New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 21 - Miscellaneous
Chapter LVII - Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
Part 4901 - Rules of Conduct for Transit Vehicles, Facilities, and Properties
Section 4901.4 - Prohibited conduct
Universal Citation: 21 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 4901.4
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The following conduct is prohibited on RGRTA transit vehicles, and properties, including the RTS transit center, and in connection with RGRTA's provision of public transportation services. Use of the RTS transit center is exclusively for transit-related activities, including riding buses and aiding others, thus the following prohibitions apply.
(1) using
RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities, and properties for non-transit-related
activities, except as authorized by RGRTA;
(2) violating an exclusion order issued
according to section 4901.5 of this Part;
(3) violating any Federal, State, or
municipal civil and/or criminal law;
(4) failing to pay the appropriate fare as
required by RGRTA:
(i) customer must be in
possession of any multi-trip fare pass (e.g. all-day pass;
monthly pass) while on board the bus. Customers who pay a cash fare are not
required to possess a fare pass while on board the bus;
(ii) customers are prohibited from passing
back their own fare pass to another customer boarding the same bus;
(iii) RTS fare passes are
non-transferable;
(iv) to avoid
being victims of fraudulent or forged passes, customers should purchase fare
passes only from RTS authorized sales outlets or ticket vending
machines;
(v) operators will not
honor fare passes that are damaged, mutilated, expired, or that read as invalid
by the fare box;
(vi) possession of
a forged fare pass may constitute a felony crime;
(5) falsely representing oneself as eligible
for a special or reduced fare or obtaining any permit or pass related to the
RGRTA transit system by making a false representation;
(6) falsely claiming to be or criminally
impersonating a transit operator, other transit employee, or volunteer; or
through words, actions and/or the use of clothes, insignia, or equipment
resembling department issued uniforms and equipment, creating a false
impression that he or she is a transit operator, other transit employee, or
volunteer;
(7) refusing to allow
proper securement of a wheelchair or mobility device;
(8) interfering or tampering with mobile data
computers, fare boxes, public address systems, surveillance equipment, or any
other equipment;
(9) wearing an
article of clothing or equipment that covers the face while in the RTS transit
center concourse except where the clothing or equipment is worn for religious
or medical purposes;
(10) using any
nicotine, tobacco product (i.e. chewing tobacco) or smoking
device (including e-cigarettes and vaping) except at a designated
place;
(11) carrying or holding a
lit or smoldering pipe, cigar, or cigarette except at a designated
place;
(12) discarding litter other
than in designated receptacles;
(13) dumping and/or discarding any materials
including but not limited to hazardous substances and automotive
fluids;
(14) producing unreasonable
noise, including playing sound-producing devices without earphones, headphones,
or an ear receiver to limit sound to individual listeners. Exceptions are the
use of any communication devices by RGRTA employees, RGRTA contractors or
public safety officers in the line of duty, or the use of private communication
devices used to summon, notify, or communicate with other individuals
(e.g., two-way radios, public announcement system, pagers,
beepers or cellular telephones);
(15) spitting, expectorating, urinating, or
defecating, except in the appropriate plumbing fixtures in restroom
facilities;
(16) carrying any
flammable liquid, explosive, acid, or other article or material likely to cause
harm to others;
(17) obstructing or
impeding the flow of RGRTA transit vehicles or customers;
(18) hindering or preventing access by:
(i) causing unreasonable delays in boarding
or alighting;
(ii) blocking or
partially blocking an aisle or stairway with a package or object;
(iii) reclining in more than one seat;
or
(iv) interfering with or
seriously disrupting the provision or use of transit services in any
way;
(19) tampering with
fire and police apparatus. Causing any false alarm of fire in any
manner;
(20) falsely reporting an
incident;
(21) disturbing others by
engaging in loud, raucous, unruly, aggressive, violent, harmful, or harassing
behavior;
(22) destroying,
defacing, or otherwise damaging RGRTA property or any signs, notices, or
advertisements on transit property;
(23) consuming an alcoholic beverage or
having possession of an open container containing an alcoholic
beverage;
(24) carrying or storing
