District of Columbia § 38-3106 Action Plans and spot safety assessments.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 38-3106 — Action Plans and spot safety assessments.

District of Columbia § 38-3106

Title 38Educational Institutions.

Ch. 31Traffic Control in School Zones.

This text of District of Columbia § 38-3106 (Action Plans and spot safety assessments.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering District of Columbia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

D.C. Code § 38-3106 (2026).

Text

(a)Beginning June 1, 2024, DDOT shall produce an Action Plan for at least 25 schools per school year, with schools prioritized in the order listed in the version of the Safe Streets for Students Master Plan or Master Plan modification most recently approved by the Council.

(1)DDOT shall undertake spot safety assessments upon request.

(A)DDOT may stipulate the manner in which requests for spot safety assessments ("requests") are to be submitted to the agency but shall provide a method to submit requests to the Safe Routes to School Program.

(B)Requests received by the Safe Routes to School Program shall be posted to DDOT's Traffic Safety Investigation Dashboard ("dashboard").

(i)For requests submitted to the Safe Routes to School Program after October 1, 2023, the d

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) Beginning June 1, 2024, DDOT shall produce an Action Plan for at least 25 schools per school year, with schools prioritized in the order listed in the version of the Safe Streets for Students Master Plan or Master Plan modification most recently approved by the Council.

(1) DDOT shall undertake spot safety assessments upon request.

(A) DDOT may stipulate the manner in which requests for spot safety assessments ("requests") are to be submitted to the agency but shall provide a method to submit requests to the Safe Routes to School Program.

(B) Requests received by the Safe Routes to School Program shall be posted to DDOT's Traffic Safety Investigation Dashboard ("dashboard").

(i) For requests submitted to the Safe Routes to School Program after October 1, 2023, the dashboard shall denote that the request was submitted to the Safe Routes to School Program.

(ii) As of October 1, 2023, DDOT shall permit residents to sort requests by those submitted to the Safe Routes to School Program.

(1) DDOT shall install traffic safety infrastructure where called for under an Action Plan, spot safety assessment, or any other assessment or investigation focused on improving traffic safety for a school.

(2) Where a traffic safety installation called for under an Action Plan or spot safety assessment is not completed within one year after the conclusion of the Action Plan or spot safety assessment, DDOT shall provide written notice of the basis for the delay to the principals of schools within 1/10th of a mile of the location of the traffic safety installation, the Ward Councilmember whose ward includes the location of the traffic safety installation, and the Chairs of the Council Committees with oversight of DCPS and the Public Charter School Board.

(d) Any barriers preventing implementation or installation of certain traffic safety infrastructure identified in an Action Plan shall not waive the obligation of the implementation or installation of remaining traffic safety infrastructure identified in the Action Plan.

(e) For Action Plans finalized before October 1, 2023, if any new barriers preventing implementation or installation of certain traffic safety infrastructure are identified after the Action Plan is finalized, DDOT shall, within 60 days after identifying the new barrier, transmit to the Council and post on the DDOT website a description of the newly identified barrier.