Proposal to Establish a New Crossing Charge Schedule for Use of Bridges and Tunnels Operated by...
NY-ADR
12/3/14 N.Y. St. Reg. TBA-48-14-00004-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 48
December 03, 2014
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. TBA-48-14-00004-P
Proposal to Establish a New Crossing Charge Schedule for Use of Bridges and Tunnels Operated by TBTA
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
Repeal of section 1021.1; and addition of new section 1021.1 to Title 21 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Public Authorities Law, section 553(5)
Subject:
Proposal to establish a new crossing charge schedule for use of bridges and tunnels operated by TBTA.
Purpose:
Proposal to raise additional revenue.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
5:00 p.m., December 1, 2014 at Baruch College, 17 Lexington Ave., Manhattan, NY; 5:00 p.m., December 1, 2014 at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Conc., Bronx, NY; 5:00 p.m., December 2, 2014 at NYS Power Authority, 123 Main St., White Plains, NY; 6:00 p.m., December 3, 2014 at York College, 94-20 Guy R Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY; 5:00 p.m., December 3, 2014 at Hilton Long Island Hotel, Salon C&D, 598 Broad Hollow Rd., Melville, NY; 5:00 p.m., December 8, 2014 at Palisades Center, 1000 Palisades Center Dr., West Nyack, NY; 6:00 p.m., December 10, 2014 at College of Staten Island Center for the Arts, Bldg. 1P, Springer Concert Hall, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY; 6:00 p.m., December 11, 2014 at Whitman Theater at Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY.
Hearing dates, times and places may be subject to change; check the MTA website, mta.info, for the latest information.
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:
| TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY CROSSING CHARGES | ||||
| A. E-ZPass Charges For E-ZPass New York Customer Service Center Customers | VERRAZANO- NARROWS BRIDGE (a) | ROBERT F. KENNEDY, BRONX- WHITESTONE, AND THROGS NECK BRIDGES AND QUEENS MIDTOWN AND HUGH L CAREY TUNNELS | HENRY HUDSON BRIDGE | MARINE PARKWAY- GIL HODGES MEMORIAL, AND CROSS BAY VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGES |
| CLASSIFICATION | Crossing Charges | |||
| 1 Two-axle vehicles, including: passenger vehicles, station wagons, self-propelled mobile homes, ambulances, hearses, vehicles with seating capacity of not more than 15 adult persons (including the driver) and trucks with maximum gross weight (MGW) of 7,000 lbs. and under | $5.54 | $5.54 | $2.54 | $2.08 |
| *Registered Staten Island Residents using an eligible vehicle taking 3 or more trips per month | $3.12 | |||
| *Registered Staten Island Residents using an eligible vehicle taking less than 3 trips per month | $3.31 | |||
| *Registered Rockaway Residents using an eligible vehicle | $1.36 | |||
| *Each additional axle costs | $3.25 | $3.25 | $2.50 | $2.50 |
| 2 All vehicles with MGW greater than 7,000 lbs. and buses (other than franchise buses using E-ZPass and motor homes) | ||||
| *Two-axle vehicles | $10.00 | $10.00 | $5.00 | |
| *Three-axle vehicles | $16.39 | $16.39 | $8.20 | |
| *Four-axle vehicles | $20.95 | $20.95 | $10.48 | |
| *Five-axle vehicles | $27.31 | $27.31 | $13.66 | |
| *Six-axle vehicles | $31.87 | $31.87 | $15.94 | |
| *Seven-axle vehicles | $38.23 | $38.23 | $19.12 | |
| *Each additional axle | $6.39 | $6.39 | $3.20 | |
| 3 Two-axle franchise buses | $4.01 | $4.01 | $2.00 | |
| 4 Three-axle franchise buses | $4.76 | $4.76 | $2.51 | |
| 5 Motorcycles | $2.41 | $2.41 | $1.73 | $1.73 |
| *Each additional axle | $1.50 | $1.50 | $1.50 | $1.50 |
The Authority reserves the right to determine whether any vehicle is of unusual or unconventional design, weight or construction and therefore not within any of the listed categories. The Authority also reserves the right to determine the crossing charge for any such vehicle of unusual or unconventional design, weight or construction.
Bicycles are not permitted over Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Henry Hudson, and Verrazano-Narrows Bridges, or through the tunnels. Such vehicles may cross the Robert F. Kennedy, Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial and Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridges without payment of crossing charge, but must be walked across the pedestrian paths of such bridges.
Only vehicles authorized to use parkways are authorized to use the Henry Hudson Bridge. An unauthorized vehicle using the Henry Hudson Bridge must pay the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge rate.
E-ZPass crossing charges apply to New York E-ZPass Customer Service Center customers only and are available subject to terms, conditions and agreements established by the Authority.
There are no residential restrictions with regard to enrollment as a TBTA Customer in the New York Customer Service Center.
(a) Under Verrazano-Narrows one-way crossing charge collection program, all per crossing charges shown should be doubled. Presently paid in westbound direction only.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
M. Margaret Terry, Esq., Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, 2 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, New York 10004, (646) 252-7619, email: [email protected]
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Same as above.
Public comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
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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