New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXIV - The Port Authority Of New York And New Jersey › Subchapter A - Vehicular Crossings › Article 1 - Traffic Rules, Regulations and Toll Rates › Part 1200 - Conditions Of Use And Definitions › Section 1200.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following terms as used in this Article shall, unless
						otherwise expressly stated or unless the context clearly requires a different
						interpretation, have the following meaning:
(a) Ambulance shall mean a vehicle
					 specifically designed and equipped for the carrying of the sick or injured and
					 clearly marked as such with permanent exterior markings. Commercial ambulance
					 shall mean an ambulance for hire.
(b) Bicycle shall include a velocipede,
					 tricycle or other light vehicle propelled by the riders or rider.
(c) Bridge shall include any bridge within
					 the jurisdiction of the Port Authority, but shall not include the plazas,
					 approaches and highway connections thereto.
(d) Bus shall mean a motor vehicle designed
					 or used in the transportation of persons, having a seating capacity of 16 or
					 more persons.
(e) Chassis shall
					 mean the frame and all other mechanical parts of a vehicle, including wheels,
					 but without body.
(f) Driver shall
					 mean the person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
(g) Dual vehicles shall mean a truck,
					 tractor, or other self-propelled vehicle in combination with a semi-trailer or
					 trailer.
(h) Manager shall mean the
					 Port Authority official in charge of the particular vehicular crossing or the
					 person performing his functions and duties for the time being.
(i) Motorcycle shall mean all motorized
					 vehicles registered as a motorcycle, including motor scooters and motor
					 bicycles.
(j) Parking shall mean
					 the halting of a vehicle on a roadway while not actually engaged in receiving
					 or discharging passengers or merchandise, unless in obedience to traffic
					 regulations or traffic signs or signals, and regardless of whether or not the
					 driver remains in the vehicle.
(k)
					 Passenger automobile shall mean a motor vehicle which is registered as a
					 passenger vehicle, not for hire, for use in the transportation of persons,
					 including a station wagon so registered, and including a motor vehicle owned by
					 a Federal, State, municipal or other government, or agency thereof which,
					 except for such ownership would be so registered. (Passenger automobiles and
					 station wagons whether privately owned or rented are included in this
					 category.)
(l) Passenger vehicle
					 for hire shall mean a motor vehicle for hire used in the transportation of
					 persons, having a seating capacity of less than 16 persons. (Taxicabs, airport
					 and other commercial limousines are included in this category.)
(m) Pedestrian shall mean a person
					 afoot.
(n) Port Authority shall
					 mean the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
(o) Semi-trailer shall mean a vehicle, not
					 self-propelled, designed and constructed to be towed and to move with the
					 forward end of its body or chassis resting upon the body or chassis of the
					 towing vehicle.
(p) Single vehicle
					 shall mean a self-propelled vehicle upon one chassis, or in one unit, without
					 the capability of flexing for added maneuverability.
(q) Ton shall mean a "short ton," i.e., 2,000
					 pounds.
(r) Tractor shall mean a
					 self-propelled vehicle designed for drawing other vehicles and having no
					 permanent provision for carrying independent loads.
(s) Traffic shall include pedestrians,
					 animals and vehicles whether moved by human power or otherwise.
(t) Trailer shall mean a vehicle (other than
					 a semi-trailer), not self-propelled, designed and constructed to be
					 towed.
(u) Trip shall mean a
					 one-way passage over or through a vehicular crossing.
(v) Truck shall mean a motor vehicle
					 designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of goods, wares
					 and merchandise or registered for such use.
(w) Tunnel shall include any tunnel within
					 the jurisdiction of the Port Authority between the portals thereof, but shall
					 not include the plazas, approaches and highway connections thereto.
(x) Vehicular crossings shall include the
					 bridges and tunnels, and the plazas, approaches and highway connections
					 thereto, within the jurisdiction of the Port Authority.