2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 38 - Educational Institutions › Chapter 31 - Traffic Control in School Zones › § 38–3106. Action Plans and spot safety assessments

§ 38–3106. Action Plans and spot safety assessments.
(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.
(b)(1) DDOT shall undertake spot safety assessments upon request.
(2)(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").
(C)(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.
(c)(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.
(May 23, 2000, D.C. Law 13-111, § 2e; as added Mar. 10, 2023, D.C. Law 24-285, § 2(b), 70 DCR 998; Sept. 6, 2023, D.C. Law 25-50, § 6122(b), 70 DCR 10366.)
Applicability
Section 6123 of D.C. Law 25-50 amended section 4 of D.C. Law 24-285 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by section 2(b) of Law 24-285 has been implemented.
Applicability of D.C. Law 24-285: § 4 of D.C. Law 24-285 provided that the creation of this section by § 2(b) of D.C. Law 24-285 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.