N.Y. Transportation Law § 14-b: Highway safety powers and duties

§ 14-b. Highway safety powers and duties. The department of

transportation shall have power to:

1. Advise and assist local authorities as defined in section one

hundred twenty-two of the vehicle and traffic law with their traffic

problems.

2. Maintain a continuous survey of traffic conditions on the public

highways of the state and recommend to the appropriate legislative body,

department or commission, such changes in rules, orders, regulations and

existing law, including measures for the relief of traffic congestion,

such as the construction or reconstruction of highways and elimination

of grade crossings, as the commissioner of transportation may deem

advisable.

3. Cooperate with the agencies of this and other states and of the

federal government which are connected with national defense, in the

formulation and execution of plans for the rapid and safe movement over

highways of troops, vehicles of a military nature, and materials

affecting the national defense.

4. Coordinate the activities of the department or agencies of the

state government in a manner which will best serve to effectuate any

such plan for the rapid and safe movement of troops, vehicles and

materials as referred to in subdivision three of this section.

5. Solicit the cooperation of officials of the various political

subdivisions of the state in the proper execution of plans.

6. Take an inventory, by counties, of the trucks and buses in the

state, publicly and privately owned, which would be available in case of

emergency affecting the national defense.