suspended

(8) Disabled vehicles

(9) Immobilization and towing of illegally parked vehicles

(i) Time and manner of immobilization

(ii) Notice

(iii) Immobilization fee

(iv) Applicable rules

(v) Right to immediate hearing

(vi) Removal fee

(vii) Storage fee

(viii) Vehicles not removed considered abandoned

(ix) Release of vehicle in process of being removed

(x) Vehicle release penalty

(xi) Non-payment of vehicle release penalty

(10) Restricted area

(b) Violation of posted no stopping rules prohibited

(1) Taxi stand

(2) Taxi and/or for-hire vehicle relief stand

(3) Bus stop

(4) Authorized vehicles

(5) Hotel loading zone

(6) Commuter van stop

(7) For-hire vehicle stand

(8) Diplomatic and consular vehicles

(9) Parking Permitted

(d) Violation of posted no parking rules prohibited

(1) Street cleaning

(2) Reserved.

(3) No parking except parking permits for people with disabilities (off-street)

(4) Official markings

(e) General no stopping zones

(1) Traffic lanes

(2) Hydrants

(3) Sidewalks

(4) Intersections

(5) Crosswalks

(6) Street excavations

(7) Tunnels and elevated roadways

(8) Divided highways

(9) Bicycle lanes

(10) Restricted use and limited use streets

(11) Major roadways

(12) Obstructing traffic at intersections

(f) General no standing zones

(1) Double parking

(2) Driveways

(3) Parks

(4) Bus lanes

(5) Railroad crossings

(6) Safety zones

(7) Pedestrian ramps

(g) General no parking zones

(1) Emergency sites

(2) Vacant lots

(3) Marginal streets and waterfronts

(h) On-street and off-street metered zones

(1) Purchasing parking time

(2) Authorized payment methods; counterfeits prohibited

(3) Electronic Communication Device Payments

(4) Transfer of parking time

(5) Parking at broken or missing parking meters

(6) Restrictions and limitations

(7) Displaying, selling or offering merchandise for sale prohibited

(8) Parking by disabled persons permitted

(i) Municipal off-street parking facilities

(1) Parking fees

(2) Hours of operation

(3) Parking Meters

(4) Parking in dangerous manner

(5) Operator responsible for loss

(6) Angle parking

(j) Standing or parking vehicles that violate registration and inspection rules, are

covered or have the VIN obscured

(1) Vehicles must be properly registered

(2) Valid plates must be properly displayed

(3) Vehicles must display valid registration sticker

(4) Improper stickers prohibited

(5) Registration plates, stickers and tags must match

(6) Vehicles must display valid inspection sticker

(7) Improper inspection stickers prohibited

(8) Vehicle covers prohibited

(9) Obscuring VIN prohibited

(k) Special rules for commercial vehicles

(1) Parking of unaltered commercial vehicles prohibited

(2) No standing except trucks loading and unloading

(3) Angle standing or parking of commercial vehicles

(4) Parking of trailers

(5) Street storage of commercial vehicles prohibited

(6) Nighttime parking of commercial vehicles prohibited

(7) Vehicles equipped with platform lifts

(l) Midtown and other special zones

(1) Repealed

(2) Special midtown rule: method of parking

(3) Special midtown rule: standing time limit

(4) Parking in garment district restricted to trucks and vans

(5) Parking restricted in limited truck zones

(6) Special Lower Manhattan Area Rule: standing time limit

(m) Additional parking rules

(1) Wrong way parking prohibited

(2) Angle standing or parking

(3) Angle parking of motorcycles, motor scooters and mopeds

(4) Parking of doctors' and dentists' vehicles

(5) Bus parking on streets prohibited

(6) Time limits

(7) Emergency ambulance service vehicles

(8) Street storage of boat trailers, mobile homes and mobile medical

diagnostic vehicles prohibited

(9) Street storage of vehicles prohibited

(n) Special restrictions on parking

(1) Parking for sales purposes prohibited

(2) Parking for certain purposes prohibited

(3) Parking for the purposes of commercial advertising prohibited

(4) Peddlers, vendors and hawkers restricted

(5) Unattended motor vehicles

(6) Moving parked vehicle

(7) Unofficial reserving of parking space

(8) Vehicles must have proper equipment

(o) Permits

(1) Permits for people with disabilities

(i) Authorized parking areas

(ii) Prohibited parking areas

(iii) Issuance of permits

(iv) Replacement permits

(v) Revocation or suspension

(2) Municipal parking permits

(3) Agency-authorized permits for parking in contradiction to rules on city streets

(i) Parking permitted

(ii) Parking not permitted

(iii) Duration

(iv) Misuse and fraudulent use of parking permits

(v) Revocation of an agency-authorized permit

(vi) Refusal to issue or renew an agency-authorized permit

(4) Single issue permits for parking in contradiction to rules on city

streets

(i) Information required

(ii) Parking permitted

(iii) Parking not permitted

(iv) Duration

(5) Clergy parking permits

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(i) Definitions

(ii) Application requirements

(iii) Parking permitted

(iv) Issuance of permit

(v) Duration

(vi) Renewal

(vii) Replacement permits

(viii) Revocation

(6) Permit for Carshare Parking

(p) Engine idling

(1) Idling of vehicle engines generally prohibited

(2) Idling of bus engines prohibited

(3) Idling of vehicle engines next to schools

§4-09 Equipment

(a) Brakes

(b) Lights while driving

(d) Lights on horse-drawn cabs and pushcarts

§4-10 Buses

(a) Franchise regulations

(1) Franchise required

(2) Franchise not required

(b) Designated routes

(1) Pickup and discharge of passengers at assigned bus stops

(2) Pickup and discharge of passengers at locations other than

assigned bus stops

(3) Layovers

(d) Intercity Bus Permit System

(1) Permit required

(2) Applications

(3) Review and issuance of permits

(4) Relocation of on-street bus stop locations

(5) Permit Fees

(6) Term of Intercity Bus Permits

(7) Permittee Obligations

(8) Suspension and revocation of Intercity Bus Permits

(9) Temporary relocation of intercity on-street bus stops

(e) Routes

(f) Required inspection of buses

(g) Leased and rented buses

(h) Limitation on backing buses

(i) Bus parking on streets prohibited

(j) Bus Stop Permits for Non-Intercity Buses

§4-11 Taxis, Commuter Vans, For-Hire and Certain Diplomatic and Consular Vehicles

(a) Standing

(b) Cruising prohibited

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vehicles

(d) Pickup and discharge of passengers by certain diplomatic and consular

vehicles

§4-12 Miscellaneous

(a) Compliance with directions of law enforcement officers

(b) Passengers in vehicle

(d) Fire drill line

(e) Operator's hand on steering device

(f) Unbridled horse

(g) Peddlers

(h) Reporting accidents by operators of other than motor vehicles

(i) Horn for danger only

(j) Commercial advertising vehicles

(1) Restrictions

(2) Buses and Sanitation vehicles

(k) Snow emergency

(1) Standing and parking prohibited

(2) Operating vehicles prohibited

(3) Snow tires defined

(4) Worn or damaged tires

(5) Use of parkways by certain vehicles

(l) Emergency repairs

(m) Bus lane restrictions on city streets

(n) Work affecting traffic

(o) Use of roadways

(1) Pedestrians, horses, bicycles and limited use vehicles prohibited

(2) Flat tires

(p) Bicycles

(1) Bicycle riders to use bicycle lanes

(2) Driving on or across bicycle lanes prohibited

(3) Bicycles permitted on both sides of 40-foot wide one-way roadways

(4) Bicycle safety poster

(5) Additional requirements for pedal-assist bicycles

(6) Operating a bicycle sharing system without written authorization prohibited

(q) Transportation of radioactive materials

(r) Restricted use and limited use streets

(1) Restrictions

(2) Driving across permitted

(3) Commissioner may suspend

(4) Definitions

(s) Crossing buffer zones

(t) Horse drawn cab passenger boarding areas

§4-13 Truck Routes

(a) General provisions

(1) Definitions

(2) Exceptions

(3) Enforcement

(b) Truck routing rules for the Borough of Queens

(1) Through trucks

(2) Local trucks

(1) Through trucks

(2) Local trucks

(i) 2 axles, 6 tires

(ii) 3 or more axles

(d) Truck routing rules for the Borough of Manhattan

(1) Through trucks

(2) Local trucks

(3) Limited truck zones

(i) Restrictions

(ii) Time period

(iii) Zones

Zone A -- Chelsea

Zone B -- Chinatown

Zone C -- Greenwich Village

Zone D -- Little Italy

Zone E -- Lower East Side

(4) Special garment center rules

(i) Restrictions

(ii) Time period

(iii) Boundaries

(5) Operation of vehicles 33 feet or more in length restricted

(6) Special rules for vehicles 33 feet or more in length in the financial

district and midtown core

(i) Financial district

(A) Time period

(B) Restrictions

(D) Boundaries

(ii) Midtown core

(A) Time period

(B) Restrictions

(D) Boundaries

(e) Truck routing rules for the Borough of Brooklyn

(1) Through trucks

(2) Local trucks

(f) Truck routing rules for the Borough of the Bronx

(1) Through trucks

(2) Local trucks

§4-14 Parkways and Parks

(a) Parkways

(1) Peddlers, vendors, hawkers and hucksters

(2) Use of parkways restricted

(3) Flat tires

(b) Restrictions on vehicles

(1) Commercial vehicles

(2) Business or advertising purposes

(3) Carriers of offensive refuse or heavy materials

(4) Buses

(5) Hearses

(d) Projecting articles

(e) Driving off pavement

(f) Parking

§4-15 Limitations Upon Dimensions and Weights of Vehicles

(a) Definitions

(1) Highway

(2) Exception

(b) Dimensions and weights of vehicles

(1) Width of vehicle

(2) Height of vehicle

(3) Length of single vehicles

(4) Length of combinations of vehicles

(5) Number of wheels and axles

(6) Weight per inch of tire

(7) Weight on one wheel

(8) Weight on one axle

(9) Weight on two axles

(10) Weight on three axles

(11) Weight on solid rubber tires

(12) Width of tires

(13) Weight and height restrictions on bridges, viaducts and other

structures

(14) Other limits also in effect

(15) Permits

(16) Permits for vehicles operating pursuant to governmental regulation

(17) Fees

(18) Exemptions

(i) Fire Department vehicles

(ii) Department of Sanitation vehicles

(iii) Vehicles working on highways

(d) Responsibility for damages

(e) Special concrete plant

(f) Annual overweight load permit

(1) Permits generally

(2) Combination permits

(3) Replacement vehicle permits

(i) Weight and load requirements

(ii) Transfer of permit

(iii) Banking

(4) Leasing

(5) Permit application

(i) General

(ii) Proof of registration

(iii) Identification of vehicle and load

(iv) Procedure

(v) Reapplication fee

(vi) No refund after granting of permit

(vii) False information voids permit

(viii) New owners must obtain new permits

(ix) Permit application information

(6) Fees

(g) Crane permits

(h) Vehicular weights on F.D.R. Drive

(i) Overdimensional and/or overweight vehicle bulk milk permit

(1) Permits generally

(2) Permit application

(i) Generally

(ii) Identification of vehicle and load

(iii) Vehicle measurements

(iv) Attestation

(v) Procedure

(vi) Reapplication fee

(vii) No refund after granting of permit

(viii) False information voids permit

(ix) New owners shall obtain new permits

(3) Permit fees

(4) Expiration of permit program

(j) Routes for trailers in excess of forty-eight feet

§4-16 Pedestrian Plazas

(a) Proposals and Applications to Designate Pedestrian Plazas

(1) Proposals

(2) Applications

(3) List of Designated Plazas

(4) Rescinding Pedestrian Plaza Designations

(b) General Uses

(d) Regulated Uses

(e) Times Square Pedestrian Plaza

Section 4-01

WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED

(a) Vehicle and Traffic Law definitions apply. Whenever any words and phrases used in these

rules are not defined herein but are defined in Article 1 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic

Law, any such definition shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used herein.

(b) Definitions. The following words and phrases, when used in these rules, shall, for the purpose

of these rules, have the following meanings:

Access-A-Ride vehicle. An “Access-A-Ride vehicle” means a vehicle authorized by the

Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit to provide only the Access-A-Ride

service. Such vehicle much bear a license plate with the New York Department of Motor

Vehicles designation of “New York City Transit Authority”, and must also have an authorized

and clearly visible Access-A-Ride logo on its back side, not smaller than six inches by six

inches in size.

Bicycle. "Bicycle" means every two- or three-wheeled device upon which a person or persons

may ride, propelled by human power through a belt, a chain or gears, with such wheels in a

tandem or tricycle, except that it will not include such a device having solid tires and intended

for use only on a sidewalk by pre-teenage children. For purposes of these rules the term

bicycle includes pedal-assist bicycle as defined in this section.

Bicycle sharing system. The term “bicycle sharing system” means a network of self-service

and publicly available bicycles in which a bicycle trip begins and/or ends on any public highway

in the City of New York.

Bus. "Bus" means every motor vehicle having a seating capacity of more than fifteen

passengers, in addition to the operator, and used for the transportation of persons, and every

charter bus, school bus and sight-seeing bus, regardless of seating capacity, as defined below.

(i) Charter bus. The term "charter bus" means a bus transporting passengers for

compensation in a chartered party.

(ii) School bus. The term "school bus" means every motor vehicle regardless of seating

capacity owned by a public or governmental agency or private school and operated for the

transportation of pupils, teachers and other persons acting in a supervisory capacity, to or

from school or school activities or privately owned and operated on a regular basis for

compensation for the transportation of pupils, teachers and other persons acting in a

supervisory capacity to or from school or school activities.

(iii) Sight-seeing bus. The term "sight-seeing bus" means a bus for hire carrying

passengers from a fixed point in the City of New York, at which point the passengers

embark and are generally discharged to a place or places of interest, assembly, or

amusement in the City of New York, and including a charter bus, as defined in these rules,

when engaged in a sight-seeing operation.

(iv) Shuttle bus. The term “shuttle bus” means a bus operating entirely within the City of

New York that does not charge a fee to its passengers.

(v) Intercity bus. An “intercity bus” means a bus that transports the general public between

the City of New York and any location outside the City of New York in scheduled bus

service. Such term does not include a school bus, a bus providing public transportation, or

a charter bus.

Chartered Party. The term “chartered party” means a group of persons who, pursuant to a

common purpose and under a single contract and at a fixed charge, have acquired exclusive

use of a bus to travel together as a group to a specific destination or for a particular itinerary

either agreed upon in advance or modified after having left the place of origin by such group.

Commercial vehicle.

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(i) For purposes of parking, standing and stopping rules, a vehicle will not be deemed a

commercial vehicle or a truck unless:

(A) it bears commercial plates; and

(B) it is permanently altered by having all seats and seat fittings, except the front

seats, removed to facilitate the transportation of property, except that for vehicles

designed with a passenger cab and a cargo area separated by a partition, the

seating capacity within the cab will not be considered in determining whether the

vehicle is properly altered; and

at least three inches high on both sides of the vehicle, with such display being in a

color contrasting with that of the vehicle and placed approximately midway vertically

on doors or side panels.

(ii) For the purposes of rules other than parking, stopping and standing rules, a vehicle

designed, maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of property, or for the

provision of commercial services and bearing commercial plates will be deemed a

commercial vehicle.

(iii) Vehicles bearing commercial or equivalent registration plates from other states or

countries will not be deemed trucks or commercial vehicles unless they are permanently

altered and marked as required in (i)(B) and (C) of this definition, above.

Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New York City Department

of Transportation or his/her authorized designee.

Commuter Van. The term “commuter van” means a van which: (i) is used as part of a

commuter van service as defined in section 19-502(q) of the New York City Administrative

Code; (ii) has a seating capacity of at least nine passengers but not more than twenty

passengers or such greater capacity as the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission

may establish by rule; (iii) carries passengers for hire in the City; (iv) is duly licensed as a

commuter van by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission; and (v) is not permitted

to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street.

Crosswalk.

(i) Marked crosswalk. The term “marked crosswalk” means that part of a roadway defined

by two parallel lines or highlighted by a pattern of lines (perpendicular, parallel or diagonal

used either separately or in combination) that is intended to guide pedestrians into proper

crossing paths.

(ii) Unmarked crosswalk. The term “unmarked crosswalk” means that part of a roadway,

other than a marked crosswalk, that is included within the extensions of the sidewalk lines

between opposite sides of the roadway at an intersection, provided that (A) the roadway

crosses through the intersection rather than ending at the intersection, and/or (B) all traffic

on the opposing roadway is controlled by a traffic control device.

Cruising. “Cruising" means the movement of any vehicle on any street in search of

prospective passengers who may wish to hire the vehicle.

Dedicated use sign. The term “dedicated use sign” shall mean a curb regulation sign that

allows a designated vehicle to use the regulated block face. Other vehicles may not stand or

park at these locations.

Department. “Department” means the New York City Department of Transportation.

Designated Activities. The term “Designated Activities” means commercial activities,

entertainment or performances by individuals or groups, posing for or taking photographs or

videos, and vending expressive matter, where any form of compensation, donation, or gratuity

is requested or accepted.

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Designated Activity Zone. The term “Designated Activity Zone” means an area in a

pedestrian plaza designated as such by the Department by signage and/or markings in which

individuals conduct Designated Activities.

Driveway. “Driveway” means every entrance or exit authorized pursuant to applicable law

and used by vehicular traffic to or from lands or buildings abutting a roadway.

D/S Decals. "D/S Decals" means valid non-transferable service vehicle decals or delivery

vehicle decals issued by the City of New York that are affixed to the inside of the operator's

side of the windshields of vehicles bearing "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by the

U.S. Department of State.

Electric vehicle. “Electric vehicle” means a commercially available, mass-produced vehicle

originally equipped by the manufacturer with an electric propulsion system or a vehicle

retrofitted with an electric propulsion system, provided the vehicle owner can provide

supporting documentation of such retrofit. Electric vehicles include both (1) battery electric

vehicles which have batteries that are recharged by connecting the vehicle to an external

power source; and (2) plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which have batteries that be can be

recharged by connecting the vehicle to an external power source or by an on-board internal-

combustion engine and generator.

Electric vehicle charging. The term “electric vehicle charging” means when an electric

vehicle’s charging port is connected to the electric vehicle charger via a cable.

Electric vehicle charging station. The term “electric vehicle charging station” means a

location with (1) one or more electric vehicle chargers that supply electric energy for the

recharging of electric vehicles, and (2) one or more parking spaces dedicated to each electric

vehicle charger to accommodate charging vehicles.

Electronic communication device. The term "electronic communication device" means any

electronic equipment approved by the Department capable of transmitting information via

telephone, cable, fiber, satellite or antenna to the Department for payment at parking spaces

where payment for such space is requested. This includes but is not limited to mobile or vehicle

mounted computers with an on-line connection, mobile or cellular phones, personal digital

assistants, or any other electronic communication device approved by the Department.

Emergency vehicle (authorized). The term "emergency vehicle (authorized)" means every

police vehicle, fire vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle, and every other emergency

vehicle as defined in §101 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

Expressive Matter. The term “expressive matter” means materials or objects with expressive

content, such as newspapers, books, or other similar written matter and visual art such as

paintings, prints, photography, or sculpture.

For-hire vehicle. The term "for-hire vehicle" means a motor vehicle, licensed by the New York

City Taxi and Limousine Commission, for hire in the City, used for the carriage of passengers

by prearrangement only and designed to carry fewer than nine passengers, including but not

limited to livery vehicles, and excepting taxis or wheelchair accessible vans.

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV). The term “HOV” means a vehicle, except a truck as

defined in §4-13(a)(1) of these rules, with two or more occupants, the number of which is

specified by signs placed on express lanes on highways or bridges, pursuant to §4-07(k) of

these rules.

Holidays. "Holiday," when used on traffic control devices, means the days on which the

following holidays are officially celebrated: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence

Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Horse drawn cab. The term "horse drawn cab" means a vehicle drawn by a horse and used

for the carriage of passengers for compensation in conformance with a New York City

Department of Consumer Affairs license. Where signs limit parking to horse drawn cabs, only

those cabs licensed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs will be permitted.

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Impounded vehicle. A vehicle is considered "impounded" when the City of New York takes it

into custody by taking any action preventing the free use of the vehicle by the motorist,

including, but not limited to, beginning to attach to the vehicle an immobilization device such

as a "boot" or a hook on a Department of Transportation tow truck.

Law enforcement officer. The term "law enforcement officer" means a police officer or any

authorized agent of the Department of Transportation.

Limited use vehicle. The term "limited use vehicle" means a motor vehicle, other than a

motorcycle, which has a maximum performance speed of forty miles per hour.

Marginal street. The term "marginal street" means any street, road, place, area or way

adjoining or adjacent to waterfront property and designated as a marginal street, wharf or

place on a plan or map adopted pursuant to law.

Motor vehicle. The term "motor vehicle" means every vehicle operated or driven upon a

public highway which is propelled by any power other than muscular power, except as

otherwise provided in §125 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

Official time standard. The term "official time standard" means whenever certain hours are

named in these rules or on traffic control devices, standard time or daylight-saving time,

whichever may be in current use in the City of New York.

Parking. "Parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than

temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or

passengers.

Parking meter. The term "parking meter" means an electronic parking meter that dispenses

timed receipts that must be displayed on the dashboard of a motor vehicle or in a visible and

secure place on a motorcycle or as otherwise described within these rules.

Passenger car. The term "passenger car" when used on traffic control devices, means a

motor vehicle designed and used for conveying not more than eight people and includes

motorcycles designed and used only for conveying people.

Pedal-assist bicycle. A “pedal-assist bicycle” shall mean a bicycle equipped with fully

operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts (one horsepower)

whereby such electric motor engages only when the operator is pedaling and the rate of speed

of the bicycle is less than 20 miles per hour, and disengages or ceases to function when (i) the

operator applies the brakes, (ii) the operator stops pedaling, or (iii) the bicycle achieves a

speed of twenty miles per hour. A pedal-assist bicycle shall not be equipped with any throttle

capacity or have any additional motorized equipment affixed to it.

Pedestrian countdown display. The term “pedestrian countdown display” means any

automated digital reading used in a crosswalk that displays, at the beginning of the flashing

upraised hand signal, the number of seconds remaining until the termination of such signal.

Pedestrian Flow Zone. The term “Pedestrian Flow Zone” means an area designated as such

by the Department by signage and/or markings for the safe and continuous movement of

pedestrian traffic.

Pedestrian Plaza. The term “pedestrian plaza” means an area designated by the Department

as such for pedestrian circulation, use and enjoyment on property under the jurisdiction of the

Department including, but not limited to, property mapped as a public place or property within

the bed of a roadway, and which may contain amenities such as tables, seating, trees, plants,

lighting, bike racks, or public art.

Pedestrian Plaza Partner. The term “pedestrian plaza partner” means an organization

selected by the Department to assist with functions related to pedestrian plazas pursuant to a

non-exclusive agreement with the Department, which may include, but is not limited to, a

maintenance agreement or concession agreement.

Pedicab. “Pedicab” means a bicycle as defined in the vehicle and traffic law or other device

that is designed and constructed to transport or carry passengers, that is solely propelled by

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human power, and that is operated to transport passengers for hire.

Person. “Person” means a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,

association or any other entity.

Public highway. The term “public highway” means any highway, road, street, avenue, alley,

public place, public driveway or any other public way.

Public Transportation. The term “Public transportation” means:

(i) mass transportation services provided to the general public by any public benefit

corporation constituting a transportation authority, or a subsidiary thereof, or any public

transportation corporation constituted as an instrumentality of a state, or a subsidiary

thereof, directly or through a contract with another entity; or

(ii) mass transportation services provided to the general public by any county, city, town or

village directly or through a contract with another entity pursuant to section one hundred

nineteen-r of the general municipal law, or provided to the general public by another state

or any county, city, town or village in a state other than New York directly or through a

contract with another entity pursuant to a similar law of such other state.

Service vehicle. The term "Service vehicle" means a commercial vehicle used for providing

commercial services other than making pickups and deliveries, but does not include a vehicle

bearing "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by the U.S. Department of State and

displaying a valid non-transferable service vehicle decal issued by the City of New York that is

affixed to the inside of the operator's side of the windshield.

Sidewalk. "Sidewalk" means that portion of a street, whether paved or unpaved, between

the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the

use of pedestrians. Where it is not clear which section is intended for the use of pedestrians,

the sidewalk will be deemed to be that portion of the street between the building line and the

curb.

Standing. "Standing" means the stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise

than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging

passengers.

Stopping. "Stopping" means any halting, even momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied

or not.

Taxi. A "taxi" means a motor vehicle used for the carriage of passengers for compensation,

equipped with a taxi meter, painted yellow or green and displaying a current medallion or other

license issued by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Transitway. A "transitway" means any roadway or series of roadways designated for the

exclusive use of buses or taxis or such other designated high occupancy vehicles as may be

permitted, during certain hours of the day, with access to such roadway(s) limited to one block

thereof to other vehicles for the purpose of delivery of goods or services or the picking up or

dropping off of passengers.

Truck. For the purposes of parking, standing and stopping rules, a "truck" is a commercial

vehicle, as defined in paragraph (i) of the definition of commercial vehicle, above, except that,

for the purposes of parking, standing and stopping rules in the area bounded by 35th Street on

the south, 41st Street on the north, Avenue of the Americas on the east, and 8th Avenue on

the west, all inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan, between the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., a

vehicle is not be deemed a truck unless it complies with the provisions of §4-13(a)(1) of these

rules.

