NYC Council Introduction 1233

intro.nyc/1233-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
The planting of vegetation on new medians separating bicycle lanes from motorized vehicle traffic.
Status: Committee Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsored by Erik D. Bottcher
Introduced: April 10, 2025

This bill would require the Commissioner of Transportation to build any new medians separating bicycle lanes from motorized vehicle traffic to accommodate the planting of trees and other vegetation based on feasibility determinations made by the Commissioner of Transportation and Commissioner of Parks and Recreation. The Commissioner of Parks and Recreation would be required to plant, or permit to be planted, trees and other vegetation in the new medians accordingly.