New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter LVII - Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority › Part 4901 - Rules of Conduct for Transit Vehicles, Facilities, and Properties › Section 4901.4 - Prohibited conduct

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The following
				conduct is prohibited on RGRTA transit vehicles, and properties, including the
				RTS transit center, and in connection with RGRTA's provision of public
				transportation services. Use of the RTS transit center is exclusively for
				transit-related activities, including riding buses and aiding others, thus the
				following prohibitions apply.
(1) using RGRTA
				transit vehicles, facilities, and properties for non-transit-related
				activities, except as authorized by RGRTA;
(2) violating an exclusion order issued
				according to section
				4901.5 of this Part;
(3) violating any Federal, State, or
				municipal civil and/or criminal law;
(4) failing to pay the appropriate fare as
				required by RGRTA:
(i) customer must be in
				possession of any multi-trip fare pass (
e.g.
all-day pass;
				monthly pass) while on board the bus. Customers who pay a cash fare are not
				required to possess a fare pass while on board the bus;
(ii) customers are prohibited from passing
				back their own fare pass to another customer boarding the same bus;
(iii) RTS fare passes are
				non-transferable;
(iv) to avoid
				being victims of fraudulent or forged passes, customers should purchase fare
				passes only from RTS authorized sales outlets or ticket vending
				machines;
(v) operators will not
				honor fare passes that are damaged, mutilated, expired, or that read as invalid
				by the fare box;
(vi) possession of
				a forged fare pass may constitute a felony crime;
(5) falsely representing oneself as eligible
				for a special or reduced fare or obtaining any permit or pass related to the
				RGRTA transit system by making a false representation;
(6) falsely claiming to be or criminally
				impersonating a transit operator, other transit employee, or volunteer; or
				through words, actions and/or the use of clothes, insignia, or equipment
				resembling department issued uniforms and equipment, creating a false
				impression that he or she is a transit operator, other transit employee, or
				volunteer;
(7) refusing to allow
				proper securement of a wheelchair or mobility device;
(8) interfering or tampering with mobile data
				computers, fare boxes, public address systems, surveillance equipment, or any
				other equipment;
(9) wearing an
				article of clothing or equipment that covers the face while in the RTS transit
				center concourse except where the clothing or equipment is worn for religious
				or medical purposes;
(10) using any
				nicotine, tobacco product (
i.e.
chewing tobacco) or smoking
				device (including e-cigarettes and vaping) except at a designated
				place;
(11) carrying or holding a
				lit or smoldering pipe, cigar, or cigarette except at a designated
				place;
(12) discarding litter other
				than in designated receptacles;
(13) dumping and/or discarding any materials
				including but not limited to hazardous substances and automotive
				fluids;
(14) producing unreasonable
				noise, including playing sound-producing devices without earphones, headphones,
				or an ear receiver to limit sound to individual listeners. Exceptions are the
				use of any communication devices by RGRTA employees, RGRTA contractors or
				public safety officers in the line of duty, or the use of private communication
				devices used to summon, notify, or communicate with other individuals
				(
e.g.,
two-way radios, public announcement system, pagers,
				beepers or cellular telephones);
(15) spitting, expectorating, urinating, or
				defecating, except in the appropriate plumbing fixtures in restroom
				facilities;
(16) carrying any
				flammable liquid, explosive, acid, or other article or material likely to cause
				harm to others;
(17) obstructing or
				impeding the flow of RGRTA transit vehicles or customers;
(18) hindering or preventing access by:
(i) causing unreasonable delays in boarding
				or alighting;
(ii) blocking or
				partially blocking an aisle or stairway with a package or object;
(iii) reclining in more than one seat;
				or
(iv) interfering with or
				seriously disrupting the provision or use of transit services in any
				way;
(19) tampering with
				fire and police apparatus. Causing any false alarm of fire in any
				manner;
(20) falsely reporting an
				incident;
(21) disturbing others by
				engaging in loud, raucous, unruly, aggressive, violent, harmful, or harassing
				behavior;
(22) destroying,
				defacing, or otherwise damaging RGRTA property or any signs, notices, or
				advertisements on transit property;
(23) consuming an alcoholic beverage or
				having possession of an open container containing an alcoholic
				beverage;
(24) carrying or storing
				any firearm, shotgun, rifle, or other dangerous weapon or article;
