§ 59D-21 Operations – Restrictions on Cruising Time in the Manhattan Core.
RCNY § 59
(a)Cruising in the Congestion Zone. A High-Volume For-Hire Service must limit the total amount of time Available Vehicles spend Cruising while in the Congestion Zone in the following manner: (1) Beginning February 1, 2020, the percentage of time all Available Vehicles spend Cruising while in the Congestion Zone between the hours of six a.m. and eleven p.m. on Monday through Friday and between the hours of eight a.m. and eleven p.m. on Saturday and Sunday cannot exceed thirty-six percent (36%).
(2)Beginning August 1, 2020, the percentage of time all Available Vehicles spend Cruising while in the Congestion Zone between the hours of six a.m. and eleven p.m. on Monday through Friday and between the hours of eight a.m. and eleven p.m. on Saturday and Sunday cannot exceed thirty-one percent (31%). 35 RCNY § 59D-21(a)Fine: $350 for each 100 hours by which the High-Volume For-Hire Service exceeds the limit on the percentage of time Available Vehicles can spend Cruising while in the Congestion Zone in the previous calendar month.Example: If Available Vehicles spent 2,500,000 hours in the Congestion Zone over the course of March 2020 but spent 925,000 of those hours Cruising, the High-Volume For-Hire Service will have exceeded the 36% limitation on Cruising by 25,000 hours and be subject to a $87,500 fine.If a High-Volume For-Hire Service exceeds the Cruising limits outlined above by over 10%, the Commission may seek suspension of up to 30 days or revocation.Appearance REQUIRED (b) Calculating Cruising Time. Cruising time will be calculated as all the time a High-Volume For-Hire Service's Available Vehicles spend in the Congestion Zone without a passenger.
(1)Concurrent Availability. When a Vehicle is available to accept dispatches from more than one High-Volume For-Hire Service, its Cruising time will be assigned proportionately based on the aggregate Congestion Zone trip volumes of each High-Volume For-Hire Service from which the Vehicle is available to accept dispatches. For example, if during a compliance period a Vehicle spends 10 hours Cruising in the Congestion Zone while available to accept dispatches from Company A and Company B, and during that compliance period Company A dispatches 800,000 trips in the Congestion Zone and Company B dispatches 200,000 trips in the Congestion Zone, 8 hours of the Vehicle's Cruising time will be assigned to Company A and 2 hours of the Vehicle's Cruising time will be assigned to Company B.
(3)Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Exemption. The Commission will not include a High-Volume For-Hire Service's Available Vehicles that are Wheelchair Accessible when calculating the High-Volume For-Hire Service's Cruising time.
(c)Evaluation by the Commission. No less than annually, the Commission will review compliance levels, service levels outside the Congestion Zone, and any other information it deems relevant to determine if adjustments need to be made to the limits on Cruising set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. (Added City Record 8/12/2019, eff. 8/12/2019)