Vehicle. A "vehicle" means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or

may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used

exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

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Waterfront property. The term "waterfront property" means all waterfront property, city or

privately owned, between salt water and the next adverse owner. An adverse owner is the first

private owner of property not designated as waterfront property.

Wharf property. The term "wharf property" means all wharves, piers, decks and bulkheads

and structures thereon and slips and basins, the land beneath any of the foregoing, and all

rights, privileges and easements appurtenant thereto and land under water in the port of the

City of New York, and such upland or made land adjacent thereto owned by the City of New

York as is vested in or may be assigned to the Department of Small Business Services of the

City of New York.

Section 4-02

COMPLIANCE WITH AND EFFECT OF TRAFFIC RULES

(a) Applicability of rules. The provisions of these rules apply to all vehicles, operators of vehicles,

bicycles, operators of bicycles and pedestrians upon highways, parkways, shopping center parking

lots and municipal areas including public housing, public hospital parking lots, and municipal lots

and garages. These rules also apply on wharf property and marginal streets, in off-street parking

facilities operated by the Department of Transportation, on vacant lots, and upon private roads

open to public motor vehicle traffic, which for the purpose of application of these rules shall be

considered streets, highways or parkways, except where a different place is specifically referred to.

(b) Suspension of rules. The Commissioner may, at his/her discretion, suspend any regulation

contained herein in situations involving public safety and convenience.

person or property.

(d) All persons are required to comply with traffic rules.

(1) Exceptions. It is a traffic infraction for any person, including government employees, to do

any act forbidden by or fail to perform any act required by these rules, except as otherwise

provided herein.

(i) Authorized emergency vehicles. The operator of an authorized emergency vehicle

when involved in an emergency operation as defined in §114-b of the Vehicle and Traffic

Law may exercise the privileges set forth in §1104 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, subject to

the conditions set forth therein.

(ii) Traffic/parking control vehicles. Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of

these rules shall not apply to operators of designated traffic or parking control vehicles,

including, but not limited to, tow trucks, while actually engaged in activities necessary to

perform their duties.

(iii) Refuse collection vehicles. The operator of a refuse collection vehicle working on

behalf of the City of New York may:

(A) temporarily stand on the roadway side of a vehicle parked at the curb, provided

that no curb space is available within fifteen feet, while loading refuse, subject to

§1102 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; and

(B) drive on or across a designated bicycle lane while loading refuse, subject to

§1102 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

(iv) Highway workers and vehicles. Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of

these rules shall not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment working

on behalf of the City of New York, the State of New York or the federal government while

actually engaged in work while on a highway. Section 1103 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law is

applicable to any person or team or any operator of a motor vehicle or other equipment

while actually engaged in work on a highway. As §1103 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law

provides, such persons are not relieved from the duty to proceed at all times during all

phases of such work with due regard for the safety of all persons nor shall the foregoing

provisions of this subparagraph protect such persons or teams or such operators of motor

vehicles or other equipment from the consequences of their reckless disregard for the

safety of others.

(v) Highway inspection and quality assurance vehicles, compliance inspection unit

and street assessment unit vehicles. Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions

of these rules which relate to parking and standing shall not apply to operators of New York

City Department of Transportation highway inspection vehicles, compliance inspection

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vehicles, and street assessment vehicles while actually engaged in activities necessary to

perform their duties.

(2) Public employees. The provisions of these rules shall apply to the operator of any vehicle

owned by or used in the service of the United States Government, New York State, New York

City, or other states, cities, or any borough, and it shall be unlawful for any such operator to

violate any of the provisions of these rules except as otherwise permitted by law.

(e) State law provisions superseded. Pursuant to authority provided by §1642 of the Vehicle and

Traffic Law, the following provisions of such law shall not be effective in the City of New York:

§§1112, 1142(b), 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1156(b), 1157, 1171, 1201, 1202, and 1234.

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TRAFFIC SIGNALS

(a) Traffic control signals. Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting

different colored lights successively, the following colors shall indicate and apply to operators of

vehicles and to pedestrians, except as superseded by pedestrian control signals, as follows:

(1) Green alone:

(i) Vehicular traffic facing such signals may proceed straight through or turn right or left

unless a sign at such place prohibits any such movement. But vehicular traffic, including

vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right of way to other vehicles and to pedestrians

lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited.

(ii) Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway within any crosswalk.

(2) Steady yellow alone, dark period, or red-green combined when shown following the

green signal:

(i) Vehicular traffic facing such signal is thereby warned that the red signal will be exhibited

immediately thereafter and such vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection when the

red signal is exhibited.

(ii) Pedestrians facing such signal are advised that there may be insufficient time to cross

the roadway. Pedestrians already in the roadway must proceed to the nearest safety island

or sidewalk in the direction of such signal.

(3) Steady red alone:

(i) Vehicular traffic facing such signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near

side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain

standing until an indication to proceed is shown.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision (a), or any provisions of

state law, an operator approaching an intersection where a sign authorizes right or left turns

on red signal may make such turn after coming to a complete stop, but shall yield the right

of way to all vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within the intersection.

(iii) Pedestrians facing such signal shall not enter or cross the roadway.

(4) Arrows. When colored lights shaped as arrows are used as traffic control signals, arrows

pointing to the right shall apply to operators intending to enter the intersection to turn to the

right, arrows pointing vertically shall apply to operators intending to enter the intersection to

proceed straight through, and arrows pointing to the left shall apply to operators intending to

enter the intersection to turn to the left. The colors of arrows shall have the same meanings as

colors of traffic signal lights, but shall apply only to operators intending to enter the intersection

to proceed in the direction controlled by the arrow.

(5) Signs. Operators shall comply with signs that refer to traffic control signals at places other

than the intersections at which such signals are located, for example, "Stop here on red."

(6) Signals not at intersections. In the event an official traffic control signal is erected and

maintained at a place other than an intersection, all the provisions of this subdivision (a) shall

be applicable, except those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop

required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall

be made, but in the absence of any such sign or marking the stop shall be made at the signal.

(7) Nonfunctioning signals. Vehicular traffic facing a signal that is not working shall stop

before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before

entering the intersection and shall proceed with caution through the intersection.

(b) Blinking traffic control signals.

(1) Red. Vehicular traffic facing such signals shall come to a complete stop and shall proceed

only after yielding to any vehicles approaching from the cross street.

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(2) Yellow. Vehicular traffic facing such signals shall proceed with caution through the

intersection.

symbols of a walking person, upraised hand, or upraised hand with a pedestrian countdown

display, or any other internationally recognized representation concerning the movement of

pedestrians, such signals shall indicate as follows:

(1) Steady walking person. Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway

in the direction of such signal, and other traffic must yield the right of way to such pedestrians.

(2) Flashing upraised hand or flashing upraised hand with pedestrian countdown

display. Pedestrians facing such signal are advised that there may be insufficient time to cross

the roadway. Pedestrians already in the roadway must proceed to the nearest safety island or

sidewalk in the direction of such signal. Other traffic must yield the right of way to pedestrians

proceeding across the roadway within the crosswalk towards such signal for as long as such

signal remains flashing.

(3) Steady upraised hand. No pedestrians shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of

such signal; provided, however that any pedestrians who have partially completed their

crossing on a steady walking person signal or any flashing upraised hand signal must proceed

to the nearest sidewalk or safety island in the direction of such signal while such steady

upraised hand signal is showing.

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PEDESTRIANS

(a) Pedestrians subject to traffic rules, except as otherwise provided herein. Pedestrians

shall be subject to traffic control signals and pedestrian control signals as provided in §§4-03(a)

and 4-03(c) of these rules and to the lawful orders and directions of any law enforcement officer,

but at all other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the

restrictions stated in this section.

(b) Right of way in crosswalks.

(1) Operators to yield to pedestrians in crosswalk. When traffic control signals or pedestrian

control signals are not in place or not in operation, the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right

of way to a pedestrian crossing a roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is in the

path of the vehicle or is approaching so closely thereto as to be in danger.

(2) Pedestrians shall not cross in front of oncoming vehicles. Notwithstanding the

provisions of (1) of this subdivision (b), no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other

place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible

for the operator to yield.

(3) Vehicles stopped for pedestrians. Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a crosswalk to

permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the operator of any other vehicle approaching from

the rear in the same or adjacent lanes shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle.

(1) No pedestrian shall enter or cross a roadway at any point where signs, fences, barriers, or

other devices are erected to prohibit or restrict such crossing or entry.

(2) No pedestrian shall cross any roadway at an intersection except within a crosswalk.

(3) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway except at a crosswalk on any block in which traffic

control signals are in operation at both intersections bordering the block.

(d) Operators to exercise due care. Notwithstanding other provisions of these rules, the operator

of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian.

(e) Hitch-hiking and soliciting prohibited.

(1) Talking or selling. No person shall stand in the roadway to talk with or sell or offer to sell

anything to an occupant of any vehicle.

(2) Soliciting rides. No person shall solicit a ride from the occupant of a vehicle by word or

gesture.

(3) Washing, polishing, cleaning and assisting parking. No person shall approach an

operator or other occupant of a passenger vehicle on any street, while the vehicle has stopped

temporarily, is about so to stop, is parked or is about to be parked, for the purpose of washing,

polishing, or cleaning such vehicle or any part of it, or offering to do so. Nor shall any person

approach an operator or other occupant of a passenger vehicle for the purpose of directing it to

a place for parking on any street or assisting in such parking, or offering any other service in

relation to such vehicle, or soliciting a gratuity, except services rendered in connection with

emergency repairs at the request of the operator of the vehicle.

(4) Opening or closing doors. No person, other than an occupant or prospective occupant of

a passenger vehicle on a street, shall open, hold open, or close, or offer to open, hold open, or

close any door of the vehicle. This provision shall not apply to such acts when intended purely

as a social amenity without expectation or acceptance of a gratuity, nor to doormen or other

persons employed by owners, occupants, or managers of abutting premises to render such

service, nor when such service is incidental to other legitimate service being rendered to such

an occupant or prospective occupant of a passenger vehicle.

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(5) Hailing taxis. Unless asked to do so without advance solicitation (direct or implied), no

person shall hail or procure for another, not in his or her social company, a taxi or other

passenger vehicle.

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TURNS

(a) Compliance with turning restrictions. Whenever a traffic control device regulates any turn or

other movement at an intersection or other location, no operator of any vehicle shall disregard the

direction of such device, unless directed to do so by a law enforcement officer.

(b) Limitations on turning around.

(1) The operator of any vehicle shall not make a U-turn upon any street in a business district,

as defined in §105 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

(2) The operator of a vehicle shall not make a U-turn upon any street outside a business district

unless such turn is made without interfering with the right of way of any vehicle or pedestrian.

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SPEED RESTRICTIONS

(a) Maximum speed limits and basic rule.

(1) No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour except

where official signs indicate a different maximum speed limit.

(2) Where official signs are posted indicating a maximum speed limit, no person shall drive a

vehicle at a speed greater than such maximum speed limit.

(3) Reserved.

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OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT

(a) Yield signs. The operator of a vehicle approaching a YIELD or YIELD-RIGHT-OF-WAY sign

shall slow to a reasonable speed for existing conditions of traffic and visibility, stopping if

necessary, and shall yield the right-of-way to all traffic on the intersecting street which is so close

as to constitute an immediate hazard. Proceeding past such sign with resultant collision or other

impediment or interference with traffic on the intersecting street shall be deemed prima facie

evidence of a violation of this rule.

(b) Obstruction of traffic.

(1) Traffic lane. No person shall operate a vehicle in a manner which obstructs traffic in lanes

specifically designated for the movement of traffic. Such lanes include, but are not limited to, no

standing zones and no stopping zones.

(2) Spillback. No operator shall enter an intersection and its crosswalks unless there is

sufficient unobstructed space beyond the intersection and its crosswalks in the lane in which

he/she is traveling to accommodate the vehicle, notwithstanding any traffic control signal

indication to proceed.

(1) Driveways. No person shall drive within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or

temporary driveway.

(2) Avoiding intersections. No person shall drive across a sidewalk or upon a driveway in

order to avoid an intersection.

(3) Bicycles and limited use vehicles.

(i) No person shall ride or operate a bicycle upon any sidewalk area unless permitted by

sign. This prohibition shall not apply to the operation of bicycles with wheels of less than 26

inches in diameter upon the sidewalk by children of 12 years or less in age.

(ii) No person shall ride, park or operate a limited use vehicle within any sidewalk area

except where permitted by sign. This prohibition shall not apply to the pushing of a limited

use vehicle within a sidewalk area or to the pushing of such a vehicle to an authorized

parking area.

(d) Restrictions on backing. No person shall back a vehicle into an intersection or over a

crosswalk and shall not in any event or at any place back a vehicle unless such movement can be

made in safety.

(e) Play streets. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a

play street or play area, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or area between 8

a.m. and one-half hour after sunset, unless other hours are prescribed by signs, except operators

of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such restricted area. Any such

operator shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street.

(f) Restrictions on learners.

(1) An operator with a learner's permit shall not operate a motor vehicle in any park, on any

play street, or along any block in which there is an entrance to a public playground or park.

(2) The licensed operator accompanying an operator with a learner's permit shall not permit

such learner to violate paragraph (f)(1), above.

(g) Following emergency vehicles prohibited. The operator of any vehicle other than one on

official public business shall not follow any emergency vehicle traveling in response to an

emergency call closer than 200 feet, nor drive into nor park such vehicle within the block where

such emergency work is in progress.

(h) Driving on divided highways.

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(1) Whenever any highway is divided into two or more roadways by an intervening space,

physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular

traffic, every vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway unless directed or

permitted to use another roadway by official traffic control devices or law enforcement officers.

No vehicle shall be driven over, across or within any such dividing space, barrier or section,

except through an opening in such physical barrier or dividing section or space or at a

crossover or intersection, as established, unless specifically authorized by public authority.

(2) No vehicle shall make a U-turn on a divided highway, except where permitted by sign or at

the direction of a law enforcement officer.

(i) Towing of vehicles on parkways, expressways, drives, highways, interstate routes,

thruways, and bridges.

(1) Restrictions. No person shall cause or permit a disabled vehicle to be towed except by a

tow truck under permit issued by the commissioner of the Police Department, or by a Police

Department tow truck and then only by such tow truck on the main roadway, including the berm

or shoulder adjacent to said roadways or entrances and exits of the following parkways,

expressways, thruways, and bridges:

Belt Parkway System

Bronx River Parkway

Cross Island Parkway

Grand Central Parkway

Henry Hudson Parkway

Hutchinson River Parkway

Jackie Robinson Parkway

Laurelton Parkway

Mosholu Parkway Extension

Richmond Parkway

Shore Parkway

Southern Parkway

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Bruckner Expressway

Clearview Expressway

Cross Bronx Expressway and Extension

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive

Gowanus Expressway

Harlem River Drive

Long Island Expressway

Major Deegan Expressway

Martin Luther King Expressway

Miller Highway

Nassau Expressway

Northern Boulevard from Astoria Boulevard and Ditmars Boulevard Entrance to Linden Place Exit

Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway (New England Section)

Prospect Expressway

Route 25A (Elevated Section) from 112th Place to 126th Street

Sheridan Expressway

Staten Island Expressway

Throgs Neck Expressway

Van Wyck Expressway and Extension

West Shore Expressway

Whitestone Expressway

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Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan Bridge

Queensboro Bridge

Williamsburg Bridge

Alexander Hamilton Bridge

Eastern Boulevard (Bruckner Boulevard) Bridge

Hutchinson River Parkway Extension Bridge

Kosciuszko Bridge

Midtown Highway Bridge

Mill Basin Bridge

Third Avenue Bridge between Manhattan and Bronx

Unionport Bridge

Whitestone Expressway Bridge

Willis Avenue Bridge

(2) Police commissioner may waive requirements. The commissioner of the Police

Department in his/her discretion may waive and reimpose the requirement for a permit in the

case of any specific bridge, highway, parkway, expressway, drive, interstate route and thruway.

(3) Road service and towing rates. For the purpose of this paragraph, road service shall

mean service performed that will enable a vehicle to continue under its own power.

(i) Road service, all vehicles

(A) Gasoline delivery, not including cost of gas ........................................ $ 25.00

(B) Removing each flat tire and replacing each with spare tire ................. $ 25.00

(ii) Passenger cars, hoist and tow, per mile and storage fees. Hoist and tow fees, per

mile fees, and storage fees for all passenger cars towed pursuant to arterial tow service

permits in the City of New York, shall be those provided for such services in subdivisions a

and b of §2-368 of subchapter EE of title 6 of the rules of the city of New York.

(iii) Vehicles other than passenger cars

(A) Any vehicle with a maximum gross vehicle weight over 4,500 lbs. and under 10,000

lbs.

1. Preparation, hoist and tow, including first mile or fraction thereof $125.00

2. Each additional mile .................................................................. $5.00

3. Storage per 24-hour period ....................................................... $35.00

(B) Any two axle truck or bus with a maximum gross vehicle weight from 10,000 to

18,000 lbs.

1. Preparation, hoist and tow, including first mile or fraction thereof $175.00

2. Each additional mile .................................................................. $10.00

3. Use of under-lift ........................................................................ $50.00

4. Storage per 24-hour period ....................................................... $50.00

26,000 lbs.

1. Preparation, hoist and tow, including first mile or fraction thereof $250.00

2. Each additional mile .................................................................. $10.00

3. Use of under-lift ........................................................................ $50.00

4. Storage per 24-hour period ....................................................... $50.00

(D) Any truck, bus or tractor trailer with a maximum gross vehicle weight above 26,000

lbs.

1. Preparation, hoist and tow, including first mile or fraction thereof $300.00

2. Each additional mile .................................................................. $10.00

3. Use of under-lift ........................................................................ $100.00

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4. Storage for tractor, per 24-hour period ...................................... $50.00

5. Storage for bus or trailer, per 24-hour period ............................ $75.00

(E) Labor per 1/4 hour per truck or per person or tow operator ................. $50.00

Applies only to vehicles over 4,500 lbs. in the following situations: overturned, wedged

on guardrails, off-road recovery (embankment) and may apply to jackknifed, wedged

under overpass/bridge, or broken/defective axle in which recovery (off-loading or

positioning) must be performed prior to actual tow.

(F) Special equipment such as fork lifts, cranes, loading equipment, trailer, tractor, front

end loaders and dump trucks will be considered rented equipment. The cost for such

equipment will be billed on a daily basis with the approval of the Department.

(G) Tire service. If subcontracting to a tire company is required for on-road service, the

tow vehicle must remain on the scene. Billing will be calculated for actual work time at

$100.00 per hour. Subcontracting for off-roadway service, no tow truck required to

remain on scene: a one-time charge of $55.00.

(j) Yearly and single issue permits for use of roadways.

(1) General information. Vehicles normally prohibited from roadways may be issued yearly or

single-use permits by the Department of Transportation upon application in writing. Such

permits must be displayed so that they are visible through the windshield. The Commissioner

or his/her designee may charge a fee for such permits equal to the cost of administering the

permit program.

(2) Eligible groups and vehicles. Yearly permits are available to the following, as well as to

any other groups or vehicles specified by the Commissioner or his/her designee:

(i) companies that transport passengers to and from airports;

(ii) commuter and shuttle services;

(iii) ambulettes;

(iv) school bus companies;

(v) buses;

(vi) medical, blood and human service programs;

(vii) not-for-profit groups going to and from special events;

(viii) vehicles that service businesses accessible only by use of parkways; and (ix) service

vehicles that repair and maintain highways and highway facilities.

(3) Authorized roadways. Yearly and single issue permits will be granted only for the following

parkways or any other area designated by the Department of Transportation:

(i) Belt Parkway

(ii) Bronx River Parkway

(iii) Cross Island Parkway

(iv) Eastern Parkway

(v) Grand Central Parkway: Between the TriBoro Bridge and the Van Wyck Expressway

(vi) Harlem River Drive

(vii) Henry Hudson Parkway

(viii) Hutchinson River Parkway

(ix) Mosholu Parkway

(x) Pelham Parkway

(xi) Richmond Parkway

(xii) Willowbrook Parkway

For reasons of safety, the use of these roadways may be limited.

(4) Duration. Permits are issued for the minimum hours and days essential for the activity. Bus

permits are valid only while transporting passengers. Yearly permits are issued on an annual

basis on dates determined by the Department of Transportation. These permits are renewable

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by reapplication in writing to the Department of Transportation. The Commissioner or his/her

designee may, at his/her discretion, issue, extend or revoke any permit.

(k) Express lanes.

(1) Restrictions. Wherever signs are erected on highways or bridges giving notice of express

lanes, except as otherwise posted, no person shall operate a vehicle other than a vehicle as

specified in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, an emergency vehicle as specified in paragraph

(4) of this subdivision, or a vehicle classified as an HOV, with or without EZPASS as specified

on such sign, within a designated express lane on a highway or bridge during the hours

specified on such signs.

(2) Buses and Access-A-Ride vehicles. Vehicles registered as buses in New York State,

vehicles registered out-of-state that are equivalent to New York State registered buses,

Access-A-Ride vehicles and motorcycles shall be eligible to use express lanes on highways or

bridges pursuant to this subdivision.

(3) Taxis and for-hire vehicles. Medallion taxis and for-hire vehicles duly licensed by the New

York City Taxi and Limousine Commission carrying at least one passenger shall be allowed to

use express lanes on highways or bridges. Medallion taxis and for-hire vehicles without

passengers shall not be allowed to use express lanes on highways or bridges. Medallion taxis

and for-hire vehicles without passengers shall not be allowed to use express lanes on

highways or bridges.

(4) Emergency vehicles. Emergency vehicles responding to emergencies shall be allowed to

use express lanes on highways or bridges. Emergency vehicles not responding to emergencies

shall not be allowed to use express lanes on highways or bridges.

(l) Use of the Grand Central Parkway by certain vehicles. Notwithstanding any other provision

of these rules to the contrary, single-unit vehicles with no more than three axles and ten tires may

operate in both directions on the roadway of the Grand Central Parkway, between the Triborough

Bridge and the western leg of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Buses will continue to be

prohibited from operating on the Grand Central Parkway without consent.

(m) Use of the Korean War Veterans Parkway by certain vehicles. Notwithstanding any other

provision of these rules to the contrary, not more than forty-ton motor vehicles commonly classified

as construction trucks owned and/or operated by the Department of Environmental Protection of

the City of New York, its agents or contractors shall be permitted the use of the Korean War

Veterans Parkway during remediation of the Brookfield landfill in Staten Island for the purpose of

the remediation of such landfill, provided that such trucks comply with all other provisions of

applicable state and local law, including but not limited to §4-15 of these rules.

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PARKING, STOPPING, STANDING

(a) General provisions.

(1) Compliance with rules. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, whether attended or

unattended, other than in accordance with authorized signs, pavement markings, or other traffic

control devices, unless necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or

direction of any law enforcement officer or other person authorized to enforce these rules.

(i) Sign placement. For purposes of this §4-08, one authorized regulatory sign anywhere

on a block, which is the area of sidewalk between one intersection and the next, shall be

sufficient notice of the restriction(s) in effect on that block.

(ii) Pedicabs. No person shall park, stand, or stop a pedicab where a person is

prohibited from parking, standing or stopping a vehicle in accordance with these rules.

(2) Stopping prohibited. When stopping is prohibited by signs or rules, no person shall stop,

stand or park a vehicle, whether attended or unattended.

(3) Standing prohibited. When standing is prohibited by signs or rules, no person shall stop a

vehicle, attended or unattended, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually

engaged in expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers.

(i) Dedicated use signs. Standing is prohibited when a dedicated use is specified by a

sign, including but not limited to the following curb regulations: Commercial Vehicles Only,

Truck Loading Only, Taxi Stand, Taxi Relief Stand, Authorized Vehicles Only, NYP License

Plates Only, Doctor License Plates Only, For-Hire Vehicles Only, Ambulance Only,

Ambulette Only, Medical Facility Only, Bus Layover Only, NYS Road Test Only, Flea

Market Loading Only, Farmers Market Only, Waiting Line, Carshare Parking Only, Electric

Vehicle Charging Only, or Parking Permitted.

(4) Parking prohibited. When parking is prohibited by signs or rules, no person shall stop a

vehicle, attended or unattended, except temporarily for the purpose of and while expeditiously

receiving or discharging passengers or loading or unloading property to or from the curb.

(5) Vehicles prohibited on berms and shoulders. Stopping, parking or operating a motor

vehicle is prohibited on the berm or shoulder adjacent to a parkway or a highway as specified

in §4-07(i) of these rules, except for emergency purposes.

(6) Paper or other temporary signs. Any paper or other temporary signs posted by authorized

agencies shall supersede all existing posted rules for the days and times specified.

(7) Holiday suspensions of parking rules.

(i) Major legal holidays. Except as provided in subparagraph (ii), of this paragraph,

stopping, standing, or parking rules that are indicated on official signs shall be suspended

on the days on which the following major legal holidays are officially observed by the City of

New York: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving

Day, and Christmas Day. In addition, if New Year's Day, Independence Day or Christmas

Day is officially observed on a day other than January 1, July 4 or December 25,

respectively, then major legal holiday rules shall be in effect both on the official day of

observance and on the traditional day of observance.

(ii) Exception. Parking, standing and stopping rules that are indicated on official signs shall

remain in effect on the dates of both official and traditional observance of the above-listed

major legal holidays only in areas where signs indicate that parking, standing and stopping

rules are in effect seven days a week, provided, however, that the activation of meters that

are required by posted sign to be activated seven days a week shall be suspended on

major legal holidays pursuant to subparagraph (i).

