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 1040 - Rules Governing The Conduct And Safety Of The Public In The Use Of The Facilities Of The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority › Section 1040.5 - Prohibited uses

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No person in a terminal, station or train shall:
(a) interfere with or impede the movement of
				  passengers or personnel of the Authority or SIRTOA; lie on the floor,
				  platforms, stairs, elevator, escalator, or landings; occupy more than one seat
				  when to do so would interfere with the operation of SIRTOA's transportation
				  system or the comfort of other passengers; or place their foot on any
				  seat;
(b) create any sound through
				  the use of any sound production device, except as is specifically authorized by
				  these rules. In no event will the use of amplification devices of any kind,
				  electronic or otherwise, be permitted on a platform. Use of radios and other
				  devices listened to solely by headphones or earphones and inaudible to others
				  is permitted;
(c) throw, drop or
				  cause to be propelled any object, projectile or other article at, from, upon,
				  in or on a facility or train;
(d)
				  bring into a facility or carry onto a train liquid in an open container, or
				  drink any alcoholic beverage or possess any opened or unsealed container of
				  alcoholic beverage;
(e) consume any
				  controlled substance except pursuant to valid prescription;
(f) enter or remain in any facility or train
				  while their ability to function safely in the environment of the terminal,
				  station or train is impaired by the consumption of alcohol or by the taking of
				  any drug;
(g) endanger the safety
				  of others, engage in fighting or assault another person or persons, or threaten
				  another person with such conduct;
(h) vandalize, injure, deface, alter, write
				  upon, destroy, remove or tamper with the facilities or trains, including any
				  facilities under the jurisdiction of tenants or permittees;
(i) enter or attempt to enter any area which
				  is locked or otherwise restricted from public access by any means including,
				  but not limited to, barricades, fencing, doors and signs, or enter or leave a
				  terminal, station or train except by designated entrance ways or
				  exits;
(j) ride or otherwise stand
				  on a skateboard, wear roller skates or in-line skates, ride or straddle a
				  bicycle while in motion, or ride a scooter or any other self-propelled vehicle
				  or motor-propelled vehicle or device, on or through any part of a terminal,
				  station or train, excluding parking lots and access roads. This provision does
				  not apply to the proper use of self- propelled or motor-propelled vehicles or
				  similar assistive devices by persons requiring the use of such device due to a
				  disability;
(k) cook, light a fire
				  or otherwise create a fire except pursuant to the terms of any lease, license,
				  operating agreement or concession granted by SIRTOA or the authority;
(l) utilize hand carts on
				  escalators;
(m) dispense commercial
				  merchandise with or without charge or carry on any commercial activity except
				  pursuant to the terms of a lease, license, operating agreement or concession
				  granted SIRTOA or the authority;
(n) offer to or agree to carry baggage or
				  hire and/or flag taxicabs or car services except pursuant to the terms of a
				  lease, license, operating agreement or concession granted by SIRTOA or the
				  authority;
(o) burn a lighted
				  cigarette, cigar, pipe or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco
				  or any tobacco substitute or use an electronic cigarette ("vaping");
(p) engage in any activity which interferes
				  with the commercial activities of leases, tenants or their customers;
(q) engage in noncommercial activities,
				  except as expressly permitted by these rules;
(r) misrepresent through words, signs,
				  leaflets, attire or otherwise, such person's affiliation with or lack of
				  affiliation with or support by any organization, group, entity, or cause,
				  including any affiliation with or support by SIRTOA or the authority or the New
				  York City Transit Authority or any of their programs, such as Music Under New
				  York or Arts for Transit;
(s) carry
				  on or bring to any facility or train 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 excluding 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 train;
(2) constitutes a hazard to the operation of
				  SIRTOA, 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;