Section 72-M*2. Emergency transportation plans  


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  • Within sixty days after this
      section becomes law any transportation authority and any city, county or
      municipality  operating  a  public  transportation system and any county
      within the geographical territory of any transportation authority  shall
      prepare  and  publicize  a plan for transportation to be followed in the
      event mass transportation services  are  discontinued  due  to  a  labor
      dispute,  fire, accident, flood, storm or any other emergency, provided,
      however, that in the case of the five counties comprising  the  city  of
      New  York  such  plan  shall be filed by the city of New York. Such plan
      shall designate the persons responsible for its implementation and shall
      provide for designation  of  emergency  routes  for  vehicular  traffic,
      maximum  utilization  of  existing and emergency parking and alternative
      mass  transportation  facilities  and  such  other   matters   as   such
      transportation  authority,  city, county or municipality shall determine
      appropriate.
        A plan and any amendment thereto, prepared pursuant to the  provisions
      of  this section shall be filed with the department of transportation at
      its Albany office. The department shall examine the plan  and  determine
      its  feasibility.  The  plan  shall  be  made  available  to any and all
      persons, corporations, departments  and  agencies  necessary  to  enable
      timely   publication  and  implementation  in  the  event  of  any  such
      emergency.
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