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 1050.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following terms as used in these rules shall have the
					 following meanings:
(a) Authority
				  means collectively the New York City Transit Authority and its subsidiary,
				  Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, public benefit
				  corporations of the State of New York, except if the context in which the word
				  authority is used indicates that it is either (but not both) New York City
				  Transit Authority or Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority to
				  which reference is being made.
(b)
				  Facilities includes all property and equipment, including, without limitation,
				  rights of way and related trackage, rails, signal, power, fuel, communication
				  and ventilation systems, power plants, stations, terminals, signage, storage
				  yards, depots, repair and maintenance shops, yards, offices and other real
				  estate or personalty used or held for or incidental to the operation,
				  rehabilitation or improvement of any rapid transit railroad or omnibus line of
				  the authority.
(c) "Service animal"
				  means a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to perform
				  one or more specific tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability,
				  including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intel- lectual, or mental
				  disability, that such person is unable to perform due to such disability, such
				  as guiding persons with impaired vision, alerting persons with impaired hearing
				  to sounds, pulling a wheelchair, retrieving dropped items, recognizing or
				  avoiding hazards, alerting a person to an oncoming seizure, and responding to a
				  seizure. The term service animal does not include a therapy animal, comfort
				  animal, or animal used for emotional support.
(d) Sound production device includes, but is
				  not limited to, any radio receiver, phonograph, television receiver, musical
				  instrument, tape recorder, cassette player, compact disk player, speaker device
				  or system and any sound amplifier or any sound-producing device of similar
				  nature.
(e) Conveyance includes any
				  subway or rapid transit car or train, locomotive, omnibus or other vehicle
				  previously used or held for use by the authority as a means of transportation
				  of passengers.
(f) Rules means
				  these rules.
(g) Person means any
				  individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or company.
(h) Fare means the lawful charges established
				  by the authority for the use of its facilities.
(i) Fare media means the various instruments
				  issued by or on behalf of the authority to use for the payment of fare,
				  including, but not limited to, farecards, passes, transfers, tickets, and
				  vouchers.
(j) Farecards include,
				  but are not limited to:
(1) value-based,
				  magnetically encoded cards (frequently referred to as pay-per-ride MetroCards)
				  containing stored monetary value from which a specified amount of value is
				  deducted as payment of a fare; and
(2) time-based, magnetically encoded cards
				  (frequently referred to as unlimited ride MetroCards) which permit entrance
				  into facilities and conveyances for a specified period of time.