any firearm, shotgun, rifle, or other dangerous weapon or article;
(25) throwing any object:
(i) at RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities,
and properties; or
(ii) at any
person therein; or
(iii) within
RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities, and properties; or
(iv) out of any door or window of any RGRTA
transit vehicle;
(26)
bringing any uncaged animal onboard or inside other than a service
animal;
(27) allowing any animal
to:
(i) occupy a seat on a concourse bench or
a bus seat (unless required by applicable law in the case of a service animal);
or
(ii) run at large; or
(iii) block an aisle or exit; or
(iv) unreasonably disturb others;
or
(v) leave waste matter;
or
(vi) interfere with
transit-related activities;
(28) roller-skating, using roller-shoes,
rollerblading, or skateboarding;
(29) riding bicycles, unicycles, mopeds, and
motorcycles, except where public vehicle travel and access is
permitted;
(30) using space for
residential or commercial parking purposes except as authorized by RGRTA or its
designee;
(31) operating, stopping,
standing, or parking a vehicle in any roadway or location restricted for use
only by RGRTA transit vehicles or otherwise restricted;
(32) eating on RGRTA transit vehicles or in
prohibited areas unless required by applicable law. RGRTA permits
transportation and consumption of non-alcoholic beverages on park-and-ride
transit vehicles when the beverage is in a leak-proof container with a
lid;
(33) using a public address
system, loudspeaker, or other sound-amplifying device, except as authorized by
RGRTA or its designee;
(34) sitting
or lying on floors, sidewalks, asphalt, or other ground covering;
(35) lying on benches provided for
sitting;
(36) sleeping, camping, or
storing personal property on benches and floors;
(37) entering or remaining upon any nonpublic
areas, including, but not limited to, staging areas, work areas, and equipment
rooms, except when authorized by RGRTA or its designee;
(38) storing materials in front of
doors;
(39) not wearing shoes
and/or clothing, such as shirt, pants, dresses, etc.;
(40) the following activities are all
prohibited in all RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities, and properties, including
the RTS transit center, unless authorized by RGRTA or its designee in a written
permit, license, concession contract, lease, or other written authorization:
(i) engaging in commercial activities;
or
(ii) engaging in public
communication activities;
(iii)
engaging in any civic, cultural, and other special event, not included in the
definitions of commercial or public communication activities in section 4901.2
of this Part; or
(iv) posting or
affixing flyers, pamphlets, brochures, leaflets, written or graphic material of
any kind; or
(v) affixing or
erecting signs, banners, or other paraphernalia on the exterior or interior;
or
(vi) carrying signs;
or
(vii) engaging in public
activities involving signs, boxes, receptacles, easels, or other similar
apparatus of any kind;
(41) engaging in any sports
activity;
(42) distributing,
selling, or offering for sale or donation any written or printed material,
including books and pamphlets;
(43)
soliciting funds;
(44) committing
any act which tends to create or incite, or creates or incites, an immediate
breach of peace, including, but not limited to:
(i) fighting; or
(ii) running; or
(iii) obscene language and noisy or
boisterous conduct tending to cause a breach of the peace; or
(iv) personally abusive epithets, or words or
language of an offensive, disgusting or insulting nature, which when addressed
to the ordinary citizen are, as a matter of common knowledge, inherently likely
to provoke a violent reaction of fear, anger or apprehension;
(45) engaging in sexual activity
with oneself or others;
(46)
engaging in any form of gambling;
(47) entering RGRTA transit vehicles,
facilities, and properties when lacking the ability-because of illness,
intoxication, or medication(s)-to care for oneself;
(48) extending an object or a portion of
one's body through the door or window of RGRTA transit vehicles in a manner
that has the capacity to cause injury to oneself, others, or to RGRTA transit
vehicles, facilities, and properties;
(49) hanging or swinging on bars or
stanchions, with feet off the floor;
(50) hanging onto or otherwise attaching
oneself at any time to the exterior of RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities, or
properties;
(51) standing or
remaining in front of the white (or yellow) line marked on the forward end of
the floor of any RGRTA bus while the bus is in motion or after being asked to
step back behind the line by the operator;
(52) loitering as defined in section 4901.2
of this Part;
(53) engaging in any
harassment as defined in section 4901.2 of this Part.
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