Proposal to Amend the NYSBA Toll Schedule
NY-ADR
10/26/11 N.Y. St. Reg. SBA-43-11-00002-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 43
October 26, 2011
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
NEW YORK STATE BRIDGE AUTHORITY
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. SBA-43-11-00002-P
Proposal to Amend the NYSBA Toll Schedule
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
Amendment of sections 201.2, 201.4 and 201.5 of Title 21 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Public Authorities Law, sections 538 and 528(8)
Subject:
Proposal to amend the NYSBA Toll Schedule.
Purpose:
To amend tolls for vehicular bridges controlled by the New York State Bridge Authority in order to provide additional revenue.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
7:00 p.m., Dec. 15, 2011 at Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, Palm Court Rm.-Lobby Fl., 40 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Text of proposed rule:
Amend Title 21 NYCRR Section 201.2 entitled "Bridge tolls" to read as follows:
(a) [The following] T[t]olls shall be charged for each vehicle as classified below for each eastbound passage over each of the vehicular bridges controlled by the authority[:] in accordance with the following schedule. Discounted tolls may be offered for fares paid through the E-ZPass electronic toll system provided that such discounted tolls shall expire December 31st of each year, except and to the extent extended annually by the Authority. Discounts for fares paid through the E-ZPass electronic toll system are subject to the requirements of § 201.6.
| Vehicle class | Vehicle description | Axles | Standard Toll | E-ZPass Discounted Toll |
| 1 | All vehicles with two or fewer axles and four or fewer tires | 2 | [$1.00] $1.50 | $1.25 |
| 2 | Two-axle vehicles with more than four tires | 2 | [$2.50] $5.00 | $4.50 |
| 3 | Three-axle vehicles | 3 | [$4.50] $7.50 | $6.75 |
| 4 | Four-axle vehicles | 4 | [$6.00] $10.00 | $9.00 |
| 5 | Five-axle vehicles | 5 | [$7.50] $12.50 | $11.25 |
| 6 | Six-axle vehicles | 6 | [$9.00] $15.00 | $13.50 |
| 7 | Each additional axle attached to vehicles in class 1 | 1 | [$ 0.50] $1.00 | $0.90 |
| 8 | Each additional axle on or attached to vehicles in classes 2 through 6 | 1 | [$1.50] $2.50 | $2.25 |
| 9 | [Regular] C[c]ommuter discount | 2 | [As described in section 201.5 of this Part] | As described in section 201.5 of this Part |
| 10 | [Car pool discount] Reserved | [2] | [As described in section 201.4 of this Part] | |
| 11 | Vehicles owned and operated by the authority, by authority employees or contractors, and emergency service vehicles or other vehicles which by law or authority resolution are treated as Class 11 vehicles | 2 | No charge | |
| 12 | Each additional axle on or attached to vehicles in class 11 | 1 | No charge |
(b) Pedestrians and self-propelled bicycles shall not be subject to tolls on bridges and facilities where such access and/or operation is permitted.
Amend Title 21 NYCRR Section 201.4 entitled "Car Pool Discount" to read as follows and rename the section heading to read "Vehicular Bridges":
[Notwithstanding the above toll schedule, the authority shall have the right to issue car pool discount books for class 1 vehicles, as described above, subject to the following conditions.
(a) Car pool books shall contain 30 tickets, each good for one eastbound passage of a class 1 vehicle carrying three or more persons, shall be good for passage Monday through Friday only within 90 days of the date of purchase, and shall be sold at a price of $9.
(b) Car pool books must be presented at the time of each passage and each ticket removed by a member of the authority staff. If not so presented, the full single trip toll shall be charged. Loose and/or detached tickets shall be invalid.
(c) Car pool tickets shall not be valid for passage by any vehicle carrying fewer than three persons.
(d) Car pool tickets shall be valid only for privately registered vehicles and individually owned or leased pick-up trucks.
(e) If a car pool book is presented after the expiration date, or if the book, or any ticket, is erased, defaced or altered, it will be invalid and will be confiscated, and the full single trip toll will be charged.
(f) No refund will be made if any car pool book is lost, stolen, expired, confiscated or for tolls collected upon failure to present the book, or for unused tickets.
(g) Car pool books are not transferable within one mile of the authority facilities.
(h) In addition to or in lieu of the issuance of regular commutation books for class 1 vehicles, the authority may offer discounted commuter tolls through its E-ZPass electronic toll system in accordance with procedures and under terms and conditions as from time to time may be prescribed by the authority. Such procedures, terms and conditions may include minimum deposits, administrative service fees on accounts or equipment, limits on transferability, and E-ZPass account requirements. The E-ZPass discount for regular commutation shall provide for a discounted toll of $0.40, provided that the E-ZPass account holder agrees to allow their account to be charged for a minimum of 17 tolls per monthly period established by the authority.]
The vehicular bridges subject to toll shall be the Mid-Hudson Bridge, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, the Bear Mountain Bridge, the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, and both spans of the Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.
Subdivision (c) of 201.5 is renumbered to subdivision (a) and Section 201.5 entitled, "Commuter discount", is amended to read as follows:
[(a) Notwithstanding the above toll schedule, the authority may offer discounted commuter tolls for class 1 vehicles through its E-ZPass electronic toll system in accordance with procedures and under terms and conditions as from time to time may be prescribed by the authority. Such procedures, terms and conditions may include minimum deposits, administrative service fees on accounts or equipment, limits on transferability, and E-ZPass account requirements.]
[(c)] (a) The E-ZPass [regular] commuter discount shall provide for a maximum discounted toll of [$.50] $1.00, provided that the E-ZPass account holder agrees to allow their account to be charged for a minimum of 17 tolls per monthly period established by the authority.
(b)[Such] The commuter discount shall be available only for privately-registered vehicles and individually owned or leased pick-up trucks through the E-ZPass System.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
John Bellucci, Chief of Staff, New York State Bridge Authority, Mid-Hudson Bridge Toll Plaza, 475 Rt. 44/55, Highland, NY 12528, (845) 691-7245, email: [email protected]
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Same as above.
Public comment will be received until:
Five days after the last scheduled public hearing.
Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement
Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
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