(iii) Street cleaning rules suspended.

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(A) Street cleaning parking rules are suspended on the days listed in subparagraph (i)

of this paragraph, and on the following holidays: Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Ash

Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension Thursday, Feast of the

Assumption, Feast of All Saints, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, first two days of

Succoth, Shemini Atzereth, Simchas Torah, Shavuot, Purim, Orthodox Holy Thursday,

Orthodox Good Friday, first two and last two days of Passover, Idul-Fitr, Idul-Adha,

Asian Lunar New Year, on all state and national holidays, on the following additional

legal holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday, President's Day,

Columbus Day-observed, Election Day, and Veteran's Day, and on such other days as

announced by the Commissioner or his/her designee.

(B) For the purposes of this subparagraph (iii), street cleaning parking rules shall mean

those rules (a) on posted signs consisting of the letter "P" with a broom through it or (b)

except as otherwise provided in item (D) of this subparagraph, on posted signs

containing "No Parking" rules restricting parking on one day per week or on alternate

days.

on the days on which street cleaning rules are suspended and on such other days as

announced by the Commissioner or his/her designee. Suspension of street cleaning

rules does not affect the requirement of activating the meter during the hours that such

meter is in effect.

(D) Posted signs restricting parking for a period of six or more consecutive hours on one

day per week or on alternate days are not street cleaning parking rules. However, such

restrictions are suspended on the days that street cleaning rules are suspended.

(8) Disabled vehicles. A vehicle that becomes disabled must be pushed to the side of the road

so that it obstructs traffic as little as possible, and must be removed expeditiously.

(9) Immobilization and towing of illegally parked vehicles.

(i) Time and manner of immobilization. Any illegally parked vehicle found parked at any

time upon any public highway in the City may, by or under the direction of any person

authorized by the Commissioner, be immobilized in such manner as to prevent its

operation, and thereafter may be removed to a tow pound as provided in these rules;

provided, however, that no such vehicle shall be immobilized by any means other than by

the use of a device or other mechanism which will cause no damage to such vehicle unless

such vehicle is moved while such device or mechanism is in place.

(ii) Notice. Notice of immobilization pursuant to this paragraph shall be placed in a

conspicuous place on the vehicle. Such notice shall contain:

(A) a warning that any attempt to move the vehicle may result in damage to the vehicle;

and

(B) the time, place and manner in which the vehicle may be redeemed.

(iii) Immobilization fee. The registrant of an immobilized vehicle which has not yet been

removed to a tow pound pursuant to these rules, or any other person authorized by the

registrant of such vehicle, may secure the release of the vehicle upon satisfaction of all

parking summonses in judgment, if any, for which the registrant of the immobilized vehicle

is liable and payment of an immobilization fee of $185.00.

(iv) Applicable rules. Where a vehicle has been both immobilized and towed, the owner

shall be subject to both the immobilization requirements of this paragraph, and all

applicable provisions of these rules.

(v) Right to immediate hearing. The registrant, title holder or operator of any vehicle that

has been immobilized shall have the right to an immediate hearing during regular business

hours at the Parking Violations Bureau in relation to the immobilization.

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(vi) Removal fee. The fee for removal of illegally parked vehicles to a tow pound shall be

determined in accordance with the following fee schedule. Said fee shall be payable before

such vehicles are released.

(A) The removal fee for Regular Towing shall be $185.00 and shall apply to any

vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight less than 6,500 pounds, that may be towed

through the use of a single tow truck not weighing more than eight tons.

(B) The removal fee for Heavy Duty Towing shall be $370.00 and shall apply to any

vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight of 6,500 pounds or greater, and/or requires

either more than one tow truck or a single tow truck which weighs in excess of eight

tons, in order to be towed.

(vii) Storage fee. In addition to the removal fee set forth in subparagraph (vi) of this

paragraph (9), there shall be a storage fee of $20.00 for each day such vehicle remains in

the possession of the city, up to and including the day such vehicle is released. Said fee

shall be payable before such vehicle is released.

(viii) Vehicles not removed considered abandoned. Any vehicle which is not removed

from city property within 10 days following the mailing of a request to remove it shall be

deemed to be an abandoned vehicle pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of §1224 of

the Vehicle and Traffic Law and shall be disposed of by the Commissioner pursuant to such

law. Such request shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to

the registered owner of the vehicle, at the address contained on the registration of such

vehicle.

(ix) Release of vehicle in process of being removed. When a vehicle has been hooked

to a tow truck in preparation for removal to a pound but the owner or other person lawfully

entitled to possession of such vehicle appears and requests the release of such vehicle

before the tow truck is in motion, such vehicle shall be unhooked and released, provided,

however, that the person to whom such vehicle is released must execute a binding

agreement consenting to pay the vehicle release penalty as set forth in subparagraph (x) of

this paragraph (9) within thirty days from the date of such agreement and, in the event of

non-payment, to the imposition of additional penalties in accordance with subparagraph (xi)

of this paragraph (9); and provided further that such person present a current valid driver's

license and either registration for the vehicle, title to the vehicle, insurance identification and

keys for the vehicle, a rental agreement and keys for the vehicle in case of a rental vehicle,

or company identification and keys for the vehicle in the case of a commercial vehicle.

(x) Vehicle release penalty. The penalty for the release of an illegally parked vehicle under

the circumstances permitted by subparagraph (ix) of this paragraph (9) shall be $100.00 for

illegally parked vehicles which meet the criteria contained in subparagraph (vi)(A) of this

paragraph (9), and $200.00 for illegally parked vehicles which meet the criteria listed in

subparagraph (vi)(B) of this paragraph (9). This fee is in addition to any other monetary

fine(s) and penalty(ies) permitted by law for the underlying parking violation(s); provided,

however, that in no event shall a vehicle release penalty be imposed if the underlying

parking violation or, in the case of multiple parking violations, all underlying parking

violations, is (are) dismissed by the Parking Violations Bureau.

(xi) Non-payment of vehicle release penalty. The Parking Violations Bureau may, in

accordance with law, prescribe additional penalties for non-payment of the vehicle release

penalty set forth in sub-paragraph (x) of this paragraph (9) and enter and enforce default

judgments for such vehicle release penalty and additional penalties.

(10) Restricted area. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be authorized to establish a

separate fine schedule for violations committed in the restricted area, as defined herein. Such

fine schedule may be higher than the fine schedule for violations committed outside the

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restricted area. As used herein, restricted area shall mean all of Manhattan, south from the

north building line on 96th Street but excluding all of Central Park.

(b) Violation of posted no stopping rules prohibited. When official signs, markings or traffic-

control devices have been posted prohibiting, restricting or limiting the stopping of vehicles, no

person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions posted on such signs,

markings or traffic-control devices.

control devices have been posted prohibiting, restricting or limiting the standing of vehicles, no

person shall stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions posted on such signs,

markings or traffic-control devices, except as otherwise provided herein:

(1) Taxi stand. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than a taxi in a taxi stand when

any such stand has been officially designated and appropriately posted except that the

operator of a vehicle may only temporarily stand therein for the purpose of expeditiously

receiving and discharging passengers provided such standing does not interfere with any taxi

about to enter or leave such stand.

(2) Taxi and/or for-hire vehicle relief stand. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other

than a taxi or for-hire vehicle in a relief stand when any such stand has been officially

designated and appropriately posted. The operator of a taxi or for-hire vehicle may park at

such stand for no more than one hour.

(3) Bus stop. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than an authorized bus in its

assigned bus stop when any such stop has been officially designated and appropriately posted

except that the operator of a vehicle may temporarily stand therein for the purpose of

expeditiously receiving and discharging passengers provided such standing does not interfere

with any bus about to enter or leave such stop. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, an

authorized bus shall not park in an assigned bus stop when such stop has been officially

designated and appropriately posted.

(4) Authorized vehicles. Except as provided in paragraph (8) of this subdivision, no person

shall stand or park a vehicle that is not specifically authorized by a dedicated use sign defined

in section 4-01 and as provided in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of this

section.

(5) Hotel loading zone. No person shall stand or park a vehicle in such zone except

temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging

passengers and their personal baggage at hotels.

(6) Commuter van stop. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than a commuter van in

a commuter van stop when such a stop has been officially designated and appropriately

posted, except that an operator of such other vehicle may temporarily stand therein for the

purpose of expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers provided such standing does not

interfere with any commuter van about to enter or leave such stop.

(7) For-hire vehicle stand. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than a for-hire vehicle

in a for-hire vehicle stand when such a stand has been officially designated and appropriately

posted, except that an operator of such other vehicle may temporarily stand therein for the

purpose of expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers provided such standing does not

interfere with any for-hire vehicle about to enter or leave such stand.

(8) Diplomatic and consular vehicles.

(i) Where a posted sign reads "No Standing Except Vehicles with Consul-C or Diplomat-

A&D License Plates D/S Decals Only" or “Authorized Vehicles Only Consul-C Diplomat-

A&D License Plates D/S Decals Only”, no person may stand or park a vehicle in such area

except as follows:

(A) a person may stand or park a vehicle in such area if such vehicle bears "A", "C" or

"D" series license plates issued by the U.S. Department of State, such vehicle displays

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a valid non-transferable service vehicle decal issued by the City of New York that is

affixed to the inside of the operator's side of the windshield, and such person is

authorized to park or stand in a space in such area by the foreign mission or consulate

that has been allocated such space by the Department; or

(B) a person may stand a vehicle temporarily (no more than thirty (30) minutes) in such

area for the purpose of and while actually engaged in delivering, loading or unloading

for official business if such vehicle bears "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by

the U.S. Department of State, such vehicle displays a valid non-transferable delivery

vehicle decal issued by the City of New York that is affixed to the inside of the

operator's side of the windshield, such person is authorized to stand in a space in such

area by the foreign mission or consulate that has been allocated such space by the

Department, and a delivery is being made to such foreign mission or consulate.

(ii) Where a posted sign reads "No Standing Except Vehicles with Consul-C or Diplomat-

A&D License Plates Delivery Decal Required 30 Minute Limit" or “Authorized Vehicles Only

Consul & Diplomat License Plates Delivery Decal Required”, no person may stand or park a

vehicle in such area except a person may stand a vehicle temporarily in such area for the

purpose of and while actually engaged in delivering, loading or unloading for official

business if such vehicle bears "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by the U.S.

Department of State and displays a valid non-transferable delivery vehicle decal issued by

the City of New York that is affixed to the inside of the operator's side of the windshield.

(9) Parking Permitted. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than on those day(s)

and hour(s) specified on the posted sign, except temporarily for the purpose of and while

actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.

(d) Violation of posted no parking rules prohibited. When official signs, markings or traffic

control devices have been posted prohibiting, restricting or limiting the parking of vehicles, no

person shall park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions posted on such signs, markings or

traffic control devices, except as otherwise provided herein:

(1) Street cleaning. No person shall park a vehicle in violation of officially posted street

cleaning rules, as defined in subsection (a)(7)(ii) of these rules, unless such rules have been

suspended by the Commissioner or his/her designee pursuant to subsection (a)(7) of these

rules.

(2) Reserved.

(3) No parking except parking permits for people with disabilities (off-street).

(i) No person shall park a vehicle in any off-street parking space designated for use by a

parking permit for people with disabilities pursuant to §1203-c of the Vehicle and Traffic

Law, or designated by blue painted lines or markings displaying the international symbol of

access unless:

(A) Such person is, or is transporting, a disabled permittee and displays a state

special vehicle identification permit issued by the NYS Commissioner of Motor

Vehicles or

(B) Such vehicle is registered in accordance with §404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic

Law and is being used for the transportation of disabled persons, or

governmental entity subject to the laws of the United States, or a foreign country for

the purpose of granting special parking privileges to people with disabilities.

(ii) License plates or parking permits issued to people with disabilities by New York State or

by any other state, district, territory or other governmental entity or foreign country shall be

valid only in designated off-street parking areas. They are not valid in on-street parking

areas.

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(4) Official markings. When markings upon the pavement of a roadway designate a parking

space, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in such designated parking space so that any

part of the vehicle occupies more than one space or protrudes beyond the markings

designating such a space, except that a vehicle which is of a size too large to be parked within

a single designated parking space shall be parked with the front bumper at the front of the

space with the rear of the vehicle extending as little as possible into the adjoining space to the

rear, or vice-versa. Notwithstanding the above, no vehicle that is too long and/or too wide to be

parked within a single designated parking space shall be parked in such a space which is

designated for angle parking.

(e) General no stopping zones (stopping, standing and parking prohibited in specified

places). No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any of the following places, unless

otherwise indicated by posted signs, markings or other traffic control devices, or at the direction of

a law enforcement officer, or as otherwise provided in this subdivision:

(1) Traffic lanes. In any lane intended for the free movement of vehicles, except a lane

immediately adjacent to the curb, unless such lane is designated by signs as a traffic lane, and

except as otherwise provided in subdivision (f), paragraph (1) below. In no instance shall a

vehicle extend more than 8 feet from the nearest curb.

(2) Hydrants. Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, unless otherwise indicated by signs, or

parking meters, except that during the period from sunrise to sunset if standing is not otherwise

prohibited, the operator of a passenger car may stand the vehicle alongside a fire hydrant

provided that the operator remains in the operator's seat ready for immediate operation of the

vehicle at all times and starts the motor of the car on hearing the approach of fire apparatus,

and provided further, that the operator shall immediately remove the car from alongside the fire

hydrant when instructed to do so by any member of the police, fire, or other municipal

department acting in his/her official capacity.

(3) Sidewalks. On a sidewalk.

(4) Intersections. Within an intersection, except on the side of a roadway opposite a street

which intersects but does not cross such roadway and except as provided in paragraph (5),

below.

(5) Crosswalks. In a crosswalk.

(6) Street excavations. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when

stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct any traffic lane.

(7) Tunnels and elevated roadways. Within a highway tunnel or upon an elevated or

controlled access roadway when all lanes are normally available for moving traffic.

(8) Divided highways. Parking, standing and stopping are prohibited alongside the median

dividing a highway into two or more separate roadways. However, alongside the medians of

certain segments of such divided highways, the department may post signs restricting parking,

standing and stopping alongside the medians of such segments only on specified days and/or

hours. Wherever such signs are so posted on a segment of a divided highway, parking,

standing and stopping are permitted alongside the median of such segment on the days and/or

hours when parking, standing and stopping are not specifically prohibited by such signs. On

segments of such highway where such signs are not posted, parking, standing and stopping

alongside the median are prohibited at all times. For the purposes of this paragraph, a segment

of a divided highway is the area of such highway between adjacent intersections.

(9) Bicycle lanes. Within a designated bicycle lane.

(10) Restricted use and limited use streets. On any street designated as a restricted use

street or a limited use street as defined in §4-12(r)(4) of these rules, except as otherwise

provided in §4-12(r)(1).

(11) Major roadways. On the improved or paved roadway of any of the arteries set forth in §4-

07(i) of these rules, or on improved or paved roadways in a park or in parks, for the purpose of

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removing or replacing a flat tire, unless permitted by posted signs. For the purposes of this rule,

a vehicle is considered to be on the improved or paved roadway unless the vehicle is

completely off such roadway.

(12) Obstructing traffic at intersection. When vehicular traffic is stopped on the opposite side

of an intersection, no person shall drive a vehicle into such intersection, except when making a

turn, unless there is adequate space on the opposite side of the intersection to accommodate

the vehicle the person is driving, notwithstanding the indication of a traffic control signal which

would permit the person to proceed.

(f) General no standing zones (standing and parking prohibited in specified places). No

person shall stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places, unless otherwise indicated by

posted signs, markings or other traffic control devices, or at the direction of a law enforcement

officer:

(1) Double parking. On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped, standing, or parked at the curb,

except a person may stand a commercial vehicle alongside a vehicle parked at the curb at

such locations and during such hours that stopping, standing, or parking is not prohibited, for

no more than 20 minutes, while actively engaged in loading or unloading goods, tools,

materials, or other items for the purpose of making pickups, deliveries or service calls, provided

that there is no unoccupied parking space or designated loading zone on the same side of the

street within the same block that can be used for such standing, and provided further that such

standing is in compliance with the provisions of §1102 of the State Vehicle and Traffic Law. A

person may stand a commercial vehicle along the roadway side of a bicycle lane provided all

other conditions of this paragraph are met. No person shall double park a commercial vehicle

when it blocks the only lane of travel in the same direction. No person shall stand, stop or park

a vehicle on a street at any time in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave fewer

than 10 feet of roadway width available for the free movement of vehicular traffic. No person

may stand a commercial vehicle in or along the roadway side of a bus lane, unless otherwise

indicated by posted signs, markings or other traffic control devices, or at the direction of a law

enforcement officer or other person authorized to enforce this rule.

(2) Driveways. In front of a public or private driveway, except that it shall be permissible for the

owner, lessor or lessee of the lot accessed by a private driveway to park a passenger vehicle

registered to him/her at that address in front of such driveway, provided that such lot does not

contain more than two dwelling units and further provided that such parking does not violate

any other provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or local law or rule concerning the parking,

stopping or standing of motor vehicles. The prohibition herein shall not apply to driveways that

have been rendered unusable due to the presence of a building or other fixed obstruction and,

therefore, are not being used as defined in §4-01(b) of these rules.

(3) Parks. In any park between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise,

except at places designated or maintained for the parking of vehicles.

(4) Bus lane. In any lane designated for the exclusive use of buses.

(5) Railroad crossings. Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

(6) Safety zones. In a safety zone, between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty

feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone.

(7) Pedestrian ramps. Alongside or in a manner which obstructs a curb area which has been

cut down, lowered or otherwise constructed or altered to provide access for persons with

disabilities at a marked or unmarked crosswalk as defined in subdivision (b) of §4-01 of this

chapter. A person may stop, stand or park a vehicle alongside or in a manner which obstructs a

pedestrian ramp not located within such crosswalk, unless otherwise prohibited.

(g) General no parking zones (parking prohibited in certain places). No person shall park a

vehicle in any of the following places, unless otherwise indicated by posted signs, markings or

other traffic control devices:

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(1) Emergency sites. Within a block where emergency work is in progress, except that the

operator of any vehicle on official public business related to the emergency may park such

vehicle at such sites.

(2) Vacant lots. In a vacant lot, unless the operator of the vehicle has the written permission of

the lot's owner so to park and has otherwise complied with §§10-112 and 10-113 of the

Administrative Code.

(3) Marginal street and waterfronts. On a marginal street or waterfront, as defined in §4-01(b)

of these rules.

(h) On-street and off-street metered zones.

(1) Purchasing of parking time. No person shall park a vehicle, whether attended or not, in

any parking space controlled by a parking meter:

(i) Without first purchasing the amount of parking time desired from a parking meter, or from

a valid electronic communication device as described in this section. This provision shall

not apply to the time necessary to park the vehicle or activate the parking meter or any

other authorized grace period.

(ii) Without displaying a payment receipt on the vehicle’s dashboard or in a visible and

secure place on a motorcycle, where such requirement is indicated by posted signs, unless

such parking time was purchased through an authorized electronic communication device

as described in this section.

(iii) In excess of the amount of time indicated on the payment receipt, electronic

communication device, or on posted signs.

(2) Authorized payment methods; counterfeits prohibited.

(i) Authorized payment methods. Parking meters must be activated by the insertion of

coin(s) of United States currency, or by the insertion of an electronic debit card, credit card,

Department issued parking card or other authorized method of payment as described in this

section.. Parking at an on-street or off-street parking space controlled by a parking meter

may also be paid for by an authorized electronic communication device as approved by the

Department as described in paragraph (3) of this subdivision.

(ii) No person shall deposit or attempt to deposit any slug, button, or any other

unauthorized device or substance as a substitute for coins of United States currency in any

parking meter.

(iii) No person shall purchase a parking meter receipt from anywhere other than a parking

meter.

(3) Electronic Communication Device Payments.

(i) Despite any provision herein, any person may park at an on-street or off-street parking

space controlled by a parking meter by making payment via an electronic communication

device as approved by the Department.

(ii) The Department may designate locations containing on-street or off-street parking

spaces controlled by a parking meter as locations where payment by an electronic

communication device shall be permitted.

(A) The Department shall designate each location by the posting of a sign.

(B) A person wishing to purchase parking time via an authorized electronic

communication device at a designated location may do so via the authorized mobile

payment for parking application by entering the applicable zone number for the side

of the block where the vehicle will be parked if the vehicle is parked in an on-street

parking zone or the posted zone sign if a vehicle is parked in an off-street parking

field.

(4) Transfer of parking time. A person who purchases parking time, via a payment receipt, at

an on-street or off-street parking space controlled by a parking meter may, during the start and

end time denoted on such payment receipt, park at:

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(i) such on-street or off-street parking space;

(ii) at any parking space regulated by a parking meter within the same parking area; or

(iii) in another area regulated by a parking meter where the parking meter rate is the same

as or less than the rate at the location where the parking time was purchased.

This provision shall not apply when parking time is purchased via an authorized electronic

communication device.

(5) Parking at broken or missing parking meters.

(i) Where parking is controlled by a parking meter and such parking meter is broken or

missing, the person seeking to purchase a parking receipt shall use a functional parking

meter in the same parking field or on the same side of the block, to purchase a parking

receipt in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subdivision.

(ii) If all parking meters in a parking field or on a block are missing or broken, a person shall

be allowed to park in the parking field or on the block up to the maximum amount of time

otherwise lawfully permitted by such parking meters in the controlled parking field or block.

(6) Restrictions and limitations. The provisions of this subdivision (h) shall not relieve any

person of the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting, restricting, or

limiting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(7) Displaying, selling or offering merchandise for sale prohibited. No peddler or vendor

shall park a vehicle at a metered parking space for purposes of displaying, selling, storing or

offering merchandise for sale from the vehicle.

(8) Parking by disabled persons permitted. Rules pertaining to the use of parking meter

zones shall not apply to vehicles operated by disabled persons duly displaying New York City

special parking identification permits issued by the Department of Transportation pursuant to

§4-08(o) of these rules, other than at those periods of time when no standing and no stopping

restrictions are in effect in the metered zones.

(i) Municipal off-street parking facilities.

(1) Parking fees. No person shall park a vehicle without paying the appropriate fee in

accordance with authorized fee schedules posted on the facility.

(2) Hours of operation. No person shall park a vehicle before the opening hour or after the

closing hour, as specified on authorized signs.

(3) Parking Meters. No person shall park a vehicle, whether attended or not, in any parking

space controlled by a parking meter:

(i) Without first purchasing the amount of parking time desired from a parking meter or from

a valid electronic communication device as described in this section. This provision shall

not apply to the time necessary to park the vehicle or activate the parking meter or any

other authorized grace period.

(ii) Without displaying a payment receipt on the vehicle’s dashboard or in a visible and

secure place on a motorcycle, where such requirement is indicated by posted signs, unless

such parking time was purchased through an authorized electronic communication device

as described in this section.

(iii) In excess of the amount of time indicated on the payment receipt, electronic

communication device, or on posted signs.

(4) Parking in a dangerous manner. No person shall park a vehicle in a manner that will

endanger any person or property.

(5) Operator responsible for loss. The operator enters the facility at his/her own risk and the

City of New York shall not be responsible for any injury or loss due to fire, theft, accident, or

other causes.

(6) Angle parking. No vehicle that is too long and/or too wide to be parked within a single

designated parking space shall be parked in such a space which is designated for angle

parking.

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(j) Standing or parking vehicles that violate registration and inspection rules are covered or

have the VIN obscured.

(1) Vehicles must be properly registered. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing a

New York license plate or plates unless it is properly registered in accordance with the laws

and rules of New York.

(2) Valid plates must be properly displayed. No person shall stand or park a vehicle unless it

properly displays the current plate or plates issued to it. For the purposes of this paragraph

(j)(2), New York plates shall not be deemed properly displayed unless they are conspicuously

displayed, one on the front and one on the rear of the vehicle, each securely fastened so as to

prevent the same from swinging and placed, whenever reasonably possible, not higher than 48

inches and not lower than 12 inches from the ground, and they are kept clean and in a

condition so as to be readable and shall not be covered by glass or any plastic material, and

the view thereof shall not be obstructed by any part of the vehicle or by anything carried

thereon. New York dealer or transporter plates issued pursuant to §415 of the Vehicle and

Traffic Law shall be deemed properly displayed if the one plate issued is placed on the rear of

the vehicle as described above. New York motorcycle plates and plates from other states shall

be deemed properly displayed if at least one plate is fastened on the rear of the vehicle.

(3) Vehicles must display valid registration sticker. No person shall stand or park a vehicle

bearing a New York plate or plates unless it properly displays a current registration sticker.

(4) Improper stickers prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing a New York

plate or plates displaying an expired, mutilated, void, imitation, counterfeit or inappropriate New

York registration sticker.

(5) Registration plates, stickers, and tags must match. No person shall stand or park a

vehicle bearing registration plates, stickers, and tags that do not match as to information

contained thereon.

(6) Vehicles must display valid inspection sticker. No person shall stand or park a vehicle

bearing New York plates unless it is properly inspected and properly displays a current

inspection sticker or certificate, in accordance with §306(b) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law

unless it bears New York dealer or transporter plates pursuant to §415 of the Vehicle and

Traffic Law.

(7) Improper inspection stickers prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing

New York plates displaying any mutilated, imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of

inspection.

(8) Vehicle covers prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle having a cover on it

that obscures the make, color, vehicle identification number (VIN), license plates and/or

registration and inspection stickers, and/or restricts entry to the vehicle, if such vehicle is

standing or parked in violation of posted rules.

