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 1097 - Rules And Regulations Governing The Conduct And Safety Of The Public And Use Of The Long Island Rail Road Company Terminals, Stations And Trains › Section 1097.5 - Prohibited uses

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No person in a terminal, station or train shall:
(a) block free movement of another person or
				  persons; lie on the floor, platforms, stairs, tables, benches, chairs or other
				  furniture designed for sitting, counters or landings; or occupy more than one
				  seat;
(b) create any unreasonable
				  noise by any means. Use of radios and other sound-producing devices on trains
				  must be accomplished by means of headphones or earphones and must be inaudible
				  to others;
(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) drink
				  any alcoholic beverage or possess any opened or unsealed container of alcoholic
				  beverage, except in such areas and at such times as may be permitted from time
				  to time by LIRR in its discretion;
(e) consume any controlled substance in any
				  part of a terminal or station, except pursuant to valid prescription;
(f) enter or remain in a terminal, station or
				  train while his or her 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 controlled substance;
(g) endanger the safety of others, engage in
				  fighting, or assault upon another person or persons or threaten another person
				  with such conduct;
(h) vandalize,
				  injure, deface, alter, write upon, destroy, remove or tamper within any way any
				  real or personal property or equipment owned by or under the jurisdiction or
				  control of LIRR, the authority, their 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) skateboard, roller
				  skate, or ride a bicycle, scooter or any other self-propelled or
				  motor-propelled vehicle or device, other than by a physically disabled person,
				  on or through any part of a terminal, station or train excluding parking lots
				  and access roads;
(k) cook, light a
				  fire or otherwise create a fire, except pursuant to the terms of any lease,
				  license or concession granted by the LIRR or the authority;
(l) utilize hand carts on the
				  escalators;
(m) dispense commercial
				  merchandise with or without charge, or carry on any other commercial activity
				  except pursuant to the terms of any lease, license, operating agreement or
				  concession granted by the LIRR or the authority;
(n) offer or agree to carry bags for hire or
				  to flag taxicabs for hire;
(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") on a train or in any indoor area within a terminal or station or in
				  an outdoor ticketing, boarding or platform area of a terminal or
				  station.
(p) engage in any activity
				  which interferes with the commercial activities of lessees, tenants and their
				  customers; and
(q) engage in
				  noncommercial activities, except as authorized by subdivision (d) of this
				  section;
(r) sit on the platforms,
				  stairs, tables, counters or landings;
(s) utilize a 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 being
				  utilized for children, except for authorized deliveries to tenants in the
				  terminal or station in areas designated for deliveries; and
(t) perform any act that interferes with the
				  provision of transportation service, obstructs the flow of traffic in or on
				  facilities, platforms or conveyances, interferes with access onto or off of an
				  escalator, stairway, elevator or train, or otherwise interferes with the safe
				  and efficient operation of the facilities.