New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 601 - Definitions › Section 601.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Vehicular
				crossing. Shall mean the entire project or facility, including but not limited
				to, the bridge plazas, approaches, employee parking areas and truck yards under
				the jurisdiction of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge
				Authority.
(b) Bridge. Shall mean
				that area or part of the vehicular crossing between the inspection canopies at
				the terminals of the bridge.
(c)
				Pedestrian crossing. The bridge sidewalks, approach sidewalks, terminal area
				walks, pedestrian tunnel and other designated pedestrian walkways and standing
				areas under the jurisdiction of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge
				Authority.
(d) Pedestrian. Any
				person afoot.
(e) Roadway. That
				part of the bridge, plazas, approaches, yards and terminals designed for the
				use of motor vehicles.
(f) Vehicle.
				Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be
				transported or drawn upon the roadway.
(g) Passenger auto. Includes every type of
				motor driven vehicle used for transportation of passengers and registered as
				such, including taxicabs and cars rented for hire, but excluding
				buses.
(h) Bus. Includes all motor
				vehicles having the capacity for 10 or more persons, including the
				operator.
(i) Truck. Any motor
				driven vehicle operated on a public highway, designed, used or maintained
				primarily for the transportation of property including self propelled vehicles,
				except those classified as buses, taxicabs, passenger autos, tractors and
				trailers or semi-trailers.
(j)
				Tractor. A motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles but
				having no provision for carrying loads independently.
(k) Trailer and semi-trailer. A vehicle
				without motive power drawn by a motor driven vehicle.
(l) Operator. The driver or any person who
				pushes, draws, propels, operates or is in charge of a vehicle.
(m) Park or parking. Means the standing of
				any vehicle on the roadway, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily
				for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
				merchandise or passengers.
(n) Stop
				or stopping. When prohibited, means any halting, even momentarily of a vehicle,
				whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
				traffic or in compliance with the direction of a bridge employee, any police
				officer, traffic control sign or signal.
(o) Traffic control devices. All signs,
				signals, markings and devices, permanent or temporary, placed or erected by the
				authority for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
(p) Traffic. Shall include pedestrians and
				vehicles whether moved by human power or otherwise.
(q) Bridge employees. All bridge persons
				employed by the authority or designated to act for and on behalf of the
				authority.
(r) Police force of the
				authority. Police force of the authority shall consist of bridge employees
				appointed by the authority.
(s) The
				authority. Wherever the word authority is used in this Chapter, it shall mean
				the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority.