Transportation

Requires the department of transportation to determine which entrances to parkways in the state are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances.

Prohibits freight trains traveling on a track within the state from exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in length; directs the commissioner of transportation to promulgate rules and regulations to establish a waiver process to permit the operation of freight trains in excess of eight thousand five hundred feet for situations as deemed appropriate by such commissioner.

This bill repeals New York City's congestion pricing program, which would have charged drivers a toll for entering Manhattan's central business district. It removes all legal provisions establishing the tolling program from the Vehicle and Traffic Law and related statutes, including the specific "central business district tolling program" reference. The repeal directly affects drivers who would have been required to pay the toll when entering the designated area. The key mechanism is the complete removal of the legal framework enabling the toll, ending the requirement for this specific fee. This is a straightforward policy change eliminating the congestion pricing mandate.

Requires local community review and approval prior to the implementation of electric scooter programs and installation of electric scooter infrastructure in cities with a population of one million or more.

This bill exempts community colleges from paying the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax. It directly affects community colleges by removing this tax obligation, which previously applied to some educational institutions. The key change is amending tax law to explicitly include community colleges in the definition of "eligible educational institution" that qualifies for the exemption. This policy change ensures community colleges are now covered under the existing tax exemption, aligning them with other public educational institutions.