§ 4-01 Words and Phrases Defined.
RCNY § 4-01
(a)Vehicle and Traffic Law definitions apply. Whenever any words and phrases used in these rules are not defined herein but are defined in Article 1 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, any such definition shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used herein.
(b)Definitions. The following words and phrases, when used in these rules, shall, for the purpose of these rules, have the following meanings: Access-A-Ride vehicle. An "Access-A-Ride vehicle" means a vehicle authorized by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit to provide only the Access-A-Ride service. Such vehicle must bear a license plate with the New York Department of Motor Vehicles designation of "New York City Transit Authority", and must also have an authorized and clearly visible Access-A-Ride logo on its back side, not smaller than six inches by six inches in size. Bicycle. "Bicycle" means every two- or three-wheeled device upon which a person or persons may ride, propelled by human power through a belt, a chain or gears, with such wheels in a tandem or tricycle, except that it will not include such a device having solid tires and intended for use only on a sidewalk by pre-teenage children. For the purposes of these rules the term bicycle includes pedal-assist commercial bicycles as defined in this section; and bicycles with electric assist as defined in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law. Bicycle sharing system. The term "bicycle sharing system" means a network of self-service and publicly available bicycles in which a bicycle trip begins and/or ends on any public highway in the City of New York. Bicycle with electric assist. “Bicycle with electric assist” shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law. Blockface. The term "blockface" means that portion of the street along the curb on one side of a street which is between the boundaries of the corner area at either end of the block. Bus. "Bus" means every motor vehicle having a seating capacity of more than fifteen passengers, in addition to the operator, and used for the transportation of persons, and every charter bus, school bus and sight-seeing bus, regardless of seating capacity, as defined below.
(i)Charter bus. The term "charter bus" means a bus transporting passengers for compensation in a chartered party.
(ii)School bus. The term "school bus" means every motor vehicle regardless of seating capacity owned by a public or governmental agency or private school and operated for the transportation of pupils, teachers and other persons acting in a supervisory capacity, to or from school or school activities, or privately owned and operated on a regular basis for compensation for the transportation of pupils, teachers and other persons acting in a supervisory capacity to or from school or school activities.
(iii)Sight-seeing bus. The term "sight-seeing bus" means a bus for hire carrying passengers from a fixed point in the City of New York, at which point the passengers embark and are generally discharged to a place or places of interest, assembly, or amusement in the City of New York, and including a charter bus, as defined in these rules, when engaged in a sight-seeing operation.
(iv)Shuttle bus. The term "shuttle bus" means a bus operating entirely within the City of New York that does not charge a fee to its passengers.
(v)Intercity bus. An "intercity bus" means a bus that transports the general public between the City of New York and any location outside the City of New York in scheduled bus service. Such term does not include a school bus, a bus providing public transportation, or a charter bus. Bus lane. The term “bus lane” means a traffic lane or lanes designated for the exclusive use of buses with the exceptions allowed under 34 RCNY §§ 4-12(m) and 4-08(a)(3). Busway. The term “busway” means a bus lane that consists of the entire roadway and is designated for the exclusive use of buses, with access to such roadway(s) restricted to other vehicles, except wheelchair accessible Access-A-Ride vehicles having a seating capacity of four or more passengers, unless otherwise indicated by authorized posted signs. Chartered party. The term "chartered party" means a group of persons who, pursuant to a common purpose and under a single contract and at a fixed charge, have acquired exclusive use of a bus to travel together as a group to a specific destination or for a particular itinerary either agreed upon in advance or modified after having left the place of origin by such group. Commercial bicycle. A bicycle used to transport property in commerce. Commercial vehicle.
