New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXI - Metropolitan Transportation Authority › Subchapter D - Rules and Regulations Governing the Conduct and Safety of the Public › Part 1050 - Rules Governing The Conduct And Safety Of The Public In The Use Of The Facilities Of New York City Transit Authority And Manhattan And Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority › Section 1050.9 - Restricted areas and activities

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  No person, except as specifically authorized by the authority, shall enter or
				  attempt to enter into any area not open to the public, including but not
				  limited to train operator's cabs, conductor's cabs, bus operator's seat
				  location, station booths, closed-off areas, mechanical or equipment rooms,
				  concession stands, storage areas, interior rooms, catwalks, emergency stairways
				  (except in cases of an emergency), tracks, roadbeds, tunnels, plants, shops,
				  barns, train yards, garages, depots or any area marked with a sign restricting
				  access or indicating a dangerous environment.
(b) No vehicle, except as specifically
				  authorized, may be parked on authority property.
(c) Photography, filming or video recording
				  in any facility or conveyance is permitted except that ancillary equipment such
				  as lights, reflectors or tripods may not be used. Members of the press holding
				  valid identification issued by the New York City Police Department are hereby
				  authorized to use necessary ancillary equipment. All photographic activity must
				  be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
(d) No person may ride on the roof, platform
				  between subway cars or on any other area outside any subway car or bus or other
				  conveyance operated by the authority. No person may use the end doors of a
				  subway car to pass from one subway car to another except in an emergency or
				  when directed to do so by an authority conductor or a police officer.
(e) No person shall extend their hand, arm,
				  leg, head or other part of their person, or extend any item, article or other
				  substance outside of the window or door of a subway car, bus or other
				  conveyance operated by the authority.
(f) No person shall enter or leave a subway
				  car, bus or other conveyance operated by the authority except through the
				  entrances and exits provided for that purpose.
(g) No person may carry on or bring to any
				  facility or conveyance any wheeled cart greater than thirty inches in either
				  length or width, including but not limited to shopping or grocery store carts
				  or baskets, but exclud- ing any stroller which is, at the time it is on or in
				  the facility or conveyance, being utilized for children; or any item that:
(1) is so long as to extend outside the
				  window or door of a subway car, bus or other conveyance;
(2) constitutes a hazard to the operation of
				  the Authority, interferes with passenger traffic, or impedes service;
				  or
(3) constitutes a danger or
				  hazard to other persons. Nothing contained in this section shall apply to the
				  use of wheelchairs, crutches, canes or other physical assistance
				  devices.