(9) Obscuring VIN prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle that has the vehicle

identification number obscured in any manner.

(k) Special rules for commercial vehicles.

(1) Parking of unaltered commercial vehicles prohibited. No person shall stand or park a

vehicle with commercial plates in any location unless it has been permanently altered with all

seats and rear seat fittings, except the front seats, removed, except that for vehicles designed

with a passenger cab and a cargo area separated by a partition, the seating capacity within the

cab shall not be considered in determining whether the vehicle is properly altered, and has the

name and address of the owner as shown on the registration certificate plainly marked on both

sides of the vehicle in letters and numerals not less than three inches in height, in compliance

with §10-127 of the Administrative Code and is also in compliance with paragraph (i) of the

definition of commercial vehicle as set forth in §4-01 of these rules.

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(2) No standing except trucks loading and unloading. Where a posted sign reads "No

Standing Except Trucks Loading and Unloading" or “Truck Loading Only”, no vehicle except a

commercial vehicle or a service vehicle as defined in §4-01(b) of these rules, may stand or park

in that area, for the purpose of expeditiously making pickups, deliveries or service calls, and

except that in the area from 35th St. to 41st St., Avenue of the Americas to 8th Avenue,

inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., no vehicle

except a truck as defined in §4-13(a)(1) of these rules may stand or park for the purpose of

expeditiously making pickups, deliveries, or service calls.

(3) Angle standing or parking of commercial vehicles. Commercial vehicles standing or

parking in authorized areas shall not be placed at an angle to the curb unless such positioning

is essential for loading or unloading and then only for such period of time actually required for

such purposes provided that a sufficient space shall be left clear for the passage of a vehicle

between the angle-parked vehicle and the center of the street, the opposite curb or a vehicle

parked or standing thereat, whichever is closest. In no event shall an angle-parked vehicle

occupy more than a parking lane, plus one traffic lane.

(4) Parking of trailers.

(i) No person shall park any trailer or semi-trailer on any street or arterial highway, except

while loading or unloading at off-street platforms, unless such trailer or semi-trailer is

attached to a motor vehicle capable of towing it.

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (i) above, where posted signs permit, a

trailer or semi-trailer may park while unattached to a motor vehicle capable of towing it on

streets in industrial zoned property as defined in the Zoning Resolution. Such trailers or

semi-trailers may park for the length of time indicated on the posted signs. An owner of a

trailer or semi-trailer parked pursuant to this provision shall protect the streets from damage

that may be caused by parking the unattached trailer. All doors located on such trailers or

semi-trailers must be locked while the trailers are parked.

(5) Street storage of commercial vehicles prohibited. When parking is not otherwise

restricted, no person shall park a commercial vehicle in any area, including a residential area,

in excess of three hours.

(6) Nighttime parking of commercial vehicles prohibited. No person shall park a

commercial vehicle on a residential street, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Where a

commercial vehicle is parked in violation of this paragraph, it shall be an affirmative defense to

said violation, with the burden of proof on the person who received the summons, that he or

she was actively engaged in business at the time the summons was issued at a premises

located within three city blocks of where the summons was issued. This paragraph shall not

apply to vehicles owned or operated by gas or oil heat suppliers or gas or oil heat systems

maintenance companies, the agents or employees thereof, or any public utility.

(7) Vehicles equipped with platform lifts. Commercial vehicles may not be parked on any

city street with a platform lift set in a lowered position while the vehicle is unattended.

(l) Midtown and other special zones.

(1) Repealed.

(2) Special midtown rule: method of parking. Except where otherwise restricted, between

the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily, except Sundays, from 14th to 60th Streets, 1st to 12th

Avenues, all inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan, no operator of a commercial vehicle shall

stop, stand, or park in any of the streets herein designated, other than parallel and no more

than 12 inches from the curb, and in any way that such vehicle will not occupy more than 10

feet of roadway space from the nearest curb, and in no case shall any such vehicle be backed

in at an angle to the curb.

(3) Special midtown rule: standing time limit.

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(i) Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., daily except Sundays, from 14th to 60th Streets,

1st to 12th Avenues, all inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan no operator shall stand a

commercial vehicle in any one block of streets herein designated for a period of more than

three hours unless otherwise posted. A commercial vehicle not actively engaged in loading

or unloading goods, tools, materials, or other items for the purpose of pickups, deliveries

or service calls is deemed to constitute a parked vehicle subject to parking rules applicable

to that particular location.

(ii) Commercial parking meter area. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (i) of

this paragraph, where signs are posted regulating the use of the curb by commercial

vehicles it shall be unlawful to stand a vehicle in any space on a block unless such vehicle

is a "commercial vehicle" as defined in §4-01(b)(i) of this chapter or a vehicle with a valid

"combination" registration from another state, and unless such space is controlled by a

parking meter. The maximum time for such metered parking on a single block shall be a

total of three hours, unless otherwise indicated by a posted sign. The provisions of

subdivision (h) of this section shall apply to commercial vehicles parked at a parking meter

pursuant to this paragraph.

(4) Parking in garment district restricted to trucks. Notwithstanding any provisions of these

rules to the contrary, no vehicles except trucks and vans bearing commercial plates shall stand

at the curb for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading between the hours of 7 a.m.

and 7 p.m. daily, including Sundays, from 35th Street to 41st Street, between Avenue of the

Americas and 8th Avenue, all inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan. For the purpose of this

paragraph (4), passenger vehicles, or station wagons bearing commercial plates shall not be

deemed trucks or vans.

(5) Parking restricted in limited truck zones. No operator of truck shall stop, stand or park

his/her vehicle upon any streets designated as "Limited Truck Zones," except for the purpose

of making a delivery, loading or servicing within said zone, and except as otherwise provided in

§4-13(d)(3) of these rules.

(6) Special Lower Manhattan Area Rule: standing time limit.

Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., daily, on any street south of Houston Street, from the

East River to the Hudson River, in the Borough of Manhattan:

(i) An operator must not stand or park a bus on any one block of streets, including where a

space on that block is regulated by a parking meter, for more than three hours unless

otherwise posted.

(ii) Where a space is regulated by a parking meter and signs are posted restricting the use

of the curb to buses, it is unlawful to stand or park any vehicle at that regulated space unless

the vehicle is a bus. The provisions of subdivision (h) of this section shall apply to buses

parked at such a parking meter.

(iii) Where a parking sign designates a regulated space as “No Standing/Parking Except

Authorized Buses” or “Buses with Permit Only”:

(A) It is unlawful to stand or park any vehicle at that regulated space unless the vehicle

is a bus and the operator has first obtained a permit from the Department according to

paragraph (4) of subdivision (o) of this section.

(B) Where that space is also regulated by a parking meter, the provisions of subdivision

(h) of this section shall apply to permitted buses parked at such a parking meter.

(iv) A bus not being used for the expeditious pickup and drop off of passengers is deemed

to constitute a parked vehicle subject to parking rules applicable to that particular location.

(m) Additional parking rules.

(1) Wrong way parking prohibited. Except where angle parking is authorized, every vehicle

stopped, standing, or parked partly upon a roadway shall be so stopped, standing or parked

parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway. On a one-way roadway such vehicle shall be facing

in the direction of authorized traffic movement; on a two-way roadway such vehicle shall be

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facing in the direction of authorized traffic movement on that portion of the roadway on which

the vehicle rests.

(2) Angle standing or parking. No person shall place a vehicle at an angle to the curb, except

when such angle placement is authorized by these rules or by signs or markings.

Notwithstanding the above, no vehicle that is too long and/or too wide to be parked within a

single designated parking space shall be parked in such a space which is designated for angle

parking.

(3) Angle parking of motorcycles, motor scooters and mopeds. A person shall be

permitted to park a motorcycle, motor scooter or moped at an angle to the curb at times and at

places when and where parking is permitted but only in such manner that at least one wheel

shall touch the curb. In no event shall any portion of the motorcycle, motor scooter or moped be

more than 6 feet from the curb.

(4) Parking of doctors' and dentists' vehicles. Where parking is prohibited by signs, but not

where stopping or standing is prohibited, a duly licensed physician or dentist may park his/her

motor vehicle, identified by "MD," "OP" or "DDS" New York registration plates, on a roadway

adjacent to hospitals or clinics for a period not to exceed three hours. For the purposes of this

paragraph, only those portions of a roadway corresponding to the shaded areas on the

diagrams below shall be considered adjacent to a hospital or clinic. At other locations where

parking is prohibited by signs, but not where stopping or standing is prohibited, a duly licensed

physician may park his/her motor vehicle, identified by "MD" or "OP" New York registration

plates, for a period not to exceed one hour while actually attending to a patient in the

immediate vicinity.

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(5) Bus parking on streets prohibited. No person shall park a bus at any time on any street

within the City of New York, unless authorized by signs, except that a charter bus may park

where parking is otherwise permitted at its point of origin or destination. No operator of a bus

shall make a bus layover, except as otherwise provided in §4-10(c) of these rules.

Notwithstanding any local law or rule to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of the Vehicle

and Traffic Law, it shall be permissible for a school bus owned, used or hired by a public or

nonpublic school to park at any time, including overnight, upon any street or roadway, provided

said bus occupies a parking spot in front of and within the building lines of the premises of the

public or nonpublic school.

(6) Time limits. Where signs are erected specifying time limits on standing or parking, no

person shall stand or park any vehicle in excess of the time so prescribed.

(7) Emergency ambulance service vehicles. The operator of an ambulance, as defined in

section 100-b of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, while awaiting an emergency call, may park at

meters, truck loading and unloading zones, and "NO PARKING" areas not specifically

designated for other vehicles. (i.e. authorized zones).

(8) Street storage of boat trailers, mobile homes and mobile medical diagnostic vehicles

prohibited. No person shall park any boat trailer (with or without a boat attached), mobile

home or mobile medical diagnostic vehicle in any area, on any street, in excess of 24 hours.

(9) Street storage of vehicles prohibited. When parking is not otherwise restricted, no person

shall park any vehicle in any area, including a residential area, in excess of seven consecutive

days.

(n) Special restrictions on parking.

(1) Parking for sales purposes prohibited. No person regularly engaged in the sale of

vehicles shall park a vehicle upon any roadway or off-street parking facility for the principal

purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale.

(2) Parking for certain purposes prohibited. No person regularly engaged in the repair of

vehicles shall park a vehicle upon any roadway or off-street parking facility for the principal

purpose of washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an

emergency.

(3) Parking for the purposes of commercial advertising prohibited. No person shall stand

or park a vehicle on any street or roadway for the purpose of commercial advertising, as

defined in §4-12(j)(1) of these rules, except as otherwise provided in that section.

(4) Peddlers, vendors and hawkers restricted. No peddler, vendor, hawker, or huckster shall

permit his car, wagon, or vehicle to stand on any street when stopping, standing, or parking is

prohibited or on any street within 25 feet of any corner of the curb or to stand at any time on

any sidewalk or within 500 feet of any public market or within 200 feet of any public or private

school.

(5) Unattended motor vehicles. No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit

it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key

from the vehicle, and effectively setting the brake provided, however, the provision for removing

the key from the vehicle shall not require the removal of keys hidden from sight about the

vehicle for convenience or emergency.

(6) Moving parked vehicle. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his/her control

into any position where stopping, standing, or parking would be unlawful.

(7) Unofficial reserving of parking space. It shall be unlawful for any person to reserve or

attempt to reserve a parking space, or prevent any vehicle from parking on a public street

through his/her presence in the roadway, the use of hand-signals, or by placing any box, can,

crate, handcart, dolly or any other device, including unauthorized pavement, curb or street

markings or signs in the roadway.

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(8) Vehicles must have proper equipment. No person shall stand or park a motor vehicle,

motorcycle or limited use vehicle on any street at any time unless it is equipped with head

lamps, rear lamps, reflectors and any other equipment required by any provision of the Vehicle

and Traffic Law.

(o) Permits. For purposes of this section, a "permit" is the authorization granted by the Department

to qualified individuals for special parking privileges as set forth in this subdivision. At the discretion

of the Department, a permit may be represented by a permit card inscribed with information that

describes the specific parking privileges it authorizes.

(1) Permits for people with disabilities.

(i) Authorized parking areas. An operator of a vehicle bearing a valid New York City

Special Parking Identification permit may park:

(A) in any "No Parking" zone,

(B) in any authorized vehicle zone, except in carshare parking space(s) and electric

vehicle charging station(s),

(D) in "No Standing Except Trucks Loading and Unloading" or “Truck Loading Only”

zones.

Such special parking permit shall be displayed so that it is visible through the windshield.

(ii) Prohibited parking areas. Such special parking identification permits do not authorize

parking:

(A) in a bus stop,

(B) in a taxi-stand,

(D) in a fire zone,

(E) in a driveway,

(F) in a crosswalk,

(G) in a no stopping zone,

(H) in a no standing zone,

(I) double parking,

(J) in carshare parking space(s),

(K) in any “Ambulette”, “Ambulance”, “Access-A-Ride”, “Medical Facility” zone or

combination thereof,

(L) in a For-Hire Vehicle stand, or

(M) in electric vehicle charging station(s).

(iii) Issuance of permits. The Special Parking Identification permit shall be issued by the

Commissioner or his/her designee to a New York City resident certified by the Department

of Health or a provider designated by the Department or the Department of Health, who

shall make such certification in accordance with standards and guidelines prescribed by the

Department of Health, as having a permanent disability seriously impairing mobility, who

requires the use of a private automobile for transportation and to a non-resident similarly

certified who requires the use of a private automobile for transportation to a school in which

such applicant is enrolled or to a place of employment. A permit shall also be issued to

such person upon application made on such person's behalf by a parent, spouse, domestic

partner as defined in New York City Administrative Code §1-112(21), guardian, or other

individual having legal responsibility for the administration of such person's day to day

affairs. The permit may include no more than ten (10) license plate numbers for the

vehicle(s) which will be used to transport the permittee. Upon application for a permit,

applicant shall submit to the department a copy of the vehicle registration for each license

plate which will be registered on the permit. Any vehicle displaying such a permit shall be

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used exclusively in connection with parking a vehicle in which the person to whom it has

been issued is being transported or will be transported within a reasonable period of time.

(iv) Replacement permits. In case of a lost or stolen permit, the permittee must, upon

request for a replacement, submit to the department a copy of a valid police report. In case

of a stolen vehicle which is registered on the permit, permittee must submit to the

department a copy of a valid police report. In the event a vehicle registered on the permit is

unable to be used as a result of an accident or mechanical defect, a substitution of plates

will be permitted only if the permittee has three or fewer plates registered on the permit.

The permittee must provide proof to the department of the inability to use the vehicle. If the

permittee has four or more plates registered on the permit, no temporary substitution will be

allowed.

(v) Revocation or Suspension. Any abuse by any person of any privilege, benefit or

consideration granted by such permit, shall be sufficient cause for revocation or suspension

of said permit.

(A) If the Department determines that a permit holder has abused a permit, the

Department will issue a notice of intent to revoke or suspend the permit. The

Department will send such notice to the permit holder by mail, and the notice will

state the grounds for the proposed revocation or suspension. The notice will also

inform the permit holder that he or she has an opportunity to be heard, either in-

person or by teleconference.

(B) Grounds for suspension or revocation shall include, but not be limited to the

following:

1. Use of the permit that does not meet the requirements of section 2903(15)(a)

of the New York City Charter, which states: “Any vehicle displaying such permit

shall be used exclusively in connection with parking a vehicle in which the

person to whom it has been issued is being transported or will be transported

within a reasonable period of time.”

2. Transfer of the permit, copying of the original permit, use of a copied permit,

or refusal to return an expired permit after receipt of a new permit.

submit a request to the Department in writing. The Department must receive such

request within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the Department’s notice. If

the Department does not receive a written request for an opportunity to be heard

within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the Department’s notice, the

Department will revoke or suspend the permit.

(D) If the permit holder submits a timely written request for an opportunity to be

heard, the Department will schedule such opportunity to take place no later than

thirty (30) calendar days from the date that the Department receives the permit

holder’s request. The Department will notify the permit holder of the date of the

opportunity to be heard by mail.

(E) The permit holder may make a written request to receive copies of the evidence

used by the Department in its decision making. Such request must be received by

the Department at least fourteen (14) calendar days in advance of the date of the

opportunity to be heard. The Department will provide a copy of the evidence in the

manner requested by the permit holder (e.g. mail, e-mail, or in-person) no later than

seven (7) days prior to the date of the opportunity to be heard.

(F) Requests for rescheduling, by either the permit holder or the Department, of the

opportunity to be heard must be received by the other party at least forty-eight (48)

hours in advance of the originally scheduled date. If the request for rescheduling is

agreed upon by both the permit holder and the Department, a new date will be

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scheduled within fourteen (14) days of the original date as agreed upon by the

permit holder and Department.

(G) The opportunity to be heard will be conducted by a designee of the

Commissioner. The designee will (1) review the Department’s decision to issue the

notice of intent to revoke or suspend the permit, and (2) provide an opportunity for

the permit holder to present reasons and evidence why the revocation or

suspension is not warranted. The designee will issue findings of fact and a

recommendation following the opportunity to be heard.

(H) Within thirty (30) days of the opportunity to be heard, the Commissioner, or his

or her designee, other than the designee who conducted the opportunity to be heard

and issued the recommendation, will issue a final decision. The final decision will

include such findings of fact and recommendation of the person who conducted the

opportunity to be heard and will accept, reject or modify that recommendation. The

Department will send the final decision to the permit holder via mail within five (5)

calendar days. The final decision will constitute a final agency determination.

(2) Municipal parking permit. A municipal parking permit licenses the permittee to park one

automobile at the permittee's risk in the area designated by signs. Fees charged are for the use

of a parking space in the designated facility only. Only a license to park is granted by this

permit and no bailment is created. The Department of Transportation assumes no responsibility

for loss due to fire, theft, collision or otherwise to the car or its contents.

(i) A municipal parking permit must be displayed when parked in authorized spaces, and in

such a manner that the permit is visible through the left side of the windshield.

(ii) A municipal parking permit is to be displayed only on vehicles bearing license plate

numbers on file at the Bureau of Parking. For license plate changes call the Permit Section

of the Bureau of Parking, weekdays (10 AM to 4 PM).

(iii) A municipal parking permit is to be displayed only when a vehicle is parked in areas

reserved for use of this permit.

(iv) Failure to comply with the above regulations will result in a summons.

(3) Agency-authorized permits for parking in contradiction to rules on city streets.

Agency-authorized permits are issued by the Department of Transportation or any other

agency authorized by the Department. Permits may be issued to non-profit organizations for

certain essential purposes such as medical services, blood delivery and human services

programs and to governmental agencies and officials for governmental purposes. Permits

may be issued when the vehicle is essential to the performance of organizational functions.

Such permits shall be displayed in a place where it is visible through the vehicle’s windshield

only when a vehicle is parked in areas specified on the permit or electronically linked to the

permit unless the permit is affixed to the vehicle by the department or an agency authorized by

the department.

(i) Parking permitted. Parking with agency-authorized permits and the display of a permit

in the windshield of a vehicle or, where applicable, a permit affixed to the vehicle by the

department is permitted in areas specified on or electronically linked to the permit and may

include some or all of the following:

(A) Parking meters,

(B) Truck loading and unloading zones,

is indicated on the signs, and

(D) "No Parking" areas.

(ii) Parking not permitted. Parking with and display of agency-authorized permits in the

windshield of a vehicle or, where applicable, a permit affixed to the vehicle by the

department or an agency authorized by the department is not permitted at:

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(A) "No Standing" areas.

(B) "No Stopping" areas.

(D) Bus stops.

(E) Areas on the roadway side of a vehicle stopped, standing, or parked at the curb

(i.e., Double parking).

(F) Driveways.

(G) Bridges and highways.

(H) Areas where a traffic hazard would be created.

(I) Carshare parking space(s)

(iii) Duration. Agency-authorized permits are issued for the minimum hours and days

essential for the activity. Such permits are issued on an annual basis on dates determined

by the Department of Transportation.

(iv) Misuse and fraudulent use of parking permits. A violation of this sub-paragraph (iv)

will be issued in addition to any other violation issued for parking in contravention of posted

signs or written regulations. It shall be unlawful:

(A) to display an agency-authorized permit in the windshield of a vehicle or, where

applicable, a permit affixed to the vehicle by the department or any agency

authorized by the department and park with the intent to avoid compliance with

posted signs or written regulations. In any proceeding relating to the violation of this

provision such intent shall be implied where:

1. the permit displayed in the windshield of the vehicle or, where applicable,

the permit affixed to the vehicle by the department or any agency authorized

by the department does not authorize parking in such space in contravention

of posted signs or written regulation.

2. the permit is displayed on a vehicle other than the one described in the

permit.

3. the permit displayed in the windshield of the vehicle is copied, altered, or

displayed in a manner that obscures the locations to which it applies.

4. the permit displayed in the windshield of the vehicle or where applicable

the permit affixed to the vehicle by the department or any agency authorized

by the department is expired, suspended or revoked.

(B) to display a fraudulent parking permit in the windshield of a vehicle and park in

contravention of posted signs or written regulations. For the purposes of this

section, a fraudulent parking permit may be a counterfeit of a Department-issued

permit, resemble an official Department permit or contain language falsely

purporting to authorize parking in areas restricted by posted signs or written

regulations.

(v) Revocation of an agency-authorized permit. The Commissioner or their designee

may, at their discretion, revoke or suspend agency-authorized permits.

(A) Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein prior to revocation or suspension

the permit holder will be notified of the proposed suspension or revocation and

the grounds and may appeal such determination in accordance with item (B)

within 15 days after the date set forth in such notice. If no appeal is filed within

such 15 day period such revocation or suspension shall be effective upon the

conclusion of the time for appeal. If an appeal is filed within such 15 day period

such revocation or suspension shall be effective upon notice of the

determination of the appeal unless such determination is in favor of the

permittee. Notwithstanding the foregoing where the Commissioner finds that

the continued use of an agency-authorized permit is a danger to public safety,

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such revocation or suspension shall be effective immediately upon the date of

notice of the suspension or revocation of such permit. Grounds for revocation

or suspension will include:

1. Three or more violations of this subdivision (o);

2. Any violation of Administrative Code § 19-166; or

3. Unpaid parking or traffic violations associated with the license plate or

individual permit holder in excess of $350.

(B) Appeal. A permit holder may appeal the determination to revoke or suspend an

agency-authorized permit in writing within fifteen (15) days after the date of a

notice provided in accordance with item (A) in the manner described in such

notice. The Department will respond to the appeal within sixty (60) days except

that where the revocation or suspension was effective immediately upon the

date of such notice the Department shall respond to such appeal within fifteen

(15) days.

(vi) Refusal to issue or renew an agency-authorized permit. The commissioner or their

designee may refuse to issue or renew an agency-authorized permit for any of the grounds

set forth in subparagraph (v) that apply to the revocation or suspension of such permit.

(4) Single issue permits for parking in contradiction to rules on city streets. Single issue

permits are issued by the Department of Transportation or any other agency authorized by the

Department to for-profit and not-for-profit medical, blood and human service programs; press

events; bus operators parking pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (l) of this section; and

concerts, film production companies, special events and emergencies. Such permits shall be

displayed so that they are visible through the windshield.

(i) Information required. The request for such a single issue permit shall be made in

writing to the Department of Transportation and must include:

(A) Date(s) of the event,

(B) Hours,

(D) Number and size of vehicles, and

(E) License plates or identifying markings of the vehicles.

(ii) Parking permitted. Parking with single issue permits is permitted in areas specified on

or programmed into the permit and may include some or all of the following:

(A) Parking meters,

(B) Truck loading and unloading zones,

(D) "No Parking" areas, and

(E) No Standing/Parking Except Authorized Buses or Buses with Permit Only.

(iii) Parking not permitted. Parking with single issue permits is not permitted at:

(A) "No Standing" areas,

(B) "No Stopping" areas,

(D) Bus stops,

(E) Double parking,

(F) Driveways,

(G) On bridges and highways, (H) In carshare parking space(s), and

(I) Areas where a traffic hazard would be created.

(iv) Duration. Single issue permits are issued for the minimum hours and days essential

for the event. The Commissioner or his/her designee may, at his/her discretion, issue,

extend or revoke these permits.

(5) Clergy parking permits.

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(i) Definitions.

Funeral establishment. A place devoted to or used for the care and preparation of a body

of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial purposes.

Hospital. A general hospital, nursing home or hospice in-patient facility certified pursuant to

the public health law or a psychiatric center established pursuant to §7.17 of the mental

hygiene law.

House of worship. A building or space owned or leased by a religious corporation or

association of any denomination or used by a religious corporation or association of any

denomination pursuant to the written permission of the owner thereof, which is used by

members principally as a meeting place for divine worship or other religious observances

presided over by a member of the clergy and which is classified in occupancy group F-1(b)

pursuant to article eight of subchapter three of chapter one of title twenty-seven of the New

York City Administrative Code. Such term shall not include a dwelling unit as defined in the

housing maintenance code.

Member of the clergy. A clergyperson or minister as defined in the religious corporations

law including, but not limited to, a pastor, rector, priest, rabbi or imam who officiates at or

presides over services on behalf of a religious corporation or association of any

denomination and works an average of at least twenty hours per week on behalf of such

religious corporation or association.

Passenger car. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules, for the purposes of this

paragraph (5), a passenger car shall mean a motor vehicle, lawfully registered in any state,

designed and used for carrying not more than fifteen people, including the driver. Such term

shall not include a vehicle licensed to operate pursuant to chapter five of title 19 of the New

York City Administrative Code or a commercial vehicle as defined in §19-170 of the Code.

