N.Y. Public Authorities Law Section 1269-D
Submission of strategic operation plan

1.

On or before July first nineteen hundred eighty-seven, the authority shall submit to the governor a strategic operation plan for the five year period commencing January first of the following year. One component of the plan shall be for the bus and subway services of the New York city transit authority and its subsidiaries and for the Staten Island rapid transit operating authority; the other component shall be for the commuter railroad services, not including the Staten Island rapid transit operating authority, under the jurisdiction of the authority. The plan may be amended as required but shall be updated at least annually. The plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

a.

Long-range goals and objectives for the operation of services and facilities;

b.

Planned service and performance standards for each year of the period covered by the plan; including, in such plan submitted after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, (a) standards for determining frequency of service at peak hours and off-peak hours, (b) frequency of service at peak and off-peak hours based on the application of such standards to the current period for each subway line, bus route or group of bus routes, and commuter rail lines, divisions or branches as appropriate, (c) projected performance for each subway line, bus route or group of bus routes, and commuter rail lines, divisions or branches as appropriate as measured by reliability indicators commonly utilized within the transit industry, including such measures as mean distance between failures for subway cars, planned number of vehicles with air conditioning and projected reliability of such equipment, planned standards for cleanliness of the interior and exterior of subway cars, commuter rail cars, buses, and passenger stations, and other appropriate measures of planned performance influencing the quality of services;

c.

Level and structure of fares projected for each year of the period covered by the plan;

d.

Estimated operating and capital resources anticipated to be available from internal sources as well as from federal, state, regional and local sources;

e.

Estimated operating and capital costs to satisfy planned standards of performance and service;

f.

Strategies to improve productivity; control cost growth; integrate and coordinate the delivery of services provided by the authority as well as other public and private transportation providers in the service area;

g.

Specific allocation of operating and capital resources by mode and operation, including funds, personnel, and equipment;

h.

Configuration by mode, operation and route of the services to be provided and the facilities to be operated, identifying major planned changes in services and routes; and

i.

Identification of the operating and capital costs as compared to the revenues anticipated from system users for the metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries and the New York city transit authority and its subsidiary.

j.

An analysis of the relationship between specific planned capital elements contained in approved capital program plans and the achievement of planned service and performance standards. Such analysis shall include the relationship of specific planned capital elements to the achievement of such service and performance standards for each subway line, bus route or group of bus routes, or commuter rail lines, divisions or branches as appropriate.

2.

Each annual update of the plan shall include a status report summarizing the extent to which planned service and performance standards developed for the previous year were achieved, the causes of any failure to achieve projected standards of service, and corrective measures the authority intends to take to avoid non-achievement of projected standards in the next upcoming year.

3.

The metropolitan transportation authority shall take into consideration any petitions from local officials for improved services, including how these service improvements relate to the service and performance standards described above, and shall consult with appropriate local officials in its preparation and periodic updates to the operation plan.

Source: Section 1269-D — Submission of strategic operation plan, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBA/1269-D (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

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Short title 1261
Definitions 1262
Metropolitan commuter transportation district 1263
Metropolitan transportation authority 1264
Purposes of the authority 1264–A
State of emergency 1265
General powers of the authority 1265–A
Contracts 1265–B
Metropolitan transportation authority small business mentoring program 1266
Special powers of the authority 1266–A
Medical emergency services 1266–B
Medical emergency services plan 1266–C
Transit projects 1266–D
Long Island rail road commuter’s council 1266–E
Metro-North rail commuter council 1266–F
Medical emergency services plan 1266–G
Excess loss fund 1266–H
Authority police force 1266–I
The permanent citizens advisory committee 1266–J
Metropolitan transportation authority pledge to customers 1266–K
Expired fare transfer policy 1266–L
Surveillance cameras 1266–L*2
Light duty for employees 1266–M
Information concerning services for human trafficking victims 1267
Acquisition and disposition of real property 1267–A
Acquisition and disposition of real property by department of transportation 1267–B
Transit facilities for transit construction fund 1268
Co-operation and assistance of other agencies 1268–A
Promotion of qualified transportation fringes 1269
Notes, bonds and other obligations of the authority 1269–A
Metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board 1269–B
Capital program plans 1269–C
Metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board 1269–D
Submission of strategic operation plan 1269–E
Financial and operational reports 1269–F
Mission statement and measurement report 1269–G
Requirements for certain authority contracts and related subcontracts 1270
Reserve funds and appropriations 1270–A
Metropolitan transportation authority special assistance fund 1270–B
Metropolitan transportation authority Dutchess, Orange and Rockland fund 1270–C
Metropolitan transportation authority dedicated tax fund 1270–D
Consolidated financings 1270–E
Implementation of the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000 1270–F
Implementation of the rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of two thousand five 1270–G
Regulation of certain authority expenditures 1270–H
Metropolitan transportation authority finance fund 1270–I
New York city transportation assistance fund 1270–J
Metropolitan transportation authority commercial gaming revenue fund 1271
Agreement of the state 1272
Right of state to require redemption of bonds 1273
Remedies of noteholders and bondholders 1274
Notes and bonds as legal investment 1275
Exemption from taxation 1276
Actions against the authority 1276–A
Annual audit of authority 1276–B
Authority budget and financial plan 1276–C
Independent audit of authority 1276–D
Independent audit by the legislature 1276–E
Reporting 1276–F
Metropolitan transportation authority transit performance metrics 1277
Station operation and maintenance 1277–A
Transfer and receipt of surplus funds 1278
Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective 1279
Metropolitan transportation authority inspector general 1279–A
Management advisory board 1279–B
Transition--election to withdraw from the metropolitan commuter transportation district 1279–C
The office of legislative and community input 1279–D
Supplemental revenue reporting program 1279–E
Assignment, transfer, sharing or consolidating powers, functions or activities 1279–F
Independent forensic audit 1279–G
Major construction review unit 1279–H
Debarment 1279–I
Open data reporting 1279–L
Right to share employees
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Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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