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 1044 - Rules Governing The Conduct and Safety of the Public in the Use of the Facilities of the Mta Bus Company › Section 1044.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following terms as used in this part shall have the
					 following meanings:
(a)
Authority
means the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the
				  public benefit corporation created by section
				  1263 of
				  the Public Authorities Law.
(b)
Facilities
or
MTABC facilities
includes all
				  property and equipment, including, without limitation, fuel, communication
				  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 bus line of MTABC.
(c)
Service animal
means a
				  guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to perform tasks
				  for the benefit of a person with a 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 or providing rescue assistance. The term service
				  animal does not include a therapy 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 disc player, speaker device or system, and any sound amplifier
				  or any other sound-producing device of similar nature.
(e)
Excessive noise
means
				  excessively or unusually loud sounds produced by any means which are audible to
				  another person and which cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or
				  which interfere with transit operations, but does not include conversational
				  speech or sounds incident to walking or normal movement. The emission of any
				  sound in excess of 85 dBA on the A weighted scale measured at five feet from
				  the source of the sound is excessive noise and is prohibited. The term
				  excessive noise also includes sounds which interfere with the audibility of the
				  normal communication, audio communication equipment and speaker system of a
				  terminal, station or bus.
(f)
Conveyance
includes any bus or other vehicle used or held for
				  use by MTABC as a means of transportation of passengers.
(g)
Commercial activities
means activities whose main purpose is the sale of goods or services or the
				  promotion or advertising of goods or services, including the distribution of
				  goods or materials for free. Commercial activities include:
(1) the advertising, display, sale, lease,
				  offer for sale or lease, or distribution of food, goods, services or
				  entertainment (including the free distribution of promotional goods or
				  materials); and
(2) the
				  solicitation of money or payment for food, goods, services or
				  entertainment.