(ii) Application requirements.

(A) The religious corporation or association applying for a permit on behalf of a

member of the clergy shall submit an application on a form to be provided by the

department and signed by an officer of the corporation or association or by a person

otherwise authorized to act on behalf of the corporation or association. Such

application shall be accompanied by a copy of a deed or lease and a certificate of

occupancy indicating classification in occupancy group F-1(b) (plus the type of

house of worship) for the New York City house of worship used by the religious

corporation or association. In the absence of a deed or lease, the religious

corporation or association shall submit a sworn written statement of the owner of the

house of worship attesting to the fact that said religious corporation or association

has the permission of said owner to use the premises as a house of worship. In the

event a house of worship was constructed prior to the existence of a certificate of

occupancy or occupancy group F-1(b) so that a certificate of occupancy is not

available, the religious corporation or association shall submit such other

documentation as the department may require.

(B) The religious corporation or association shall, on behalf of a member of the

clergy, submit a copy of title, registration or lease in the member of the clergy's

name or in the name of a religious corporation or association employing such

member of the clergy for a vehicle lawfully registered in any state to be covered by a

permit. Such religious association or corporation shall, on behalf of a member of the

clergy, also submit a copy of a current automobile insurance identification card for

such vehicle.

Department that only the member of the clergy on whose behalf the application is

made will use such permit, that such use will occur only while the member of the

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clergy is performing official duties at a funeral establishment or the house of worship

at whose services such member of the clergy officiates or presides or while

performing such official duties at a hospital, that such member of the clergy works

an average of at least twenty hours per week on behalf of such religious corporation

or association, that such member of the clergy possesses a valid driver's license

from any state and that such member of the clergy otherwise qualifies for the

benefits of this permit.

(D) In addition, the religious corporation or association shall submit any other

documents deemed necessary by the Department.

(iii) Parking permitted. Parking is permitted only in "No Parking" areas designated by

posted sign for up to five hours on a roadway adjacent to the house of worship's address as

it appears on the permit, for up to three hours on a roadway adjacent to a hospital when the

member of the clergy is performing official duties at such hospital, or for a period of up to

four hours on the roadway adjacent to a funeral establishment when such member of the

clergy is performing official duties at such funeral establishment. For the purposes of this

paragraph, only those portions of a roadway corresponding to the shaded areas on the

diagrams below shall be considered adjacent to a house of worship or hospital or funeral

establishment.

(iv) Issuance of permit. Only one permit shall be issued to any religious corporation or

association. The front of such permit shall include the license plate numbers of up to three

passenger cars, as defined in subparagraph (i), above, that are owned, registered or leased

by the members of the clergy for whose benefit the religious corporation or association has

applied for such permit or by the religious corporation or association employing such

member of the clergy. No permit shall be issued with the license plate number of any

vehicle that has one or more summonses in judgment according to the records of the New

York City Parking Violations Bureau.

(v) Duration. Permits issued in accordance with this paragraph (5) shall be valid for one

year, unless revoked pursuant to subparagraph (viii).

(vi) Renewal. Sixty days prior to the expiration of the permit, the religious corporation or

association may apply for a renewal by completing a form provided by the Department.

(vii) Replacement permits.

(A) In case of a lost or stolen permit, the religious corporation or association shall,

upon request for a replacement, submit to the Department a copy of a valid police

report. In the case of a stolen vehicle containing a permit that was also stolen, the

religious corporation or association shall submit a copy of a valid police report for

the stolen vehicle, which report also lists the permit as stolen.

(B) To receive a replacement permit with a changed license plate number or an

additional plate number up to a total of three, the religious corporation or association

shall supply the documentation required by subparagraphs (B), (C) and (D) of

paragraph (ii), above, in addition to the police report, if applicable. Changes to the

permit may only be made by the Department.

(viii) Revocation. A member of the clergy who engages in or allows the improper use or

alteration of a permit issued pursuant to this paragraph may be excluded from the benefits

of this paragraph. The department shall mail written notice to the religious corporation or

association with which such clergy member is associated of the improper use of a permit

issued to such corporation or association. The religious corporation or association may

submit a response within ten days of the date of mailing of such notice. After ten days from

the date of mailing of such notice, the department may send notice to the religious

corporation or association of the exclusion of a member from the permit and the corporation

or association shall forthwith return the permit to the department. If the permit contains

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more than one license plate number, the license plate number of the vehicle of the

excluded member shall be deleted and the department shall promptly reissue the permit

with the remaining license plate numbers. If the permit contains only the license plate

number of the excluded member, the religious corporation or association may submit an

application for a new permit pursuant to this paragraph. The member of the clergy who

engaged in or allowed such improper use shall not be eligible for inclusion in any future

application submitted pursuant to this paragraph.

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(6) Permit for Carshare Parking.

(i) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, these are the meanings of the following

terms:

Carshare organization or CSO. The term “carshare organization” or “CSO” means an

organization that operates a program in which access to a fleet of vehicles is provided to

members of the organization on an hourly or other short-term basis.

Carshare vehicle. The term “carshare vehicle” means a vehicle used by a carshare

organization member that is owned or leased and registered by the carshare organization.

One-way carshare service. The term “one-way carshare service” means a system where

a carshare member can pick up a carshare vehicle at one location and drop it off at the end

of the trip at a curbside location within the CSO’s service area.

Round-trip carshare service. The term “round-trip carshare service” means a system

where a carshare member must drop off each carshare vehicle at the same location where

it was picked up in order to complete the trip.

Carshare parking space. The term “carshare parking space” means a location

on-street or in a municipal parking facility that the Department reserves for the exclusive

use by a carshare organization and its members.

Equity parking space. The term “equity parking space” means a carshare parking space

that the Department has identified as underserved by existing carshare service within an

area whose median income is lower than the citywide median income as published by the

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.

Carshare parking zone. The term “carshare parking zone” means an area within a

neighborhood in which the Department allocates on-street carshare parking spaces.

Hand control adapted carshare vehicle. The term “hand control adapted carshare vehicle”

means a vehicle equipped with permanently installed hand controls allowing for the use of

the vehicle by carshare members with mobility impairments. These hand controls must

have the capability of being activated and deactivated for carshare members’ needs and

must not prevent the operation of the vehicle using foot pedals.

Municipal parking facility. The term “municipal parking facility” means a City-owned

parking facility regulated by the Department and operated by the City or by a contractor on

behalf of the City that is available for public use. The term “municipal parking facility” does

not include any parking facility operated by a City agency that is intended for use

exclusively by agency employees or by the public to conduct business with the agency.

(ii) Permit required. A CSO must obtain a permit from the Department for its members

generally to use any carshare parking space, either on-street or in a municipal parking

facility that has been designated as part of the carshare program.

(iii) Permit fee. In order to participate in the Department’s carshare program, a CSO

must pay an application permit fee of $765 per CSO. For carshare parking spaces in

municipal parking facilities, a CSO must also pay a quarterly or monthly permit fee charged

by each municipal parking facility, which is posted on the Department’s website.

(iv) Application. An application for a permit must be submitted on a form prescribed by the

Department which will include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(A) Legal name of the CSO; its “Doing Business As” (DBA) certificate; certified copy

of the Certificate of Incorporation and proof of registration with the New York State

Department of State; company address; contact name; contact telephone number;

contact e-mail address;

(B) Proof of automobile insurance for all carshare vehicles intended for use in a

carshare parking space;

according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s MPG ratings of vehicles

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intended for use in a carshare parking space;

(D) Information about the CSO’s New York City-specific operations, including

carshare vehicle fleet size, how the CSO intends to incorporate carshare parking

space(s) into its operational model, and whether the CSO intends to participate in

Round 2 or 3 of the carshare parking permit assignment for on-street carshare

parking spaces, as specified in subparagraph (vii) of this paragraph.

(v) Review of applications for and issuance of permits.

(A) The Department will decline to issue a permit to a CSO applicant that:

1. Is in arrears to the City of New York for an amount totaling more than

one thousand dollars;

2. Does not provide automobile insurance as part of their carshare vehicle

rental price;

3. Uses vehicles that are not owned or leased by the CSO;

4. Does not allow its carshare vehicles to be rented on an hourly or in

smaller time intervals, and at rates which vary by time, and/or distance; or

5. Does not have a fleet of carshare vehicles in operation in New York City

by the date the permit application is due.

(B) If the Department declines to issue a permit because of any of the conditions

described in subparagraph (A) above or if the application is incomplete, the

applicant will have fifteen days from receipt of the denial to appeal the

determination. The Department will make a final determination on the appeal within

thirty days.

1. Indemnify the City against legal liabilities associated with the use of the

curb for carshare operations;

2. Provide a vehicle with professionally installed hand controls to any

carshare member within 48 hours of that member’s request;

3. Share and regularly report to the Department the data specified in

subparagraph (xiii) of this paragraph;

4. Actively use on-street carshare parking spaces at all times to provide

carshare services with reasonable allowances for carshare vehicle

maintenance;

5. Actively use carshare parking spaces in municipal parking facilities at all

times the facility is open for public use to provide carshare services with

reasonable allowances for carshare vehicle maintenance;

6. Present to the Department an outreach plan incorporating the

demographics and languages spoken within the carshare parking zones;

7. Select at least 20% of allotted carshare parking spaces from available

equity parking spaces;

8. Comply with all applicable parking regulations, including but not limited

to regulations relating to construction activities and street closures;

9. Pay any parking fines received or any towing fees and fines if carshare

vehicles are towed;

10. Provide the Department with a thirty-day notice if a permit holder

decides to discontinue service at a carshare parking space;

11. Display the carshare permit holder’s name prominently on each

carshare vehicle using a carshare parking space;

12. Promptly notify the Department of any changes to the information

provided in its application; and

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13. Comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations related to the

operation of carshare.

(vi) Carshare parking permit assignment for carshare parking spaces in municipal

parking facilities.

(A) The Department will provide a map of municipal parking facility locations, and

specify the number of carshare parking spaces, including those with electric

charging stations, available in each facility.

(B) Based on the permit applications received and the CSO’s one-way or round-

trip service type, the Department will notify CSOs of their eligibility for the available

carshare parking spaces in municipal parking facilities.

how many carshare parking spaces in each, with a minimum of two spaces in any

one facility.

(D) The Department will allocate spaces to qualified CSOs within each facility

until all interested CSOs have received their requested number of spaces, or have

received a minimum of two spaces each.

(E) For those municipal parking facilities where there are not enough available

spaces to accommodate the request for at least two spaces by each qualified and

interested CSO, the Department will assign the carshare parking spaces in pairs

using a multi-round selection process based on a rank order chosen randomly. The

CSO selection order will be re-established for each facility where there are not

enough available spaces to accommodate the request for at least two spaces by

each qualified and interested CSO.

(vii) Carshare parking permit assignment for on-street carshare parking spaces.

(A) Based on the permit applications received, the Department will notify CSOs of

their eligibility and the total number of carshare parking space(s) for which they are

eligible based on their New York City vehicle fleet size and one-way or round-trip

service type.

(B) All qualified CSOs will be eligible for a minimum allotment of 10% of their New

York City vehicle fleet size or ten carshare parking spaces, whichever is less. The

Department will also provide a map of available carshare parking spaces. Where

possible, on-street carshare parking spaces will be sited and selected in pairs.

must be equity parking spaces. CSOs providing one-way service must provide

service to the entire carshare parking zone in which an equity parking space is

located to meet this requirement.

(D) Each qualified CSO must submit one list ranking all feasible carshare parking

spaces by preference. CSOs must assign a rank to all spaces where they are able

and willing to provide service, regardless of the total number of permits for which

they are applying and are eligible, to ensure each CSO has an adequate list of

options for allocation.

(E) Spaces will be distributed to CSOs in a series of selection rounds in which

CSOs are allocated their highest available preference in a rotating order.

(F) If a CSO’s preferred carshare parking space has already been assigned to

another CSO, the Department will assign that CSO their next highest carshare

parking space preference that is available. The selected carshare parking spaces

will thereafter be removed from the list of available carshare parking spaces. The

selection process for each round will continue until all of the available carshare

parking spaces are distributed.

(G) For Rounds 2 and 3 detailed below, the Department will not assign more than

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60 total carshare parking spaces.

(H) The assignment will be organized into rounds as follows:

1. Round 1: The Department will allocate equity parking spaces by

selecting the highest ranking available preference for each CSO in an equity

parking space in a series of selection rounds until each CSO has reached

20% of its total allocation.

2. Round 2: In addition to the total number of carshare parking spaces for

which a CSO is eligible, a CSO will have the opportunity to secure additional

carshare parking spaces by providing hand control adapted carshare

vehicles. The Department will review proposed hand control adapted

carshare vehicle plans and, at its discretion, distribute an allotment of

carshare parking spaces to CSOs based on that CSO’s next highest

submitted preferences.

3. Round 3: In addition to the total number of carshare parking spaces for

which a CSO is eligible, a CSO will have the opportunity to secure additional

carshare parking spaces by providing a discount to New York City Housing

Authority residents, New York City Section 8 Housing voucher recipients, or

proposing for Department approval alternative discount plans for individuals

meeting similar income criteria. The Department will review proposed

discount plans and, at its discretion, distribute an allotment of carshare

parking spaces to CSOs based on that CSO’s next highest submitted

preferences.

4. Round 4: The Department will assign each CSO carshare parking

spaces based on their submitted preferences until each CSO has obtained

its allocated carshare parking spaces, or until the total number of carshare

parking spaces has been assigned, whichever is first.

(viii) Sign installation and carshare parking space maintenance.

(A) The permit holder must provide to the Department a vector file graphic of its

company logo to be incorporated into signs no later than five days after the permit

for a carshare parking space is approved.

(B) The Department will install all signage for all carshare parking spaces.

public streets and roads within the carshare parking spaces and 10 feet on either

side of the carshare parking space. Maintenance responsibilities will include the

following:

1. Sweeping at least once per week or pursuant to the frequency of street

sweeping on the block face on which the on-street carshare parking space is

located, whichever is greater.

2. Removing snow and ice as specified in the permit.

3. Maintaining the signs so that they are unobstructed and free of dirt,

stickers, and graffiti.

4. Keeping records of the maintenance for carshare parking spaces,

including date, time, and scope of maintenance.

(D) Any additional maintenance responsibilities will be provided by the Department

with a thirty-day notice to the permit holder.

(E) Permit holders’ maintenance responsibilities extend through the length of the

permit for any carshare parking spaces.

(ix) Relocation of carshare parking spaces. The Department has the right to relocate a

carshare parking space upon a thirty-day notice to the permit holder based on utilization

rates, maintenance reports, and/or a request from a CSO. Wherever possible, the carshare

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parking space will be relocated within the same carshare parking zone and with feedback

from the CSO.

(x) Temporary relocation or suspension of carshare parking spaces.

(A) The use of on-street carshare parking spaces may be temporarily suspended for

up to thirty business days due to construction or street repaving, or special events

including but not limited to film shoots, street fairs, parades, or block parties.

(B) When suspensions are expected to last longer than thirty business days, the

Department will temporarily relocate the carshare parking spaces to a new, approved

location.

for

reasons attributable to public safety or other emergency or temporary needs as it

deems appropriate.

(D) The permit holder will be responsible for moving the carshare vehicle from the

carshare parking space under the circumstances identified in clauses A, B, and C of

this subparagraph.

(xi) Relocation of impermissibly parked vehicle. If a vehicle is impermissibly parked in

an on-street carshare parking space, a CSO, at its sole cost and expense, may relocate the

impermissibly parked vehicle to the nearest available lawful on-street parking space.

(A) For the purposes of this subparagraph, an “impermissibly parked vehicle”

means a vehicle located in an on-street carshare parking space, where the logo and

name indicated on the sign does not bear the same logo and name as the vehicle.

(B) If a CSO chooses to relocate impermissibly parked vehicles, it must establish a

Department-approved means of relocating such vehicles and notifying owners of

such vehicles where their vehicles have been relocated.

(xii) Suspension, reassignment, and revocation of permits.

(A) The Department may suspend or revoke a permit for failure to comply with any

of the terms and conditions of the carshare parking permit, these rules, or other

applicable law or rule.

(B) Prior to suspending or revoking a permit, the permit holder will be provided with

an opportunity to be heard within five business days.

remove the carshare vehicle from the carshare parking space within 24 hours of

revocation.

(xiii) Data reporting requirements.

(A) Each permit holder must deliver a quarterly report to the Department by the

day of the month following the end of the quarter, containing the data described

below and in a form that is prescribed by the Department.

(B) The report shall include the following categories of data:

1. Membership;

2. Fleet composition;

3. Use of CSO fleet;

4. Use of carshare parking spaces and municipal parking facilities; and

5. Survey of carshare members as designed by the Department. This

survey may include, but not be limited to, the creation of carshare member

IDs that are unique to each member but do not contain personal information.

(p) Engine idling.

(1) Idling of vehicle engines generally prohibited. Except as provided for in paragraph (2)

and (3) of this subdivision, no person shall cause or permit the engine of any vehicle, other

than an authorized emergency motor vehicle, to idle for longer than three minutes while

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parking, standing or stopping unless the engine is being used to operate a loading, unloading

or processing device.

(2) Idling of bus engines prohibited. No person shall cause or permit the engine of any bus

to idle at a layover or terminal location, whether or not enclosed, when the ambient temperature

is in excess of forty (40) degrees Fahrenheit. When the ambient temperature is forty (40)

degrees Fahrenheit or less, no person shall cause or permit any bus to idle for longer than

three minutes at any layover or terminal location. For the purpose of this rule, at a layover or

terminal location a bus engine shall not be deemed to be idling if the operator is running the

engine in order to raise the air pressure so as to release the air brakes, provided however, that

this shall not exceed a period of three minutes.

(3) Idling of vehicle engines next to schools.

(i) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “school” shall mean any public school

under the jurisdiction of the New York city department of education, or any non-public

school that provides instruction to students in any grade from pre-kindergarten to the twelfth

grade.

(ii) No person shall cause or permit the engine of any vehicle, other than an authorized

emergency vehicle, to idle for longer than one minute if the vehicle is next to a school,

while parking, standing or stopping, unless the engine is being used to operate a loading,

unloading or processing device, and provided that idling of an engine of a school bus may

be permitted as needed:

(A) for mechanical work;

(B) to maintain an appropriate temperature for passenger comfort; or

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EQUIPMENT

(a) Brakes. No person shall operate or park a motor vehicle unless such vehicle is in compliance

with §375(1) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

(b) Lights while driving.

(1) When the display of head lamps is required, no operator shall operate the vehicle with

parking lights only. The operator shall use the lower beam of multiple beam head lamps, except

that the upper beam may be used where the street is not lighted sufficiently to reveal any

person, vehicle or substantial object straight ahead of such vehicle for a distance of at least

350 feet, and provided that there is no vehicle within 500 feet approaching from the direction

ahead.

(2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle on any street at any time unless it is

equipped with head lamps, rear lamps and reflectors complying with the provisions of §§375(2)

and 376 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

emergency vehicles, shall operate said vehicle when displaying other than white or yellow lights

visible from in front of the vehicle. No operator of an authorized emergency vehicle shall operate

said vehicle when displaying other than white or yellow lights visible from in front of the vehicle

except when actually engaged in emergency service.

(d) Lights on horse-drawn cabs and pushcarts. No person shall drive a horse-drawn cab or

propel a pushcart in the roadway between sunset and sunrise unless such horse-drawn cab or

pushcart displays a white or yellow light visible from 200 feet directly in front and a red light visible

from 200 feet directly to the rear.

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BUSES

(a) Franchise regulations.

(1) Franchise required. No person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street a bus

for the operation of which a franchise, consent, or certificate of convenience and necessity,

order, or other authorization of any municipal, state, or federal authority is required, unless

such franchise, consent, certificate of convenience and necessity, order or other authorization

shall have been obtained. No person shall operate or move or cause to be operated or moved

on any street a bus operating pursuant to a certificate of convenience and necessity, order or

other written authorization of any state or federal authority for which operation of a franchise or

consent of the Department of Transportation of the City of New York is not required, unless

there shall be filed with the Commissioner, not later than two weeks after issuance, duly

authenticated copies of such certificates, orders, authorizations and amendments thereto.

(2) Franchise not required. Every person applying to any governmental authority other than

the City of New York for authorization to operate a bus into or through the City of New York, for

which operation of a franchise or consent of the Department of Transportation of the City of

New York is not required, shall, within ten days after the date of submitting such application to

such governmental authority, file a duly authenticated copy thereof with the Commissioner, and

attach thereto a statement setting forth the address, by street and number, of any proposed off-

street terminal or terminals to be used within the City of New York.

(b) Designated routes. No person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street a bus

operating pursuant to a franchise or consent of the Department of Transportation of the City of

New York which designates the route to be followed, except on the route so designated. No person

shall operate or cause to be operated on any street any other bus, other than a charter bus, except

over a route designated by the Commissioner in writing.

(1) Pickup and discharge of passengers at assigned bus stops. Except as provided in

paragraph (2) below, no operator of a bus, except a charter or school bus, shall pick up or

discharge passengers on a street except at a bus stop assigned for the use of that operator by

the Department in writing. A bus may only stop at a location that has been assigned to it by the

Department. Charter buses, school buses, buses licensed by the New York City Taxi and

Limousine Commission, buses operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or any of

its subdivisions or buses operating pursuant to a contract or franchise with the City of New York

are not required to obtain permits for bus stop assignments. For all other bus types, bus stop

assignments will be made by the Department under a permit system in accordance with

subdivisions (d) and (j) of this section. A charter bus may stop on a highway at points of

origin and destination for the purpose of expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers,

except where prohibited by sign or by the Department. While picking up or discharging

passengers, a bus must be within twelve inches of the curb and parallel thereto, except where

a bus stop is physically obstructed.

(2) Pickup and discharge of passengers at locations other than assigned bus stops.

(i)(A) At times and along those portions of bus routes assigned by the Department, an

operator of a bus authorized to operate in the City of New York that provides local or

express service along a bus route may discharge a passenger, on such passenger's

request, at a curbside location other than a bus stop as described in paragraph (1) above,

provided that such location affords the passenger getting off the bus a safe point of

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departure from the bus and provided that complying with such request will not interfere with

the flow of traffic.

(B) Prospective passengers shall be picked up only at a bus stop as provided in paragraph

(1) above.

Department, in all buses authorized to discharge passengers between assigned stops.

(D) Clause (A) of this subparagraph does not apply to intercity buses.

(ii) A charter bus may stop on a highway at points of origin and destination for the purpose

of expeditiously picking up or discharging passengers, except where prohibited by sign or

by the Department.

(3) Layovers. No operator of a bus shall make a bus layover, except in locations designated

by sign or by the Department in writing. For the purposes of this rule, layover is defined as

follows: for a bus without passengers a layover consists of waiting at a curb or other street

location; for a bus with passengers a layover consists of waiting at a curb or other street

location for more than five minutes. The Department may define the terms, including duration

and authorized companies, for use of layover areas.

(d) Intercity Bus Permit System.

(1) Permit Required. The owner or operator of an intercity bus must obtain an Intercity Bus

Permit from the Department to be assigned an on-street bus stop location. A separate Intercity

Bus Permit is required for each on-street bus stop location designated to such owner or

operator.

(2) Applications. An application must be filed with the Department for new Intercity Bus

Permit(s) or the renewal of Intercity Bus Permit(s).

(i) An application for new Intercity Bus Permit(s) or for the renewal of Intercity Bus Permit(s)

must be submitted on a form provided by the Department, which will include, but not be

limited to, the following information:

(A) Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and motor carrier number of the

intercity bus owner or operator, United States Department of Transportation number

and/or New York State Department of Transportation number for each bus that would

use the proposed location(s).

(B) Proposed on-street bus stop location(s) and two or more alternative locations for

each proposed location.

(D) Proposed intercity bus schedule for the proposed location.

(E) Final destination(s) of proposed bus service.

(F) Number of passengers per bus anticipated for each bus trip.

(G) Planned garage or other parking location of the bus during periods when the bus is

not being used to pick up or drop off passengers.

(H) The total number of buses that will be used for the permitted bus operations during

the full permit term.

(ii) Renewal applications must be submitted to the Department no earlier than six months

and no later than three months prior to the expiration of an Intercity Bus Permit.

(iii) The Department will have up to one hundred fifty days to make a determination on any

new Intercity Bus Permit application.

(iv) The Department will have up to ninety days to make a determination on any renewal

Intercity Bus Permit application.

(3) Review and issuance of permits. (i) The Commissioner may refuse to issue a permit to

an applicant who:

(A) Is in arrears to the City of New York for an amount totaling more than one thousand

dollars;

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(B) Has been issued five of more violations pursuant to this subdivision;

States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and/or

the New York State Department of Transportation.

(ii) Owners or operators of buses operating intercity bus service who have been assigned

on-street bus stop locations by the department that are still in effect upon the effective date

of this subdivision will, upon application submitted to the department within thirty days of the

effective date of this subdivision, be issued Intercity Bus Permits by the department for a

term of up to three years. Such owners or operators who had previously been assigned on-

street bus stop locations by the department and who submitted an application within such

thirty day period may continue to use such assigned on-street bus stop locations for a

period of up to ninety days from the effective date of this subdivision, or until the Intercity

Bus Permit is issued by the department, whichever date is sooner. Intercity Bus Permits

issued pursuant to this subparagraph are subject to all provisions of this subdivision.

(iii) The Department will post on its website all approved on-street bus stop locations and a

copy of all approved applications within thirty days of approval.

