Records – Trip Record Information.
35 RCNY § 60A-18
in effect§ 60A-18 Records – Trip Record Information.
(a) Trip Sheet. All Paratransit Vehicles must be equipped with an Electronic Trip Sheet that shows the following information:
(1) The Paratransit Driver's License number.
(2) The Paratransit Vehicle's state license plate number.
(3) The date and time of pick-up of each passenger.
(4) The date and time of drop-off of each passenger.
(5) The locations of pick-ups and drop-offs.
(6) Any other entries required by the Commission and local, state or federal law.
35 RCNY § 60A-18(a) Fine: $50 for each violation of this rule; however, no violation of this rule may exceed $100 for each vehicle stop Appearance NOT required
(b) Contemporaneous Recording. The specific information about each trip must be collected and recorded when it occurs.
(c) Transmit Monthly. All data required under subdivision (a) above must be electronically transmitted to the Commission on a monthly basis.
35 RCNY § 60A-18(c) Fine: $500 if plead guilty before a hearing; $1,000 if found guilty following a hearing. Suspension until compliance. Appearance NOT required
(d) Re-Write of Trip Record Prohibited. A Vehicle Owner must not rewrite a Trip Record in whole or in part, without prior Commission approval.
35 RCNY § 60A-18(d) Fine: $75 - $350 and/or suspension up to 30 days Appearance REQUIRED
(e) Correcting Electronic Trip Sheets.
(1) The Vehicle Owner must ensure that all necessary corrections and additions are made to the Trip Sheet.
(2) The electronic Trip Record data collected in the Paratransit Vehicle must not be erased, deleted, altered, changed or obliterated.
35 RCNY § 60A-18(e) Fine: $30 Appearance NOT required
(f) Hand-written Trip Sheets.
(1) In the event that the electronic Trip Record equipment malfunctions, hand-written Trip Sheets showing the same information required in subdivision (a) above, must be used during the period the Vehicle is permitted to operate (see 35 RCNY § 60A-33(c)).
(2) The Vehicle Owner must not allow a Vehicle to be dispatched until the Owner has signed his or her name to the hand-written Trip Sheet.
35 RCNY § 60A-18(f)(1)-(2) Fine: $50 for each violation of this rule; however, no violation of this rule may exceed $100 for each vehicle stop Appearance NOT required
(3) At the end of a Driver's shift, the Vehicle Owner must examine any hand-written Trip Record and must enter the date and time in ink.
(4) The Vehicle Owner must also enter and sign a statement indicating that the Driver's entries have been examined.
35 RCNY § 60A-18(f)(3)-(4) Fine: $25 Appearance NOT required
(g) Correcting Mistakes on Hand-Written Trip Sheets.
(1) The Vehicle Owner must correct wrong entries on a written Trip Record (or any other written records Owner is required to maintain) by drawing a single line through the incorrect entry and initialing the correction.
(2) A Vehicle Owner must not make erasures or obliterate or omit any essential information.
35 RCNY § 60A-18(g) Fine: $30 Appearance NOT required
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCrules/0-0-0-69907Fetched: 10/24/2026