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File #: T2026-1338    Version: * Name: Expansion of pedestrian space.
Type: Introduction Status: Introduced
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 3/10/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the expansion of pedestrian space
Sponsors: Lincoln Restler, Shahana K. Hanif
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to include in its next streets master plan, to be issued on December 1, 2026, a benchmark to expand pedestrian space by 1 million square feet per year for the next 5 years. The bill would require DOT to prioritize expanding pedestrian space in the areas around bus stops and subway stations that have the highest rates of pedestrian traffic.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No., 2. Int. No., 3. Committee Report 3/3/26

Int. No.

 

By Council Members Restler and Hanif

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the expansion of pedestrian space

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision c of section 19-199.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 195 for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:

3. The master plan due no later than December 1, 2026[,] shall include the following benchmarks:

(i) complete a connected bicycle network and ensure a bicycle lane network coverage index of 100 percent;

(ii) install protected bus lanes on all bus routes where such improvements can be installed;

(iii) install accessible pedestrian signals at no fewer than 2,500 intersections, with installation of such signals at no fewer than 500 intersections during each year of such plan;

(iv) implement bus stop upgrades at all bus stops serving buses operated by the metropolitan transportation authority where such upgrades are feasible; [and]

(v) redesign at least 2,000 intersections with a pedestrian signal pursuant to the checklist required by section 19-182.2, with at least 400 such intersections redesigned during each year of such plan; [and]

(vi) install or upgrade pedestrian ramps at no fewer than 3,000 intersection corners; and

(vii) create and maintain no less than 1,000,000 square feet of pedestrian space per each year of such plan, prioritizing the areas around bus stops and subway stations with the highest rates of pedestrian traffic in the city.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

REC

LS #2353/15825/17623

2/23/2026 3:57 PM