NY Pub Auth L § 1269-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority 1269-D - Submission of Strategic Operation Plan.

§ 1269-d. Submission of strategic operation plan. 1. On or before July   first  nineteen  hundred eighty-seven, the authority shall submit to the   governor a strategic operation plan for the five year period  commencing   January  first of the following year. One component of the plan shall be   for the bus and subway services of the New York city  transit  authority   and  its  subsidiaries and for the Staten Island rapid transit operating   authority; the other  component  shall  be  for  the  commuter  railroad   services,  not  including  the  Staten  Island  rapid  transit operating   authority, under the jurisdiction of the authority.   The  plan  may  be   amended  as  required  but  shall be updated at least annually. The plan   shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:a. Long-range goals and objectives for the operation of  services  and   facilities;b.  Planned  service  and  performance  standards for each year of the   period covered by the plan; including, in such plan submitted after July   first, nineteen hundred  eighty-eight,  (a)  standards  for  determining   frequency  of service at peak hours and off-peak hours, (b) frequency of   service at peak and off-peak hours based  on  the  application  of  such   standards to the current period for each subway line, bus route or group   of  bus  routes,  and  commuter  rail  lines,  divisions  or branches as   appropriate, (c) projected performance for each subway line,  bus  route   or  group  of bus routes, and commuter rail lines, divisions or branches   as appropriate as measured by reliability indicators  commonly  utilized   within  the  transit  industry, including such measures as mean distance   between failures for subway cars, planned number of  vehicles  with  air   conditioning  and  projected  reliability  of  such  equipment,  planned   standards for cleanliness of the interior and exterior of  subway  cars,   commuter rail cars, buses, and passenger stations, and other appropriate   measures of planned performance influencing the quality of services;c.  Level and structure of fares projected for each year of the period   covered by the plan;d.  Estimated  operating  and  capital  resources  anticipated  to  be   available from internal sources as well as from federal, state, regional   and local sources;e.  Estimated operating and capital costs to satisfy planned standards   of performance and service;f. Strategies to improve productivity; control cost growth;  integrate   and  coordinate  the  delivery  of services provided by the authority as   well as other public and private transportation providers in the service   area;g. Specific allocation of operating and capital resources by mode  and   operation, including funds, personnel, and equipment;h.  Configuration  by  mode, operation and route of the services to be   provided and the facilities to be operated,  identifying  major  planned   changes in services and routes; andi.  Identification  of  the operating and capital costs as compared to   the  revenues  anticipated  from  system  users  for  the   metropolitan   transportation  authority  and  its  subsidiaries  and the New York city   transit authority and its subsidiary.j. An analysis of the relationship between  specific  planned  capital   elements contained in approved capital program plans and the achievement   of  planned  service  and  performance  standards.  Such  analysis shall   include the relationship of specific planned  capital  elements  to  the   achievement  of  such  service and performance standards for each subway   line, bus route  or  group  of  bus  routes,  or  commuter  rail  lines,   divisions or branches as appropriate.2.  Each  annual  update  of  the  plan  shall include a status report   summarizing  the  extent  to  which  planned  service  and   performance    standards  developed  for the previous year were achieved, the causes of   any failure to achieve projected standards of  service,  and  corrective   measures  the  authority  intends  to  take  to avoid non-achievement of   projected standards in the next upcoming year.3.   The   metropolitan   transportation  authority  shall  take  into   consideration any petitions from local officials for improved  services,   including  how  these  service  improvements  relate  to the service and   performance  standards  described  above,   and   shall   consult   with   appropriate  local  officials in its preparation and periodic updates to   the operation plan.