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New York City Council Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Meeting Minutes - November 13, 2025
New YorkNov 13, 20254 min read
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The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure convened to discuss oversight of New York City's bus system, consider local laws related to bus lane violations, bus lane restrictions, and notification of bus stop changes, and review multiple resolutions concerning Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operations and transit fare policies. All items were laid over for further consideration.
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Congestion pricing impact studiesGPS data for first respondersFree express bus fares for studentsFare discounts for low-income ridersLead remediation in transit structuresBus lane restrictionsTransportationMTA schedule adjustmentsBudget & TaxUnlimited fare transfersBus lane violation ticketingNotification of bus stop changesOversight of NYC bus system
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- Held oversight hearing on New York City’s bus system focusing on network, operations, equity, and redesign.
- Held hearings on Int 0339-2024 to prohibit multiple bus lane violation tickets for the same infraction within one hour; laid over by committee.
- Held hearings on Int 0647-2024 concerning bus lane restrictions; laid over by committee.
- Held hearings on Int 1345-2025 regarding notice to home and business owners about creation or removal of bus stops; laid over by committee.
- Held hearings on multiple resolutions calling on the MTA and New York State Legislature to adjust schedules, address lead contamination, create unlimited transfers, provide GPS data to first responders, offer free express bus fares to students, conduct congestion pricing studies, and provide fare discounts; all laid over by committee.
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Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Nov 13, 2025, 12:00 AM250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2scheduled
Agenda
- Oversight - New York City’s Bus System (Network, Operations, Equity, and Redesign).
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the issuance of multiple bus lane violation tickets for the same infraction within a one hour period
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to bus lane restrictions
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing notice to home and business owners regarding the creation or removal of bus stops
- Resolution calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”) to adjust schedules for distant subway terminal lines to include more peak-direction rush hour trains for commuters to travel to central economic hubs.
- Resolution calling upon the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to remediate any transportation structure, primarily elevated train lines, with extremely high levels of lead.
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the New York State Governor to sign, legislation, which would create unlimited transfers within the two-hour period of paying the Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway or bus fare for pay-per-ride users.
- Resolution calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to create a program that provides New York City’s first responder agencies with real-time Global Positioning System (GPS) data for all MTA buses.
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.3024, which directs the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a student fare program for trains and buses.
- Resolution calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to conduct longitudinal studies on the environmental, economic, and social impacts of congestion pricing throughout New York City.
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the New York State Governor to sign, S.3887A/A.7316A, requiring that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is 200 percent of the federal poverty level receive a 50 percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York City Transit subways or buses, and the Metro-North Railroad.
- Roll Call
- Oversight - New York City’s Bus System (Network, Operations, Equity, and Redesign).
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the issuance of multiple bus lane violation tickets for the same infraction within a one hour period
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to bus lane restrictions
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing notice to home and business owners regarding the creation or removal of bus stops
- Resolution calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”) to adjust schedules for distant subway terminal lines to include more peak-direction rush hour trains for commuters to travel to central economic hubs.
- Resolution calling upon the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to remediate any transportation structure, primarily elevated train lines, with extremely high levels of lead.
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the New York State Governor to sign, legislation, which would create unlimited transfers within the two-hour period of paying the Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway or bus fare for pay-per-ride users.
- Resolution calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to create a program that provides New York City’s first responder agencies with real-time Global Positioning System (GPS) data for all MTA buses.
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.3024, which directs the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a student fare program for trains and buses.
- Resolution calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to conduct longitudinal studies on the environmental, economic, and social impacts of congestion pricing throughout New York City.
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the New York State Governor to sign, S.3887A/A.7316A, requiring that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is 200 percent of the federal poverty level receive a 50 percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York City Transit subways or buses, and the Metro-North Railroad.
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