(iv) On-street bus stop location assignment criteria. On-street bus stop assignments will be

made based on the following criteria:

(A) Traffic, pedestrian flow, and safety.

(B) Preferences of the Intercity Bus Permit applicant.

not being used to pick up or discharge passengers.

(v) Consultation about proposed on-street bus stop locations. (A) The Department will notify

the local community board for the district encompassing the location of a proposed on-

street bus stop at least forty-five calendar days prior to the issuance of an Intercity Bus

Permit or the relocation of an assigned on-street bus location, in order to provide the

community board the opportunity to comment on the proposed on-street bus stop location.

(B) The Department will consult with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, if the

location of a proposed on-street bus stop overlaps with an existing Metropolitan

Transportation Authority bus stop.

the location of a proposed on-street bus stop overlaps with an existing Port Authority of

New York and New Jersey bus facility.

(vi) If the Department refuses to issue a permit pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this

paragraph, or disapproves of all of an applicant's on-street bus stop location(s) requested in

its application based on the bus stop assignment criteria in subparagraph (iv) of this

paragraph, the applicant will have fifteen days to appeal such determination by the

Department or submit alternative bus stop location(s). The Department will make a final

determination on such appeal within thirty days.

(4) Relocation of on-street bus stop locations. The Department may relocate an assigned

on-street bus stop location based on the criteria provided in subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (3)

of this subdivision and upon ninety days notice to the permit holder.

(5) Permit fees. Permittees must pay an annual fee of thirty dollars for each scheduled weekly

pick-up or drop-off listed on the Intercity Bus Permit issued by the Department. If the total

permit fee exceeds $275 per vehicle used in the permitted bus operations, based on the

documentation provided by permittee in its application, the permit fee will be reduced by the

department to a maximum total of $275 per vehicle actually used in such permitted bus

operations. If the permittee adds any buses to its operations not listed in its application

pursuant to section 4-10(2)(H) of these rules during the term of such permit, and if the

permittee's fee has already been reduced to a $275 per vehicle fee as provided for herein at

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the time of permit issuance, then the permittee shall be charged a fee of $275 for each

additional vehicle.

(6) Term of Intercity Bus Permits. Intercity Bus Permits will be issued for a term of up to three

years.

(7) Permittee obligations. All Intercity Bus Permit permittees must comply with the following

obligations:

(i) Promptly notify the Department of changes to information provided in its application.

(ii) Prominently display a copy of the Intercity Bus Permit in each intercity bus operating

pursuant to such Intercity Bus Permit.

(iii) Display on each intercity bus using the designated location(s) the operator's name,

address and telephone number permanently affixed in characters at least five inches high

on both sides of the vehicle, with such display being in a color contrasting with that of the

vehicle and placed approximately midway vertically on doors or side panels. Permittees

may also meet the display obligations by prominently marking buses in such a way that

such markings clearly identify the bus operator when observed from the closest sidewalk

that the bus stop at which the bus in question is stopped.

(iv) Pick-up and discharge passengers only at on-street bus stops designated by the

Commissioner for use by the permittee.

(v) Not stop or stand in its assigned on-street bus stop location except when actively

engaged in the pick-up or discharge of passengers.

(vi) Not alter any Intercity Bus Permit issued pursuant to this section.

(vii) Notify the Department of the issuance of any violation by the United States Department

of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the New York State

Department of Transportation within five days of the issuance thereof.

(8) Suspension and revocation of Intercity Bus Permits.

(i) The Department may suspend or revoke an Intercity Bus Permit for failure to comply with

any of the requirements of this subdivision or in the event of suspension or termination of

the authorization to operate its buses by either the United States Department of

Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the New York State

Department of Transportation.

(ii) Prior to suspending or revoking an Intercity Bus Permit the Department will give the

permittee an opportunity to be heard with at least two business days notice.

(iii) If the Department determines that an imminent peril to life or property exists, including

but not limited to, if any permittee's driver has been issued a violation for driving while

intoxicated or driving under the influence pursuant to the New York State Vehicle and

Traffic Law, or if a permittee's bus has been involved in an accident resulting in a fatality,

the Department may suspend or revoke an Intercity Bus Permit without providing the

permittee an opportunity to be heard prior to such suspension or revocation. Upon request

of the permittee, the Department will provide the permittee an opportunity to present its

objections to such suspension or revocation within five business days after the Department

receives the request. Any such request by a permittee must be made within thirty business

days of such suspension or revocation.

(9) Temporary relocation of intercity on-street bus stops. The Department may temporarily

relocate a designated intercity on-street bus stop location for a period of up to ninety days for

reasons of public safety or other emergency or temporary need as determined by the

Department. The Department will notify the local community board for the district

encompassing the location within thirty days of such temporary relocation.

(e) Routes.

(1) Operators of empty buses and buses with "charter," "special," "contract carriage" or similar

non-route specific authority given by the City of New York, the Department of Transportation,

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the Interstate Commerce Commission, or other legally authorized body, must adhere to the

truck routes as described in §4-13 of these rules, or other additional bus routes, except that an

operator may operate on a street not designated as a truck route or bus route for the purpose

of arriving at his/her destination. This shall be accomplished by leaving a designated truck

route or bus route at the intersection that is nearest to his/her destination, proceeding by the

most direct route, and then returning to the nearest designated truck route or bus route by the

most direct route. If the operator has additional destinations in the same general area and there

is no designated truck route or bus route that can be taken to the next destination, the operator

may proceed to his/her next destination without returning to a designated truck route or bus

route. The operator shall have in his/her possession throughout each trip a route slip, or similar

document, showing the points of origin and destination of the trip. Upon the request of a law

enforcement officer, or other authorized person, the bus operator shall present for inspection

the above stated document or documents.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of §4-10 paragraph (e)(1) above, no operator of a bus as

described in paragraph (1) shall operate his/her vehicle upon any of the streets within the area

served by the limited local truck route network in Staten Island as described in §4-13(c) of

these rules, except for the purpose of arriving at a destination within the area served by the

network. This shall be accomplished by using a designated truck route or bus route to the

closest limited local truck route to the destination, using this limited local truck route to the

intersection that is nearest to the destination. The operator shall then continue via the most

direct route to the closest designated limited local truck route and then to the closest

designated truck route or bus route. If the operator has additional destinations in the same

general area, and there is no designated truck route, limited local truck route, or bus route that

can be taken to the next destination, he/she may proceed to his/her next destination without

returning to a designated limited local truck route.

(f) Required inspection of buses. No person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street

any bus required by law, ordinance, resolution, or rule of any municipal, state, or federal authority

to display a certificate, disc, sticker, poster, or other insignia evidencing that such bus has been

inspected and is mechanically fit, or has been bonded or insured, or that prescribed fees have

been paid, unless such a certificate, disc, sticker, poster or other insignia, currently valid, shall be

displayed in the lower right hand corner of the interior surface of the windshield of such bus. In the

event it is required that any writing be placed on any such certificate, disc, sticker, poster, or other

insignia by someone other than a public official, no person shall operate or move or cause to be

operated or moved on any street any such bus unless such writing shall have been placed on such

certificate, disc, sticker, poster, or other insignia in black ink and in letters or numbers no less than

one inch in height and three-fourths of an inch in width.

(g) Leased and rented buses. No person shall operate or cause to be operated a bus leased,

rented, or borrowed from another person unless there is marked on the side of the bus in letters at

least three inches in height the words "chartered by" followed by the name of the person operating

such leased, rented, or borrowed bus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, buses leased, rented or

borrowed from the City of New York shall not be required to have such markings.

(h) Limitation on backing buses. No person shall back any bus from or into any street or across

or along any sidewalk.

(i) Bus parking on streets prohibited. No person shall park a bus at any time on any street within

the City, unless authorized by signs, except that a charter bus may park where parking is otherwise

permitted at point of destination.

(j) Bus Stop Permits for Non-Intercity Buses.

(1) Permit Required. The owner or operator of a sight-seeing bus, shuttle bus, or public

transportation bus, that makes on-street stops to pick up or discharge passengers in the

City of New York must obtain a Bus Stop Permit from the Department for each on-street

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bus stop location. This subdivision does not apply to charter buses, school buses, buses

operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or any of its subdivisions or buses

operating pursuant to a contract or franchise with the City of New York.

(2) Applications. An initial application for Bus Stop Permit(s) and a renewal application

for Bus Stop Permit(s) must be filed with the Department on a form provided by the

Department.

(i) Applications must include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(A) Company legal name and any and all assumed name(s); the principal

address; the telephone number; the e-mail address; the names of the

principal(s) and the title(s); the United States Department of Transportation

number and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration MC number;

and/or the New York State Department of Transportation number; the New

York City Department of Consumer Affairs existing license number for

renewal applications; and the vehicle registration for each bus that would

stop at the proposed location(s).

(B) Proposed on-street bus stop location(s) and two or more alternative

locations for each proposed location if applicable.

(D) Proposed bus schedule for the proposed location(s).

(E) Origin and final destination(s) of the proposed bus service.

(F) Maximum passenger capacity of the bus(es) to be used at the proposed

location.

(G) Planned garage or other parking location of the bus(es) during periods

when the bus(es) is/are not being used to pick up or drop off passengers.

(H) Number of buses planned to be used in the operation of the proposed

bus service.

(ii) Renewal applications must be submitted to the Department no earlier than three

months and no later than one month prior to the expiration of a Bus Stop Permit.

(3) Review and issuance of Bus Stop Permits.

(i) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a Bus Stop Permit under this

subdivision to an applicant or Bus Stop Permit holder who:

(A) Is in arrears for an amount totaling more than one thousand dollars owed

to the City of New York;

(B) Has been issued five or more total violations and/or one or more

violations per vehicle in operation pursuant to this subdivision within the

preceding year;

this subdivision. This subparagraph applies only to sight-seeing bus

applicants or permit holders;

(D) Has been found to operate without a New York City Department of

Consumer Affairs license, if such license is required, within the last year or

had a license revoked by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs

or has been found in violation of any of the applicable New York City

Department of Consumer Affairs rules and regulations;

(E) Has had its Bus Stop Permit(s) revoked within the last two years; or

(F) Is currently not authorized to operate a bus by either the United States

Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(or any successor agency) and/or the New York State Department of

Transportation (or any successor agency) and/or the New York City

Department of Consumer Affairs (or any successor agency).

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(ii) The owner or operator of a bus company that has been assigned on-street bus

stop location(s) by the Department, which are still in effect upon the effective date of

this subdivision will, upon application to the Department, within thirty days of the

effective date of this subdivision, be issued a Bus Stop Permit by the Department for

a term of up to three years. Such owner or operator who had previously been

assigned on-street bus stop location(s) by the Department and who submits an

application within such thirty day period may continue to use such assigned on-

street bus stop location(s) for a period of up to ninety days from the effective date of

this subdivision, or until a Bus Stop Permit is issued by the Department for such

location(s), whichever date is sooner.

(iii) In assigning on-street bus stop locations, the Department will consider criteria:

including, but not limited to:

(A) Traffic, pedestrian flow, and public safety;

(B) Preferences of the applicant;

encompassing the location to be authorized, including but not limited to a

notice and comment period of 45 days prior to the authorization or

permanent amendment;

(D) The number of stops proposed and the viability of a proposed bus stop

schedule as determined by the Department;

(E) The availability and location of planned garage or other parking space for

periods when buses picking up or discharging passengers at the authorized

stops are not in use;

(F) Ongoing and/or upcoming construction projects in the vicinity of the

proposed location(s); and

(G) Any other criteria deemed appropriate by the Department.

The Department must approve or deny such authorizations no later than 180

days from the date of the application.

(iv) The Department will notify the local community board for the community district

encompassing the location of a proposed on-street bus stop at least forty-five

business days prior to the issuance of a Bus Stop Permit, or the permanent

relocation of an assigned on-street bus stop location, in order to provide the

community board an opportunity to comment on the proposed on-street bus stop

location.

(v) If the Department denies an application submitted pursuant to subparagraph (i)

of this paragraph, or disapproves of all of an applicant's on-street bus stop locations

requested in its application based on the bus stop assignment criteria set forth in

subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, the applicant will have fifteen calendar days to

appeal such determination in the form prescribed by the Department or submit

alternative bus stop locations. The Department will make a final determination on

such appeal within thirty days

(4) Relocation of on-street bus stop locations.

(i) Permanent relocation of on-street bus stops. The Department may relocate an

assigned on-street bus stop location based on the criteria provided in subparagraph

(iii) of paragraph (3) of this subdivision and upon ninety calendar days’ notice to the

permit holder.

(ii) Temporary relocation of on-street bus stops. The Department may temporarily

relocate an assigned on-street bus stop location for reasons of public safety or other

emergency or temporary need as determined by the Department. The Department

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will notify the local community board for the community district encompassing the

location within thirty calendar days of such temporary relocation.

(5) Permit Fees. For any new sightseeing bus stop application, an applicant must pay a

fee of five hundred and twenty dollars for each bus stop. For any renewal sightseeing bus

stop application, an applicant must pay a fee of one hundred fifty five dollars for each bus

stop.

(6) Term of Bus Permits. The Department will fix the term of each Bus Stop Permit, which

will not exceed three years.

(7) Permittee obligations. Bus Stop Permit holders must:

(i) Promptly notify the Department of changes to information provided in its

application.

(ii) Keep all the Bus Stop Permits in each bus permitted to use the assigned bus

stops and present such permits for inspection upon request of any law enforcement

officer or other person authorized to enforce this rule.

(iii) Prominently display a list of all Bus Stop Permits and specific bus stop locations

authorized by such permits in each bus permitted to use the assigned bus stop in a

way that such list can be clearly observed from the closest curb at which the bus is

stopped.

(iv) Display on each bus authorized hereunder to stop at an on-street bus stop the

owner or operator's name, address and telephone number permanently affixed in

characters at least five inches high on both sides of the bus, with such display being

in a color contrasting with that of the bus and placed approximately midway

vertically on doors or side panels. Bus operators may also meet the display

obligations by prominently marking buses in such a way that such markings clearly

identify the bus operator when observed from the closest curb at which the bus is

stopped.

(v) Pick up and discharge passengers only at on-street bus stop(s) assigned by the

Department.

(vi) Not stop or stand in an assigned on-street bus stop location except when

actively engaged in the pick-up or discharge of passengers.

(vii) Not alter any permit issued pursuant to this section.

(viii) Notify the Department of the issuance of any violation, revocation, suspension,

or other status change, to the bus operating authority, by the United States

Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the

New York State Department of Transportation, or the New York City Department of

Consumer Affairs within five calendar days of the issuance thereof.

(ix) Notify the Department of the issuance of any traffic or parking violations within

thirty calendar days of the issuance thereof and the issuance of any traffic violation

committed by a driver while operating the sight-seeing bus that could be the basis

for the assignment of points within three calendar days of the issuance thereof.

(x) Not transfer, sell, give or otherwise reassign the Bus Stop Permit(s) except as

authorized by the Department.

(xi) Provide the Department, in the form prescribed by the Department, with

quarterly reports containing Global Positioning System data for each bus operated

by the permit holder, recorded at one-minute intervals, including, but not limited to,

vehicle identification number, time and date of ping, time zone, latitude and

longitude, ignition status, speed, and odometer reading, except as authorized by the

Department. This subparagraph applies only to sight-seeing Bus Stop Permit

holders.

(8) Suspension and revocation of Bus Stop Permits.

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(i) The Department may suspend or revoke a Bus Stop Permit:

(A) For failure to comply with any of the requirements of this subdivision;

(B) In the event of suspension or termination of the authorization to operate

a bus by either the United States Department of Transportation Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the New York State Department of

Transportation or the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs;

subdivision;

(D) If an operator does not provide a bus service for a period of one month.

(ii) Prior to suspending or revoking a Bus Stop Permit, the Department will give the

bus company an opportunity to be heard upon at least two business days’ notice.

(iii) If the Department determines that an imminent peril to life or property exists,

the Department may suspend or revoke a bus stop authorization without providing

the permittee an opportunity to be heard prior to such suspension or revocation.

Upon request of the permittee, the Department will provide the permitee an

opportunity to present its objections to such suspension or revocation within five

business days after the Department receives the request. Any such request by a

permitee must be made within thirty business days of such suspension or

revocation.

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TAXIS, COMMUTER VANS, FOR-HIRE AND CERTAIN DIPLOMATIC

AND CONSULAR VEHICLES

(a) Standing. No operator of a taxi, while awaiting employment shall stand his/her vehicle in any

street except:

(1) At an authorized taxi stand.

(2) In front of fire hydrants where standing or stopping is not prohibited by signs or rules,

provided that the operator remains in the operator's seat ready for immediate operation of the

taxi at all times and starts the motor on hearing the approach of fire apparatus, and provided

further, that the operator shall immediately remove the taxi from in front of the fire hydrant

when instructed to do so by any member of the police, fire, or other municipal department

acting in his/her official capacity.

(b) Cruising prohibited. An operator of a vehicle other than a taxi shall not operate his/her vehicle

along a street for the purpose of soliciting passengers or searching for passengers.

Operators of taxis, commuter vans and for-hire vehicles may, in the course of the lawful operation

of such vehicles, temporarily stop their vehicles to expeditiously pick up or discharge passengers

at the curb in areas where standing or parking is prohibited. Taxis, commuter vans and for-hire

vehicles, while engaged in picking up or discharging passengers must be within 12 inches of the

curb and parallel thereto, but may stop or stand to pick up or discharge passengers alongside a

vehicle parked at the curb only if there is no unoccupied curb space available within 100 feet of the

pickup or discharge location; however, picking up or discharging passengers shall not be made:

(1) Within a pedestrian crosswalk.

(2) Within an intersection, except on the side of a roadway opposite a street which intersects

but does not cross such roadway.

(3) Alongside or opposite any street excavation when stopping to pick up or discharge

passengers obstructs traffic.

(4) Under such conditions as to obstruct the movement of traffic and in no instance so as to

leave fewer than 10 feet available for the free movement of vehicular traffic.

(5) Where stopping is prohibited.

(6) Within a bicycle lane.

(7) Within horse-drawn cab passenger boarding areas.

(d) Pickup and discharge of passengers by certain diplomatic and consular vehicles. A

vehicle bearing "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by the U.S. Department of State and

displaying a valid non-transferable service vehicle decal issued by the City of New York that is

affixed to the inside of the operator's side of the windshield shall be treated like a for-hire vehicle

while actively engaged in and for the purpose of expeditiously picking up or discharging

passengers, in a manner that does not obstruct traffic, provided that the operator of such vehicle

bearing such "A" "C" or "D" series license plates and displaying such non-transferable service

vehicle decal:

(1) may not pick up or discharge passengers in a for-hire vehicle stop;

(2) remains in attendance at the vehicle; and

(3) shall immediately remove such vehicle when instructed to do so by any law enforcement

officer.

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MISCELLANEOUS

(a) Compliance with directions of law enforcement officers.

(1) An operator must at all times comply with any direction given by a law enforcement officer,

a bridge and tunnel officer of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, or an officer of

the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority authorized to enforce these rules, or a school

crossing guard by hand, voice, whistle or mechanical device.

(2) A law enforcement officer, school crossing guard or a bridge and tunnel officer may

disregard any traffic light signal or rule in order to expedite the movement of traffic or to

safeguard pedestrians or property.

(3) Vehicle operators must present and/or surrender their operator's license, vehicle registration

and insurance documents upon request of a law enforcement officer.

(b) Passengers in vehicle. No person shall ride in any place or in any part of a vehicle except that

provided for passenger carrying purposes, nor shall he/she permit any part of his/her body to

extend outside of any part of a vehicle, except when required to extend the hand to indicate an

intention to turn, slow down, stop, or start from the curb.

traveled part of the street in such manner as to interfere with the right of the operator of an

approaching vehicle or a bicycle.

(d) Fire drill line. The operator of any vehicle, except authorized emergency vehicles, shall not

drive through or approach within one hundred feet of a line of children during a fire drill, nor

interfere with, hinder, obstruct, or impede in any way whatsoever any such fire drill.

(e) Operator's hand on steering device. No person shall operate or ride a motor vehicle or

bicycle without having his/her hand on the steering device or handle bars. A person riding or

leading a horse or driving a horse-drawn carriage shall have the reins in his/her hand continuously.

(f) Unbridled horse. No person shall leave a horse unbridled or unattended in a street or

unenclosed place unless the horse is securely fastened, or harnessed to a vehicle with wheels so

secured as to prevent it from being dragged faster than a walk.

(g) Peddlers. No peddler, vendor, hawker, or huckster shall stop or remain or permit any cart,

wagon, or vehicle owned or controlled by him/her, to stop, remain upon or otherwise encumber any

street in front of any premises if the owner or lessee of the ground floor thereof objects. No

peddler, vendor, hawker, or huckster shall permit his cart, wagon, or vehicle to stand on any street

when stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited or on any street within 25 feet of any corner of the

curb or to stand at any time on any sidewalk or within 500 feet of any public market or within 200

feet of any public or private school.

(h) Reporting accidents by operators of other than motor vehicles. The operators of any

bicycle or vehicle other than a motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in death or injury to a

person or damage to property must stop and give their names and addresses and information

concerning liability insurance coverage to the party sustaining injuries or damage, and in the case

of death or injury, he/she must, in addition to the above, without delay report the accident to the

nearest police station, unless he/she has supplied the information to a police officer on the scene.

Accidents involving motor vehicles must be reported as required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

(i) Horn for danger only. No person shall sound the horn of a vehicle except when necessary to

warn a person or animal of danger.

(j) Commercial advertising vehicles.

(1) Restrictions. No person shall operate, stand, or park a vehicle on any street or roadway for

the purpose of commercial advertising. Advertising notices relating to the business for which a

vehicle is used may be put upon a motor vehicle when such vehicle is in use for normal

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delivery or business purposes, and not merely or mainly for the purpose of commercial

advertising, provided that no portion of any such notice shall be reflectorized, illuminated, or

animated, and provided that no such notice shall be put upon the top of the vehicle and that no

special body or other object shall be put upon vehicles for commercial advertising purposes.

Advertisements may be put upon vehicles licensed by the New York City Taxi and Limousine

Commission in accordance with the Commission's rules.

(2) Buses and Sanitation Vehicles. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this

subdivision (j), buses operated pursuant to a franchise or consent from the Department of

Transportation of the City of New York, and cleaning and collection vehicles owned or operated

by the New York City Department of Sanitation may display commercial advertisements,

including reflectorized and illuminated advertisements, on the exterior surface areas of such

vehicles and may have installed on such vehicles the necessary frames, supports and related

appurtenances in order to display such advertisements.

(k) Snow Emergency.

(1) Standing and Parking Prohibited. When the Commissioner declares a state of snow

emergency, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon a street designated by signs as a

snow street, or upon any part of the right of way, including the berm or shoulder adjacent to the

roadways, entrances and exits of the expressways, parkways, bridges and tunnels set forth in

§4-07 subdivision (i) of these rules, except in such areas and for such purposes as shall be

designated by the Commissioner, until the Commissioner declares the prohibition of such

standing or parking terminated. On certain designated snow streets, posted signs may prohibit

parking on only one side of the street.

(2) Operating vehicles prohibited. When the Commissioner declares a state of snow

emergency, no person shall operate a vehicle upon a street designated by signs as a snow

street or upon any part of the right of way, including the berm or shoulder adjacent to the

roadways, entrances, and exits of the expressways, parkways, bridges and tunnels set forth in

§4-07 subdivision (i) of these rules unless the drive, traction or powered wheels of said vehicle

are equipped with skid chains or snow tires, until the Commissioner declares the state of snow

emergency terminated.

(3) Snow tires defined. For the purposes of this rule, snow tires are defined as:

(i) Any radial tire (a radial tire is a tire in which the ply cords, extending to the beads, are

nearly at right angles to the center line of the tread).

(ii) Any tire with tread which has ribs, lugs, blocks or buttons arranged in a generally

discontinuous pattern; when inflated, a substantial number of the lug, block or rib edges in

the tread design are at an angle greater than 30 degrees to the tire circumferential center

line; and, on at least one side of the tread design, have shoulder lugs that protrude at least

one-half inch in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of travel.

(iii) Any tire labeled on the sidewall with the words "MUD AND SNOW" or any contraction

using the letters "M" and "S" (e.g. MS, M/S, M-S or M&S).

(4) Worn or damaged tires. Worn or damaged tires which no longer provide effective traction

shall not constitute snow tires within the meaning of this section regardless of their original

classification or designation.

(5) Use of parkways by certain vehicles. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules,

during snow emergencies declared by the Commissioner, commercial vehicles owned or

operated by oil heating companies that are no more than 7 feet in height, no more than 8,500

pounds in maximum gross weight, and have no more than two axles and four tires may travel

on parkways and other roadways where commercial vehicles are normally prohibited when

such vehicles are responding to heat emergencies which require the repair of heating and hot

water equipment. Such vehicles must abide by all posted weight limits and clearances on such

roadways.

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(l) Emergency repairs. No person shall solicit or render repair service or push or tow any vehicle

on any part of the right of way, including the berm or shoulder adjacent to the roadways, entrances

and exits of the expressways and parkways, and bridges enumerated in §4-07 subdivision (i) of

these rules, except persons and vehicles operating pursuant to a permit issued by the

Commissioner. This subdivision (l) shall not be deemed to prohibit emergency repairs by the

occupants of a disabled vehicle.

(m) Bus lane restrictions on city streets.