(25) throwing any object:
(i) at RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities,
				and properties; or
(ii) at any
				person therein; or
(iii) within
				RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities, and properties; or
(iv) out of any door or window of any RGRTA
				transit vehicle;
(26)
				bringing any uncaged animal onboard or inside other than a service
				animal;
(27) allowing any animal
				to:
(i) occupy a seat on a concourse bench or
				a bus seat (unless required by applicable law in the case of a service animal);
				or
(ii) run at large; or
(iii) block an aisle or exit; or
(iv) unreasonably disturb others;
				or
(v) leave waste matter;
				or
(vi) interfere with
				transit-related activities;
(28) roller-skating, using roller-shoes,
				rollerblading, or skateboarding;
(29) riding bicycles, unicycles, mopeds, and
				motorcycles, except where public vehicle travel and access is
				permitted;
(30) using space for
				residential or commercial parking purposes except as authorized by RGRTA or its
				designee;
(31) operating, stopping,
				standing, or parking a vehicle in any roadway or location restricted for use
				only by RGRTA transit vehicles or otherwise restricted;
(32) eating on RGRTA transit vehicles or in
				prohibited areas unless required by applicable law. RGRTA permits
				transportation and consumption of non-alcoholic beverages on park-and-ride
				transit vehicles when the beverage is in a leak-proof container with a
				lid;
(33) using a public address
				system, loudspeaker, or other sound-amplifying device, except as authorized by
				RGRTA or its designee;
(34) sitting
				or lying on floors, sidewalks, asphalt, or other ground covering;
(35) lying on benches provided for
				sitting;
(36) sleeping, camping, or
				storing personal property on benches and floors;
(37) entering or remaining upon any nonpublic
				areas, including, but not limited to, staging areas, work areas, and equipment
				rooms, except when authorized by RGRTA or its designee;
(38) storing materials in front of
				doors;
(39) not wearing shoes
				and/or clothing, such as shirt, pants, dresses, etc.;
(40) the following activities are all
				prohibited in all RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities, and properties, including
				the RTS transit center, unless authorized by RGRTA or its designee in a written
				permit, license, concession contract, lease, or other written authorization:
(i) engaging in commercial activities;
				or
(ii) engaging in public
				communication activities;
(iii)
				engaging in any civic, cultural, and other special event, not included in the
				definitions of commercial or public communication activities in section
				4901.2 of this Part; or
(iv) posting or affixing flyers, pamphlets,
				brochures, leaflets, written or graphic material of any kind; or
(v) affixing or erecting signs, banners, or
				other paraphernalia on the exterior or interior; or
(vi) carrying signs; or
(vii) engaging in public activities involving
				signs, boxes, receptacles, easels, or other similar apparatus of any
				kind;
(41) engaging in
				any sports activity;
(42)
				distributing, selling, or offering for sale or donation any written or printed
				material, including books and pamphlets;
(43) soliciting funds;
(44) committing any act which tends to create
				or incite, or creates or incites, an immediate breach of peace, including, but
				not limited to:
(i) fighting; or
(ii) running; or
(iii) obscene language and noisy or
				boisterous conduct tending to cause a breach of the peace; or
(iv) personally abusive epithets, or words or
				language of an offensive, disgusting or insulting nature, which when addressed
				to the ordinary citizen are, as a matter of common knowledge, inherently likely
				to provoke a violent reaction of fear, anger or apprehension;
(45) engaging in sexual activity
				with oneself or others;
(46)
				engaging in any form of gambling;
(47) entering RGRTA transit vehicles,
				facilities, and properties when lacking the ability-because of illness,
				intoxication, or medication(s)-to care for oneself;
(48) extending an object or a portion of
				one's body through the door or window of RGRTA transit vehicles in a manner
				that has the capacity to cause injury to oneself, others, or to RGRTA transit
				vehicles, facilities, and properties;
(49) hanging or swinging on bars or
				stanchions, with feet off the floor;
(50) hanging onto or otherwise attaching
				oneself at any time to the exterior of RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities, or
				properties;
(51) standing or
				remaining in front of the white (or yellow) line marked on the forward end of
				the floor of any RGRTA bus while the bus is in motion or after being asked to
				step back behind the line by the operator;
(52) loitering as defined in section
				4901.2 of this Part;
(53) engaging in any harassment as defined in
				section 4901.2 of this Part.