(1) When signs are erected giving notice of bus lane restrictions, except as otherwise posted,

no person shall drive a vehicle other than a bus or a wheelchair accessible Access-A-Ride

vehicle having a seating capacity of four or more passengers, within a designated bus lane

during the restricted hours, except:

(i) to use such bus lane in a safe manner in order to make a right hand turn where permitted

into a public or private street or driveway provided that the vehicle does not drive through

an intersection; or

(ii) to use the bus lane in a safe manner to make a right hand turn where permitted, within

two hundred feet of entry into such bus lane, into a public or private street or driveway even

if such activity requires driving through an intersection; or

(iii) to approach to or leave the curbside space, unless standing or stopping at the curb is

prohibited by sign or rule; or

(iv) temporarily to enter or leave the bus lane for the purpose of and while actually engaged

in expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers, except when such activity is

prohibited by signs or rules; or

(v) to avoid an obstacle which obstructs the roadway and leaves fewer than ten feet of

roadway width available for the free movement of vehicular traffic (except for temporary

situations such as slow moving traffic and vehicles loading refuse); or

(vi) to comply with the direction of any law enforcement officer or other person authorized to

enforce this rule.

(2) With respect to the exceptions in subparagraphs (iii) through (vi) of paragraph (1) of this

subdivision, a vehicle must exit the bus lane at the nearest opportunity where it is safe and

legal to do so.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules, no person may drive a vehicle within a

designated bus lane in a manner that interferes with the safety and passage of buses operating

thereon.

(4) The same rights and restrictions that apply to vehicles pursuant to this subdivision also

apply to horse-drawn vehicles and devices moved by human power.

(n) Work affecting traffic. The rules contained in the New York State Manual on Uniform Traffic

Control Devices shall be complied with by public and private organizations when temporary

disruption of street traffic is required for street repaving or repairs, subsurface utility line

installations or other repairs and similar projects.

(o) Use of roadways.

(1) Pedestrians, horses, bicycles and limited use vehicles prohibited. In order to provide

for the maximum safe use of the expressways, drives, highways, interstate routes, bridges and

thruways set forth in §4-07 subdivision (i) of these rules and to preserve life and limb thereon,

the use of such highways by pedestrians, riders of horses and operators of limited use vehicles

and bicycles is prohibited, unless signs permit such use.

(2) Flat tires. No operator shall stop on the improved or paved roadway of any of the arteries

set forth in §4-07 subdivision (i) of these rules, for the purpose of removing or replacing a flat

tire. No person shall remove or replace a flat tire unless the vehicle is completely off the

improved or paved roadway so that no part of the vehicle or person is exposed to passing

vehicles.

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(p) Bicycles.

(1) Bicycle riders to use bicycle lanes. Whenever a usable path or lane for bicycles has been

provided, bicycle riders shall use such path or lane only except under any of the following

situations:

(i) When preparing for a turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

(ii) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions (including but not limited to, fixed or

moving objects, motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, pushcarts, animals, surface hazards)

that make it unsafe to continue within such bicycle path or lane.

(2) Driving on or across bicycle lanes prohibited. No person shall drive a vehicle on or

across a designated bicycle lane, except when it is reasonable and necessary:

(i) to enter or leave a driveway; or

(ii) to enter or leave a legal curbside parking space; or

(iii) to cross an intersection; or

(iv) to make a turn within an intersection; or

(v) to comply with the direction of any law enforcement officer or other person authorized to

enforce this rule; or

(vi) to avoid an obstacle which leaves fewer than ten feet available for the free movement

of vehicular traffic.

Notwithstanding any other rule, no person shall drive a vehicle on or across a designated

bicycle lane in such manner as to interfere with the safety and passage of persons operating

bicycles thereon.

(3) Bicycles permitted on both sides of 40-foot wide one-way roadways. Any person

operating a bicycle upon a roadway that carries traffic in one direction only and is at least 40

feet wide may ride as near as is practicable to either the left or the right hand curb or edge of

such roadway, provided that bicycles are not prohibited from using said roadway.

(4) Business using a bicycle for commercial purposes.

(i) Definitions. For purposes of this paragraph, the following terms have the following

meanings:

(A) “Business using a bicycle for commercial purposes” means a person, firm,

partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, or other entity that, either on behalf of

itself or others, delivers packages, parcels, papers or articles of any type by bicycle. This

paragraph (4) shall not apply to persons under the age of sixteen who use a bicycle only to

deliver daily newspapers or circulars.

(B) “Bicycle operator” means a person who delivers packages, parcels, papers, or

articles of any type by bicycle on behalf of a business using a bicycle for commercial

purposes and who is paid by such business.

(ii) Registration information. A business using a bicycle for commercial purposes that

does not have a site within the City of New York that is open and available to the public must

following information:

(A) the name under which such business is authorized to do business in the State,

pursuant to Business Corporation Law;

(B) the name of the owner of such business;

and the address of such agent, or, if the business has designated the Secretary

of State as its agent for receiving such process, the post office address to which

the Secretary of State may mail a copy of such process;

(D) the list of entities such business is providing services for;

(E) the roster with such business’s bicycle operator information as required by §10-

157(d) of the New York City Administrative Code; and

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(F) any other information requested by the Department.

(iii) Bicycle safety poster or notice. Every business using a bicycle for commercial

purposes must post at least one bicycle safety poster at each business site using a bicycle

for commercial purposes; provided, however, that if such business has only a post office

address within the City, such business must provide a written notice to each of its bicycle

operators.

(A) The bicycle safety poster or notice must be in English, Spanish and any other

language spoken predominately by any bicycle operator utilized by the business.

The poster must be clear, prominent, and large enough to be visible to the

bicycle operators and patrons of the business; however, the size of the poster

must be printed in at least 10 point font and on paper that is at least 11 inches

x17 inches.

(B) The poster must be printed in a manner so as to be legible even to people who

are colorblind.

on the Department's website.

(D) The poster must consist of a header or title, which will appear at the top of the

poster, Sections 1 through 4, and a footer, which will appear at the bottom of the

poster, as more fully described below:

1. Header/Title: Commercial Bicyclist Safety

2. Section 1: This poster must be displayed where delivery cyclists will easily

see it. Sections §10-157 and §10-157.1 of the New York City Administrative

Code regulate businesses using a bicycle for commercial purposes. The

responsibilities listed below are imposed by law. Failure to comply with these

requirements may subject violators to legal sanctions.

3. Section 2: Commercial bicyclists must obey all traffic laws and rules. These

laws include, but are not limited to, the following requirements:

 Yield to pedestrians

 Ride in the direction of traffic

 Stay off the sidewalk

 Stop at all red lights and stop signs

 Do not wear more than one earphone while riding

 Use a white headlight and red taillight at night

4. Section 3: Commercial bicyclists must:

 Wear retro-reflective outermost upper body apparel with the business's

name and bicyclist's 3 -digit ID number on the back in lettering at least 1

inch high

 Wear a bicycle helmet that is in good condition

o Every business using a bicycle for commercial purposes must

provide or ensure the availability of protective headgear for each

of its bicycle operators at no cost to such operators.

 Carry a business ID card at all times when making deliveries or operating

a bicycle on behalf of the business, which includes the information

below:

o Business name, address and phone number

o Bicyclist's name, photo and 3 -digit ID number

 Every business using a bicycle for commercial purposes must provide

the above items.

5. Section 4: Every business using a bicycle for commercial purposes must:

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 Equip each commercial bicycle with the following, in addition to the items

required above:

o A bell or other audible device

o White headlight and red taillight

o Reflex reflectors

o Brakes

 Maintain a roster of its bicycle operators, which includes each bicyclist's:

o Name, home address, employment start date and, where

applicable, date of discharge

o Unique 3-digit ID number

o Date of completion of DOT Commercial Bicyclist Safety course

6. Footer: For more information, please visit nyc.gov/bikes

(5) Additional requirements for pedal-assist bicycles.

(A) No person shall operate or park a pedal-assist bicycle on any public highway in the

city of New York unless such bicycle has permanently affixed in a prominent location on the

electric motor of the bicycle or elsewhere on the bicycle a legible original label of the

manufacturer of the bicycle and/or of the electric motor containing the maximum motor-

assisted speed and motor wattage of the bicycle.

(B) All pedal-assist bicycles and their operators must comply with the provisions of Article

34 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law relating to the operation of bicycles,

except as provided in section 4-02(e) of these rules.

considered a pedal- assist bicycle and may not be operated or parked on any public

highway:

1. Any modification that increases the output of such bicycle to seven hundred fifty

watts or greater;

2. Any modification that prevents the motor from disengaging when (i) the operator

applies the brakes , (ii) the operator stops pedaling, or (iii) the bicycle achieves a

speed of twenty miles per hour; or

3. Any modification that accelerates the speed of the pedal-assist bicycle motor by

means other than pedaling.

(6) Operating a bicycle sharing system without written authorization prohibited. No

person may operate a bicycle sharing system in the City of New York without the prior written

authorization of the Department.

(q) Transportation of radioactive materials. Shipments of radioactive materials meeting or

exceeding the specifications of "large quantities" and/or "fissile Class III" as specified by the

Interstate Commerce Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall follow the same

truck routes designated for vehicles having an overall length of 33 feet or more, in §4-13 of these

rules. All such shipments are required to be so classified under the NRC license or contract before

being shipped and the carrier shall obtain the proper classification. All vehicles carrying such

shipments shall adhere to the rules of the fire department, the Department of Environmental

Protection and §175.111 of the New York City Health Code.

(r) Restricted use and limited use streets.

(1) Restrictions. No operator of a vehicle or combination of vehicles shall operate, enter, stop,

stand or park any such vehicle on any street designated as a restricted use street or a limited

use street by the Department of Transportation, unless such vehicle or combination of vehicles

(i) is being used for the purpose of loading or unloading at premises legally utilizing an

entrance, loading bay or elevator that fronts upon said street during authorized hours or,

(ii) is a bus traversing a route, franchised by the Department of Transportation, which

includes said street, and the vehicle stands only at a designated bus stop or,

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(iii) is a maintenance or utility vehicle operated or engaged by proper authority for the

purpose of construction or maintenance of said street or any utility located on, above or

below the street surface or for the construction or maintenance of any structure located on

said street.

(2) Driving across permitted. Notwithstanding any other provision stated herein, the operator

of any vehicle may drive across any restricted use or limited use street that intersects the

street along which he is travelling.

(3) Commissioner may suspend. The commissioner, upon 24 hours' notice to the public,

may suspend the application of this subdivision (r) for a specified period or indefinitely. If

suspended for a specific period, the provisions of this subdivision (r) shall become effective at

the termination of such period. If suspended indefinitely, the provisions of this subdivision

(r) shall become effective upon order of the Commissioner and 48 hours notice to the public.

(4) Definitions. For the purpose of this subdivision (r), a restricted use street is a legally

mapped street to be permanently closed to motor vehicles by the Department of

Transportation, except as provided herein, and open to use by pedestrians. A limited use

street is a legally mapped street to be temporarily closed to motor vehicles by the Department

of Transportation, except as provided herein, and in accordance with lawfully authorized signs

or other traffic control devices.

(s) Crossing buffer zones.

(1) For the purposes of this subdivision, a buffer zone is defined as an area in the roadway,

created by white lines, that is used to separate a parking lane from a travel lane or a bicycle

lane from a travel lane, as indicated on the diagram below.

(2) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on or across a designated buffer zone, except when it

is reasonable and necessary to enter or leave a legal curbside parking space or a driveway.

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(t) Horse drawn cab passenger boarding areas.

(1) No person operating a horse drawn cab shall solicit, pick up or discharge passengers at any

location other than a location described in paragraph (2) of this subdivision or a location designated by

the department by a posted sign as a horse drawn cab passenger boarding area. This subdivision

shall not apply to a horse drawn cab ride that is prearranged as described in section 19-174 of the

New York City Administrative Code.

(2) Except as otherwise indicated by a posted sign, operators of horse drawn cabs must expeditiously

pick up or discharge passengers only at locations within Central Park indicated by sign and on the map

below:

(i) Grand Army Plaza. In the center lane at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Central Park.

(ii) Seventh Avenue Entrance. On the east curb, approximately 20 feet north of Central Park

South.

(iii) Sixth Avenue. Between 59

Street and Center Drive.

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(3) Temporary relocation or suspension of horse drawn cab passenger boarding areas

in parks. In exceptional circumstances, the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation or the

commissioner, subject to approval of the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, may temporarily

relocate or suspend horse drawn cab passenger boarding areas. For purposes of this paragraph,

exceptional circumstances shall include, but not be limited to construction, maintenance, unusually

heavy pedestrian or bicycle traffic, existence of any obstructions, a parade, demonstration, special

event, or other such similar event or occurrence at or near such location. Temporarily relocated

horse drawn cab passenger boarding areas shall be located in Central Park and denoted by

appropriate signage.

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TRUCK ROUTES

(a) General provisions.

(1) Definitions. For the purpose of these rules, a truck is defined as any vehicle or combination

of vehicles designed for the transportation of property, which has either of the following

characteristics: two axles, six tires; or three or more axles

(2) Exceptions. These rules do not apply to authorized emergency vehicles and authorized

public utility company vehicles engaged in an emergency operation as defined in §114-b of the

Vehicle and Traffic Law.

(3) Enforcement. An operator of any truck as defined above shall have in his/her possession

throughout each trip a bill of lading, or similar document, showing the points of origin and

destination of the trip. Upon the request of a law enforcement officer or other authorized

person, the truck operator shall present for inspection the above stated document or

documents.

(b) Truck routing rules for the Borough of Queens.

(1) Through trucks. An operator of any truck as defined above, having neither an origin nor a

destination within the Borough of Queens shall restrict the operation of such vehicle to those

street segments on the following list. These are designated as "Through Truck Routes." All

trucks must adhere to all posted signs indicating locations that limit the height of vehicles

permitted to operate thereon.

THROUGH TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK

Street

Limits

Astoria Blvd. (North and South)

29th St. to Northern Blvd.

Atlantic Avenue

Kings County Line to Van Wyck Expressway

Beach Channel Drive

Marine Pkway Bridge to Nassau County Line

Braddock Avenue

Hillside Avenue to Jamaica Avenue

Bradley Avenue

Greenpoint Avenue to Van Dam Street

Bridge Plaza

Queensboro Bridge to Jackson Avenue

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Kings County Line to Astoria Boulevard (North and

South)

Clearview Expressway

Throgs Neck Bridge to Hillside Avenue

Crescent Street

41st Avenue to Bridge Plaza

Cross Island Parkway Service Roads

Whitestone Expressway to Francis Lewis Boulevard

Francis Lewis Boulevard

Cross Island Parkway Service Road to Springfield

Boulevard

Grand Central Parkway

Triborough Bridge to the Brooklyn-Queens

Expressway (western leg)

Greenpoint Avenue

Van Dam Street to Queens Boulevard

Hempstead Avenue

Jamaica Avenue to Nassau County Line

Hillside Avenue

Myrtle Avenue to Nassau County Line

Hoyt Avenue (North and South)

Astoria Boulevard to 21st Street

Jackson Avenue

Borden Avenue to Northern Boulevard

Jamaica Avenue

Francis Lewis Boulevard to Nassau County Line

Linden Boulevard

Kings County Line to North and South Conduit

Avenue

Long Island Expressway

Queens Midtown Tunnel to Nassau County Line

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Myrtle Avenue

Kings County Line to Hillside Avenue

North and South Conduit Avenue

(Sunrise Highway)

Linden Boulevard to Nassau County Line

Northern Boulevard

Jackson Avenue to Nassau County Line

Queens Boulevard

Jackson Avenue to Hillside Avenue

Rockaway Boulevard

North and South Conduit Avenue to Nassau County

Line

Springfield Boulevard

Jamaica Avenue to North and South Conduit Avenue

Thomson Avenue

Jackson Avenue to Queens Boulevard

Van Dam Street

Greenpoint Avenue to Queens Boulevard

Van Wyck Expressway

Whitestone Expressway to North and South Conduit

Avenue

Whitestone Expressway

Whitestone Bridge to Astoria Boulevard

21st Street

Borden Avenue to 24th Avenue

24th Avenue

21st Street to 29th Street

29th Street

24th Avenue to Astoria Boulevard

41st Avenue

21st Street to Crescent Street

213th Street

Hempstead Avenue to Jamaica Avenue

(2) Local trucks. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, with an origin

or destination for the purpose of delivery, loading or servicing within the Borough of Queens,

shall only operate such vehicle over the following listed streets, except that an operator may

operate on a street not designated below for the purpose of arriving at his/her destination. This

shall be accomplished by leaving a designated truck route at the intersection that is nearest

and provides the most direct route to his/her destination, proceeding by the most direct route

while observing existing street directions and turn restrictions, and then returning to the nearest

designated truck route by the most direct route. If the operator has additional destinations in the

immediate vicinity, he/she may proceed by the most direct route to his/her next destination

without returning to a designated truck route, provided that the operator's next destination does

not require that he/she cross a designated truck route. All trucks must adhere to all posted

signs indicating locations that limit the height of vehicles permitted to operate thereon.

LOCAL TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK

Street

Limits

Astoria Blvd. (North and South)

8th Street to Northern Boulevard

Atlantic Avenue

Kings County Line to Van Wyck Expressway

Baisley Boulevard

Rockaway Boulevard to Merrick Boulevard

Beach Channel Drive

Marine Pkway Bridge to Nassau County Line

Borden Avenue

2nd Street to Greenpoint Avenue

Braddock Avenue

Hillside Avenue to Jamaica Avenue

Bradley Avenue

Greenpoint Avenue to Van Dam Street

Bridge Plaza

Queensboro Bridge to Jackson Avenue

Broadway

Vernon Boulevard to Queens Boulevard

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Kings County Line to Astoria Boulevard (North and

South)

Central Avenue

Myrtle Avenue to Cooper Avenue

Clearview Expressway

Throgs Neck Bridge to Hillside Avenue

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Clintonville Street

Cross Island Parkway South Service Road to 7th

Avenue

College Point Avenue

Long Island Expressway to 14th Avenue

Cooper Avenue

Kings County Line to Woodhaven Boulevard

Crescent Street

41st Avenue to Bridge Plaza

Cross Bay Boulevard

Liberty Avenue to Beach Channel Drive

Cross Island Pkwy. Service Rds.

Whitestone Expressway to Francis Lewis Boulevard

Cypress Avenue

Flushing Avenue to Cooper Avenue

Ditmars Boulevard

49th Street to Hazen Street

Ditmars Boulevard

81st Street to 23rd Avenue

Dunkirk Street

Liberty Avenue to Linden Boulevard

Farmers Boulevard

Liberty Avenue to North and South Conduit Avenue

Flushing Avenue

Kings County Line to 55th Street

Francis Lewis Boulevard

Cross Island Parkway Service Roads to Springfield

Boulevard

Fresh Pond Road

Metropolitan Avenue to Myrtle Avenue

Grand Avenue

Kings County Line to Rust Street

Grand Avenue

Borden Avenue to Queens Boulevard

Greenpoint Avenue

Van Dam Street to Queens Boulevard

Guy R. Brewer Boulevard

Liberty Avenue to North and South Conduit Avenue

Hazen Street

20th Avenue to Astoria Boulevard

Hempstead Avenue

Jamaica Avenue to Nassau County Line

Hillside Avenue

Myrtle Avenue to Nassau County Line

Hoyt Ave. (North and South)

Astoria Boulevard to 21st Street

Jackson Avenue

Borden Avenue to Northern Boulevard

Jamaica Avenue

Merrick Boulevard to Nassau County Line

Junction Boulevard

32nd Avenue to Queens Boulevard

Kissena Boulevard

Main Street to Parsons Boulevard

Laurel Hill Boulevard

Review Avenue to 54th Avenue

Liberty Avenue

Van Wyck Expressway to Farmers Boulevard

Linden Boulevard

Kings County Line to North and South Conduit

Avenue, and Newburg Street to Farmers Boulevard

Linden Place

Whitestone Expressway to Northern Boulevard

Long Island Expressway

Queens Midtown Tunnel to Nassau County Line

Main Avenue

Vernon Boulevard to Astoria Boulevard

Main Street

Northern Boulevard to Queens Boulevard

Maurice Avenue

L.I.E. to 56th Terrace

Maspeth Avenue

49th Street to 48th Street

Maspeth Avenue

Page Place to Maurice Avenue

Merrick Boulevard

Hillside Avenue to Nassau County Line

Metropolitan Avenue

Kings County Line to Hillside Avenue

Myrtle Avenue

Kings County Line to Hillside Avenue

North and South Conduit Avenue

(Sunrise Highway)

Linden Boulevard to Nassau County Line

Northern Boulevard

Jackson Avenue to Nassau County Line

Page Place

Grand Avenue to Maspeth Avenue

Parsons Boulevard

Kissena Boulevard to Union Turnpike

Queens Boulevard

Jackson Avenue to Hillside Avenue

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Review Avenue

Borden Avenue to Laurel Hill Boulevard

Rockaway Boulevard

Atlantic Avenue to Nassau County Line

Roosevelt Avenue

Queens Boulevard to Main Street

Rust Street

58th Street to Flushing Avenue

Rust Street

56th Terrace to 58th Street

Springfield Boulevard

Jamaica Avenue to North and South Conduit Avenue

Steinway Street

Northern Blvd. to Astoria Blvd. North

Steinway Street

Astoria Blvd. North to 19th Avenue

Sutphin Boulevard

94th Avenue to Liberty Avenue

Thomson Avenue

Jackson Avenue to Queens Boulevard

Union Turnpike

Myrtle Avenue to Nassau County Line

Van Dam Street

Queens Boulevard to Greenpoint Avenue

Van Wyck Expressway

Whitestone Expressway to John F. Kennedy

International Airport

Vernon Boulevard

Borden Avenue to 8th Street

Whitestone Expressway

Whitestone Bridge to Astoria Boulevard

Willets Point Boulevard

Roosevelt Avenue to Northern Boulevard

Woodhaven Boulevard

Liberty Avenue to Queens Boulevard

8th Street

Astoria Boulevard to Vernon Boulevard

14th Road

College Point Boulevard to 110th Street

14th Avenue

Cross Island Parkway Service Road to Whitestone

Expressway and College Point Boulevard to 110th

Street

15th Avenue

College Point Boulevard to 1l0th Street

19th Avenue

Steinway Street to 81st Street

20th Avenue

21st Street to Hazen Street

20th Avenue

Whitestone Expressway to College Point Boulevard

21st Street

Borden Avenue to 20th Avenue

23rd Avenue

Astoria Boulevard South to Ditmars Boulevard

24th Avenue

21st Street to 29th Street

29th Street

24th Avenue to Astoria Boulevard

39th Street

Queens Boulevard to Northern Boulevard

41st Avenue

21st Street to Crescent Street

43rd Street

53rd Avenue to 54th Avenue

47th Street

Grand Avenue to 58th Road

48th Street

Long Island Expressway to 55th Avenue

48th Street

Maspeth Avenue to 58th Road and 55th Avenue to

56th Road

49th Street

Ditmars Boulevard to Astoria Boulevard

49th Street

Maspeth Avenue to 56th Road

53rd Avenue

43rd Street to 48th Street

54th Avenue

Laurel Hill Boulevard to 43rd Street

54th Street

Flushing Avenue to Grand Avenue

55th Avenue

48th Street to 58th Street

55th

Drive

Maurice Avenue to 58th Street

55th Street

Flushing Avenue to Grand Avenue

56th Drive

56th Road to 58th Street

56th Road

Laurel Hill Boulevard to 56th Drive

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56th Road

56th Drive to 56th Terrace

56th Terrace

58th Street to Rust Street

57th Place

Maspeth Avenue to Rust Street

58th Road

47th Street to 48th Street

58th Street

Queens Boulevard to Maspeth Avenue

62nd Drive

Junction Boulevard to Queens Boulevard

69th Street

Long Island Expressway to Metropolitan Ave.

94th Avenue

Van Wyck Expressway to Sutphin Boulevard

94th Street

La Guardia Airport to 32nd Avenue

108th Street

Astoria Boulevard to Queens Boulevard

110th Street

14th Avenue to 15th Avenue

126th Street

Northern Boulevard to Roosevelt Avenue

154th Street

Cross Island Parkway North Service Road to 10th

Avenue

168th Street

Merrick Boulevard to Hillside Avenue

213th Street

Hempstead Avenue to Jamaica Avenue

(1) Through trucks. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, having

neither an origin nor a destination within the Borough of Staten Island, shall restrict the

operation of such vehicle to those street segments on the following list. These are designated

as "Through Truck Routes." All trucks must adhere to all posted signs indicating locations that

limit the height of vehicles permitted to operate thereon.

THROUGH TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK

Street

Limits

Bayonne Bridge

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway to New

Jersey State Line

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Expressway

Victory Boulevard to Bayonne Bridge

Goethals Bridge

Staten Island Expressway to New Jersey State Line

Outerbridge Crossing

West Shore Expressway to New Jersey State Line

Staten Island Expressway

Goethals Bridge to Verrazano Narrows Bridge

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Staten Island Expressway to Kings County Line

West Shore Expressway

Staten Island Expressway to Richmond Parkway

(2) Local trucks.

(i) 2 axles, 6 tires. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, with 2

axles, 6 tires and having an origin or destination for the purpose of delivery, loading or

servicing within the Borough of Staten Island, shall only operate such vehicle over the

following listed "Local Truck Routes" and "Limited Local-Truck Routes," except that an

operator may drive on a street not designated below for the purpose of arriving at his/her

destination. This shall be accomplished by leaving a designated truck route at the

intersection which is nearest and provides the most direct route to his/her destination,

proceeding by the most direct route while observing existing street directions and turn

restrictions, and then returning to the nearest designated truck route by the most direct

route. If the operator has additional destinations in the immediate vicinity, he/she may

proceed by the most direct route to his/her next destination without returning to a

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designated truck route, provided that the operator's next destination does not require that

he/she cross a designated truck route. All trucks must adhere to all posted signs indicating

locations that limit the height of vehicles permitted to operate thereon.

(ii) 3 or more axles. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, with 3

or more axles, and having an origin or destination for the purpose of delivery, loading or

servicing within the Borough of Staten Island, shall only operate such vehicle over the

following listed "local truck routes," except under the conditions described in subparagraph

(2)(i), above.

LOCAL TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK

Street

Limits

Amboy Road

Richmond Road to Wards Point Avenue

Arden Avenue

Veterans Road West to Hylan Boulevard

Arthur Kill Road

Richmond Road to Main Street

Bay Street

Richmond Terrace to School Road

Bayonne Bridge

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway to New

Jersey State Line

Bloomfield Avenue

Chelsea Road to Gulf Avenue

Bloomingdale Road

Amboy Road to Arthur Kill Road

Boscombe Avenue

Page Avenue to Weiner Street

Bradley Avenue

South Gannon Avenue to Victory Boulevard

Broad Street

Van Duzer Street to Bay Street

Broadway

Forest Avenue to Richmond Terrace

Buel Avenue

Hylan Boulevard to Richmond Road

Castleton Avenue

Jewett Avenue to Jersey Street

Castleton Avenue

Jewett Avenue to Port Richmond Avenue

Chelsea Road

South Avenue to Bloomfield Avenue

Clarke Avenue

Arthur Kill Road to Amboy Road

Clove Road

Narrows Road South to Richmond Terrace

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway

Victory Boulevard to Bayonne Bridge

Draper Place

Richmond Avenue to Richmond Avenue

Drumgoole Road East

Bloomingdale Road to Richmond Avenue

Drumgoole Road West

Arthur Kill Road to Veterans Road

Ebbitts Avenue

Hylan Boulevard to Mill Road

Edgewater Street

Bay Street to Hyland Boulevard

Edward Curry Avenue

Chelsea Road to South Avenue

Englewood Avenue

Veterans Road West to Veterans Road East

Fahy Avenue

South Avenue to Lamberts Lane

Father Capodanno Blvd. (Seaside Blvd.)

Midland Avenue to Lily Pond Avenue

Forest Avenue

Western Avenue to Victory Boulevard

Foster Road

Woodrow Road to Amboy Road

Front Street

Bay Street to Murry Hulbert Avenue

Giffords Lane

Arthur Kill Road to Amboy Road

Glen Street

Edward Curry Avenue to Fahy Avenue

Goethals Bridge

Staten Island Expressway to New Jersey State Line

Goethals Road North

Western Avenue to West Caswell Avenue

Gulf Avenue

Forest Avenue to Edward Curry Avenue

Guyon Avenue

Hylan Boulevard to Amboy Road

Huguenot Avenue

Arthur Kill Road to Hylan Boulevard

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Hylan Boulevard

Satterlee Avenue to Steuben Street, and Narrows

Road South to Edgewater Street

Jersey Street

Richmond Terrace to Victory Boulevard

Jewett Avenue

Richmond Terrace to Victory Boulevard

Justin Avenue

Amboy Road to Hylan Boulevard

Lamberts Lane

Fahy Avenue to Victory Boulevard

Lily Pond Avenue

School Road to Father Capodanno Boulevard

(Seaside Boulevard)

Lincoln Avenue

Hyland Boulevard to Richmond Road

Little Clove Road

Renwick Avenue to Narrows Road North

Main Street

Arthur Kill Road to Hylan Boulevard

Manor Road

Schmidts Lane to Victory Boulevard

Meeker Avenue

Forest Avenue to Gulf Avenue

Midland Avenue

Richmond Road to Father Capodanno Boulevard

(Seaside Boulevard)

Milford Drive

Renwick Avenue to Clove Road

Mill Road

Tysens Lane to New Dorp Lane

Morley Avenue

Richmond Road to Richmond Road

Morningstar Road

Richmond Terrace to Richmond Avenue

Narrows Road North

Verrazano Narrows Bridge to Little Clove Road

Narrows Road South

Clove Road to Verrazano Narrows Bridge

Nelson Avenue

Amboy Road to Hylan Boulevard

New Dorp Lane

Mill Road to Hylan Boulevard

North Bridge Street

Veterans Road West to Arthur Kill Road

North Gannon Avenue

Slosson Avenue to Willow Road East

Outerbridge Crossing

West Shore Expressway to New Jersey State Line

Page Avenue

South Bridge Street to Hylan Boulevard

Port Richmond Avenue

Forest Avenue to Richmond Terrace

Renwick Avenue

Milford Drive to Little Clove Road

Richmond Avenue

Hylan Boulevard to Forest Avenue

Richmond Parkway

Outerbridge Crossing to West Shore Expressway

Richmond Road

Van Duzer Street to Morley Avenue and Morley

Avenue to Arthur Kill Road

Richmond Terrace

Western Avenue to Bay Street

Richmond Valley Road

Arthur Kill Road to Page Avenue

Rossville Avenue

Arthur Kill Road to Woodrow Road

St. Pauls Avenue

Van Duzer Street to Van Duzer Street

Schmidts Lane

Manor Road to Slosson Avenue

School Road

Lily Pond Avenue to Bay Street

Seaview Avenue

Father Capodanno Boulevard (Seaside Boulevard) to

Hylan Boulevard

Seguine Avenue

Amboy Road to Hylan Boulevard

Sharrott Avenue

Amboy Road to Hylan Boulevard

Sharrots Road

Veterans Road East to Veterans Road West

Slosson Avenue

Victory Boulevard to Schmidts Lane

South Avenue

Richmond Terrace to Chelsea Road

South Bridge Street

Arthur Kill Road to Page Avenue

South Gannon Avenue

Victory Boulevard to Manor Road

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Staten Island Expressway

Goethals Bridge to Verrazano Narrows Bridge

Steuben Street

Hylan Boulevard to Narrows Road South

Targee Street

Van Duzer Street to Richmond Road

Tompkins Avenue

Hylan Boulevard to Broad Street

Trantor Place

Walker Street to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Expressway

Travis Avenue

South Avenue to Draper Place

Tyrellan Avenue

Boscombe Avenue to Veterans Road West

Tysens Lane

Mill Road to Hylan Boulevard

Vanderbilt Avenue

Richmond Road to Bay Street

Van Duzer Street

Richmond Road to Victory Boulevard

Van Duzer St. Extension

Van Duzer Street to Bay Street

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Staten Island Expressway to Kings County Line

Veterans Road East

Drumgoole Road West to Sharrotts Road, and

Bloomingdale Road to Arthur Kill Road

Veterans Road West

Arden Road to Bloomingdale Road, and Sharrotts

Road to Arthur Kill Road

Victory Boulevard

West Shore Expressway to Bay Street

Walker Street

Morningstar Road to Port Richmond Avenue

West Caswell Avenue

Goethals Road North to Willow Road West

West Shore Expressway

Staten Island Expressway to Outerbridge Crossing

Western Avenue

Forest Avenue to Richmond Terrace

Willow Road East

North Gannon Avenue to Forest Avenue

Willow Road West

Forest Avenue to West Caswell Avenue

Woodrow Road

Bloomingdale Road to Arthur Kill Road

Woolley Avenue

South Gannon Avenue to Victory Boulevard

LIMITED LOCAL TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK

Street

Limits

Bradley Avenue

Brielle Avenue to South Gannon Avenue

Brielle Avenue

Rockland Avenue to Manor Road

Forest Hill Road

Richmond Hill Road to Willowbrook Road

Manor Road

Brielle Avenue to Schmidts Lane

Ocean Terrace

Manor Road to Todt Hill Road

Richmond Hill Road

Richmond Avenue to Forest Hill Road

Richmond Road

Rockland Avenue to Morley Avenue

Rockland Avenue

Richmond Avenue to Richmond Road

Slosson Avenue

Schmidts Land to Todt Hill Road

Todt Hill Road

Slosson Avenue to Richmond Road

Woolley Avenue

Willowbrook Road to South Gannon Avenue

(d) Truck routing rules for the Borough of Manhattan.

(1) Through trucks. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, having

neither an origin nor a destination within the Borough of Manhattan, shall restrict the operation

of such vehicle to those street segments designated on the following list as "Through Truck

Routes." All trucks must adhere to all posted signs indicating locations that limit the height of

vehicles permitted to operate thereon.

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THROUGH TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK

Street

Limits

Allen Street

Delancey Street to Houston Street

Avenue of the Americas

West Broadway to Houston Street

Beach Street

West Broadway to Varick Street

Canal Street

Manhattan Bridge to West Street

Chrystie Street

Delancey Street to Houston Street

Delancey Street

Williamsburg Bridge to Bowery

Dyer Avenue

34th Street to Lincoln Tunnel

Dyer Avenue

Lincoln Tunnel to 42nd Street

Houston Street

Allen Street to Varick Street

Hudson Street

Laight Street to Holland Tunnel Entrance

Kenmare Street

Bowery to Lafayette Street

Lafayette Street

Kenmare Street to Canal Street

Laight Street

Varick Street to Canal Street

**Queens Midtown Tunnel

34th Street to Tunnel Approach

**Queens Midtown Tunnel

34th Street to Tunnel Exit

Trans-Manhattan Expway

Alexander Hamilton Bridge to George Washington

Bridge

Varick Street

Houston Street to Holland Tunnel Entrance

Walker Street

Canal Street to West Broadway

West Broadway

Beach Street to Avenue of the Americas

West Street

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to Gansevoort Street

11th Avenue

Gansevoort Street to 22nd Street

11th Avenue

34th Street to 42nd Street

12th Avenue

22nd Street to 34th Street

**34th Street

Queens Midtown Tunnel Entrance to Dyer Avenue

34th Street

Dyer Avenue to 12th Avenue

40th Street

Lincoln Tunnel entrance to 11th Avenue

42nd Street

Dyer Avenue to 11th Avenue

** All through trucks are prohibited from 34th Street between the Queens Midtown Tunnel and Dyer

Avenue between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M.

(2) Local trucks. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, having an

origin or destination for the purpose of delivery, loading or servicing within the Borough of

Manhattan, shall restrict the operation of such vehicle to those street segments designated on

the following list as "Local Truck Routes," except that an operator may operate on a street not

designated below for the purpose of leaving his/her origin or arriving at his/her destination

(subject to restrictions specified in §4-13(d)(3) through §4-13(d)(5) of these rules). This shall be

accomplished by leaving a designated truck route at an intersection that is nearest and

provides the most direct route to his/her destination, proceeding by the most direct route while

observing existing street directions and turn restrictions, and then returning to the nearest

designated truck route by the most direct route. If the operator has additional destinations in the

immediate vicinity, he/she may proceed by the most direct route to his/her next destination

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without returning to a designated truck route, provided that the operator's next destination does

not require that he/she cross a designated truck route. All trucks must adhere to all posted

signs indicating locations that limit the height of vehicles permitted to operate thereon.

LOCAL TRUCK ROUTES

Street

Limits

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd.

Central Park North to 155th Street

Allen Street

Division Street to Houston Street

Amsterdam Avenue

59th Street to 181st Street

Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue)

Church Street to 31st Street

Barclay Street

Broadway to West Street

Battery Park Underpass

South Street to West Street

Battery Place

State Street to West Street

Beach Street

West Broadway to Varick Street

Bowery

St. James Place to Cooper Square

Broadway

State Street to 14th Street

Broadway

17th Street to 31st Street

Broadway

Columbus Circle to 230th Street

Broome Street

Centre Street to Watts Street

Canal Street

Chrystie Street to West Street

Canal Street

Chrystie Street to Forsyth Street

Cathedral Parkway (110th Street)

8th Avenue to Broadway

Central Park North

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd. to 8th Ave.

Central Park South

Columbus Circle to Grand Army Plaza

Central Park Traverse Roads 1, 2, 3 & 4

Fifth Avenue to Central Park West

Central Park West

81st Street to 82nd Street

Centre Street

Canal Street to Broome Street

Chrystie Street

Canal Street to Houston Street

Church Street

Liberty Street to Avenue of the Americas

Clarkson Street

7th Avenue South to West Street

Columbus Avenue

59th Street to Cathedral Parkway

Columbus Circle

Entire Length

Cooper Square

Bowery to Third Avenue

Delancey Street

Williamsburg Bridge to Bowery

Division Street

Bowery to Pike Street

Dyer Avenue

Lincoln Tunnel to 42nd Street

Dyer Avenue

Lincoln Tunnel to 34th Street

Forsyth Street

Division Street to Canal Street

Fort Washington Avenue

178th Street to 181st Street Avenue

Grand Street

Allen Street to West Broadway

Greenwich Avenue

Avenue of the Americas to 8th Avenue

Houston Street

1st Avenue to West Street

Hudson Street

Worth Street to 8th Avenue

Kenmare Street

Bowery to Lafayette Street

Lafayette Street

Kenmare Street to Canal Street

Laight Street

Varick Street to Canal Street

Lexington Avenue

23rd Street to 125th Street

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Lincoln Tunnel Access

30th Street to Lincoln Tunnel

Madison Avenue

84th Street to 86th Street

Madison Avenue

96th Street to 97th Street

Madison Avenue

125th Street to Madison Avenue Bridge

Maiden Lane

South Street to Water Street

Nagle Avenue

Broadway to l0th Avenue

Pearl Street

Water Street to St. James Place

Pike Slip

South Street to Cherry Street

Pike Street

Cherry Street to Division Street

Queens Midtown Tunnel Approach

34th Street to Tunnel

Queens Midtown Tunnel Exit

34th Street to Tunnel

St. James Place

Pearl Street to Bowery

South Street

State Street to Pike Slip

State Street

South Street to Broadway

Trans-Manhattan Expway

Alexander Hamilton Bridge to George Washington

Bridge

Trinity Place

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to Liberty Street

Union Square East

14th Street to 17th Street

Varick Street

West Broadway to 7th Avenue South

Vesey Street

Broadway to West Street

Walker Street

Canal Street to West Broadway

Water Street

State Street to Pearl Street

Watts Street

Broome Street to Holland Tunnel entrance

West Broadway

Worth Street to Varick Street

West Broadway

Beach Street to Grand Street

West Street

Battery Park Underpass to Gansevoort Street

Worth Street

St. James Place to Hudson Street

1st Avenue

Houston Street to Willis Avenue Bridge

2nd Avenue

Houston Street to 128th Street

3rd Avenue

Cooper Square to 125th Street

5th Avenue

22nd Street to 26th Street

5th Avenue

85th Street to 86th Street

5th Avenue

125th Street to 138th Street

6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas)

Church Street to 31st Street

7th Avenue

14th Street to 31st Street

7th Avenue South

Varick Street to 14th Street

8th Avenue

Hudson Street to Columbus Circle

8th Street

Avenue of the Americas to Broadway

9th Avenue

14th Street to 59th Street

l0th Avenue

Little West 12th Street to 59th Street

l0th Avenue

Nagle Avenue to Broadway

11th Avenue

Gansevoort Street to 57th Street

11th Ave. service road

Gansevoort Street to 23rd Street

12th Avenue

22nd Street to 59th Street

14th Street

1st Avenue to 11th Avenue

15th Street

9th Avenue to 11th Avenue

17th Street

Union Square East to Broadway

22nd Street

5th Avenue to Broadway

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23rd Street

1st Avenue to 12th Avenue

26th Street

5th Avenue to Broadway

30th Street

Broadway to 11th Avenue

31st Street

3rd Avenue to l0th Avenue

34th Street

1st Avenue to 12th Avenue

36th Street

Queens Midtown Tunnel entrance to 2nd Ave.

40th Street

Lincoln Tunnel entrance to 11th Avenue

41st Street

9th Avenue to Lincoln Tunnel entrance

42nd Street

1st Avenue to 12th Avenue

57th Street

1st Avenue to 12th Avenue

59th Street

1st Avenue to Grand Army Plaza

60th Street

1st Avenue to Lexington Avenue

65th Street

1st Avenue to 5th Avenue

65th Street

Central Park West to Amsterdam Avenue

66th Street

1st Avenue to 5th Avenue

66th Street

Central Park West to Amsterdam Avenue

75th Street

Amsterdam Avenue to Broadway

79th Street

1st Avenue to 5th Avenue

79th Street

Columbus Avenue to Broadway

81st Street

Central Park West to Columbus Avenue

82nd Street

Central Park West to Broadway

84th Street

Madison Avenue to 5th Avenue

86th Street

1st Avenue to 5th Avenue

86th Street

Central Park West to Broadway

96th Street

1st Avenue to 5th Avenue

96th Street

Central Park West to Broadway

97th Street

Madison Avenue to 5th Avenue

97th Street

Central Park West to Broadway

116th Street

1st Avenue to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd.

124th Street

1st Avenue to Triborough Bridge entrance

125th Street

1st Avenue to Broadway

128th Street

2nd Avenue to 3rd Avenue Bridge

138th Street

Madison Avenue Bridge to 5th Avenue

145th Street

145th Street Bridge to Broadway

155th Street

Macombs Dam Bridge to Broadway

178th Street

Amsterdam Avenue to George Washington Bridge

exit

179th Street

Amsterdam Avenue to George Washington Bridge

entrance

181st Street

Washington Bridge to Fort Washington Ave.

207th Street

University Heights Bridge to Broadway

215th Street

Tenth Avenue to Broadway

(3) Limited truck zones.

(i) Restrictions. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a), (d)(1) and (d)(2) of this

section, no operator of a truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall operate,

enter, stop, stand or park his/her vehicle upon any of the streets designated on the

following list as "Limited Truck Zones" except for the purpose of making a delivery, loading

or servicing within said zone. This shall be accomplished by leaving a designated truck

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route at the intersection that is nearest and provides the most direct route to his/her

destination, proceeding by the most direct route while observing existing street directions

and turn restrictions, and then returning to the nearest designated truck route by the most

direct route. If the operator has additional destinations in the immediate vicinity, he/she may

proceed by the most direct route to his/her next destination without returning to a

designated truck route provided that the operator's next destination does not require that

he/she cross a designated truck route.

(ii) Time period. 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

(iii) Zones

Zone A-Chelsea

Bounded by the northern property line of 16th Street, the eastern property line of

Ninth Avenue, the northern property line of 18th Street, the eastern property line of

Tenth Avenue, the southern property line of 30th Street, the western property line of

Eighth Avenue, the southern property line of 25th Street, the western property line of

Seventh Avenue, the northern property line of 19th Street and the western property

line of Eighth Avenue. Trucks passing completely through the designated area, or

entering it for the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these boundaries,

are permitted to traverse 23rd Street, Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue only.

Zone B-Chinatown

Bounded by the northern property line of Worth Street, the eastern property line of

Baxter Street, the southern property line of Canal Street, the western property line of

the Bowery, and the western property line of Chatham Square.

Zone C-Greenwich Village

Bounded by the northern property line of Spring Street, the eastern property line of

Varick Street, the eastern property line of Seventh Avenue South, the northern

property line of Clarkson Street, the eastern property line of Hudson Street, the

northern property line of Morton Street, the eastern property line of Washington

Street, the southern property line of Gansevoort Street, the southern property line of

14th Street, the western property line of Avenue of the Americas, the southern

property line of 12th Street, the western property line of University Place, the

southern property line of 8th Street, the western property line of Mercer Street, the

northern property line of Houston Street, and the western property line of West

Broadway. Trucks passing completely through the designated area, or entering it for

the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these boundaries, are permitted to

traverse Avenue of the Americas, Eighth Avenue, Eighth Street, Greenwich Avenue,

Hudson Street (Northbound only), Seventh Avenue South, Varick Street and

Houston Street only. Trucks with neither an origin nor a destination within

Manhattan are restricted to Houston Street and Avenue of the Americas between

Spring and Houston Streets only.

Zone D-Little Italy

Bounded by the northern property line of Canal Street, the eastern property line of

Centre Street, the eastern property line of Cleveland Place, the eastern property line

of Lafayette Street, the southern property line of Houston Street and the western

property line of Bowery. Trucks passing completely through the designated area, or

entering it for the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these boundaries,

are permitted to traverse Grand Street, Kenmare Street and Canal Street only.

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Trucks with neither an origin nor a destination within Manhattan are restricted to

Canal Street only.

Zone E-Lower East Side

Bounded by the northern property line of Senator Robert F. Wagner Place, the

eastern property line of St. James Place, the eastern property line of East

Broadway, the southern property line of Montgomery Street, and the western

property line of South Street. Trucks passing completely through the designated

area, or entering it for the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these

boundaries, are permitted to traverse Pike Slip and Pike Street only.

(4) Special garment center rule.

(i) Restrictions. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a), (d)(1) and (d)(2) of this

section, no operator of a truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall operate,

enter, stop, stand or park his/her vehicle upon any of the streets included within the

boundaries designated below except for the purpose of making a delivery, loading or

servicing on said streets. An operator shall not enter a street within the designated

boundaries for the sole purpose of gaining access to a designated truck route, or to an

adjacent street within said boundaries.

(ii) Time period. 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.

(iii) Boundaries. Bounded by the northern property line of 34th Street, the eastern property

line of Eighth Avenue, the southern property line of 42nd Street and the western property

line of Avenue of the Americas. Trucks passing completely through the designated area, or

entering it for the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these boundaries, are

permitted to traverse Seventh Avenue and Broadway only.

(5) Operation of vehicles 33 feet or more in length restricted. Notwithstanding the

provisions of §§4-08(1)(2) and (3) and 4-13 of these rules, no operator of a vehicle or

combination of vehicles used for the transportation of merchandise, having an overall length of

33 feet or more including load and bumpers, shall operate, enter, traverse, stop, stand, or park

any such vehicle or combination of vehicles upon any of the streets included in the area

bounded by the south property line of West 42nd Street, the west property line of 5th Avenue,

the north property line of West 34th Street, and the east property line of 9th Avenue, all in the

Borough of Manhattan, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., and between 12 noon and 6

p.m., Monday through Friday inclusive, except that the operator of any such vehicle or

combination of vehicles who has lawfully entered this area may allow such vehicle or

combination of vehicles to remain therein while being expeditiously loaded or unloaded, but

must remove same therefrom before 12 noon, and provided that any vehicle or combination of

vehicles 33 feet or more in length may enter such area in order to reach an off-street parking

facility or terminal therein where such parking facility or terminal is sufficient in size to

accommodate the vehicle or combination of vehicles, and where no waiting, loading, or

unloading on the street by such vehicle or combination of vehicles will take place. Such vehicle

or combination of vehicles may not stop between an entry point into the area and its destination

for any purpose other than to conform with traffic rules.

(6) Special rules for vehicles 33 feet or more in length in the financial district and

midtown core.

(i) Financial district.

(A) Time period. 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.

(B) Restrictions. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (a), (d)(1) and (d)(2)

of this section, no operator of a vehicle having an overall length of 33 feet or more

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shall enter his/her vehicle upon any of the streets included within the boundaries

designated below.

has in his/her possession a special permit issued by the Department of

Transportation.

(D) Boundaries. Bounded by the eastern property line of Whitehall Street, the

eastern property line of Broadway, the eastern property line of Park Row, the

southern property line of Frankfort Street, the western property line of Pearl Street,

and the western property line of Water Street.

(ii) Midtown core.

(A) Time period. 12:00 Noon to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.

(B) Restrictions. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (d)(1),

through (d)(4) of this section, no operator of a vehicle having an overall length of 33

feet or more shall enter his/her vehicle upon any of the streets included within the

boundaries designated below.

has in his/her possession a special permit issued by the Department of

Transportation.

(D) Boundaries. Bounded by the northern property line of 42nd Street, the eastern

property line of Seventh Avenue, the southern property line of Central Park South, the

southern property line of 59th Street, and the western property line of Third Avenue.

Trucks having an overall length of 33 feet or more passing completely through the

designated area are permitted to traverse 57th Street and Lexington Avenue only.

(e) Truck routing rules for the Borough of Brooklyn. (1) Through trucks. An operator of any

truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, having neither an origin nor a destination within the

Borough of Brooklyn, shall restrict the operation of such vehicle to those street segments on the

following list. These are designated as "Through Truck Routes." All trucks must adhere to all

posted signs indicating locations that limit the height of vehicles permitted to operate thereon.

THROUGH TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK

Street

Limits

Atlantic Avenue

Columbia Street to Queens County Line

Brooklyn-Queens

Expressway

Gowanus Expressway to Queens County Line

Brooklyn-Queens

Expressway Ramp

Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Church Avenue

McDonald Avenue to Flatbush Avenue

Columbia Street

Atlantic Avenue to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Ramps North to

Congress Street

Conduit Boulevard

Atlantic Avenue to Queens County Line

Flatbush Avenue

Fulton Street to Atlantic Avenue and Church Avenue to Marine

Parkway Bridge

Flatbush Avenue Extension

Manhattan Bridge to Fulton Street

Gowanus Expressway

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to Verrazano Narrows Bridge

Jay Street

Manhattan Bridge Exit Ramp to Sands Street

McDonald Avenue

l0th Avenue to Church Avenue

Prospect Expressway

Gowanus Expressway to Church Avenue

Sands Street

Jay Street to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Entrance

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Tillary Street

Flatbush Avenue Extension to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Ramps

3rd Avenue

Flatbush Avenue to Atlantic Avenue

l0th Avenue

Prospect Expressway Exit Ramp to McDonald Avenue

(2) Local trucks. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, with an origin

or destination for the purpose of delivery, loading or servicing within the Borough of Brooklyn,

may only operate such vehicle over the following listed streets, except that an operator may