Section 18-1605. CONDUCT IN THE STREETCAR SYSTEM

 

1605.1While on a streetcar, the following acts are prohibited:  

 

(a) Transporting any item that blocks the aisle or the areas of the streetcar reserved for passengers in wheelchairs or who use mobility aids;

 

(b) Transporting a bicycle on a streetcar between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. or between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays;

 

(c) Transporting a bicycle on a streetcar in a manner that blocks access to any seats; 

 

(d) Bringing or carrying food or beverages in open containers;

 

(e) Consuming food or beverages;

 

(f) Bringing or carrying any animal upon the streetcar, except in the case of a guide or service animal, including a service animal in training, that has been individually trained to assist persons with disabilities and is under the control of its handler, housebroken and restrained by leash, harness, or other device made for the purpose of controlling the movement of an animal;

 

(g) Soliciting signatures or circulating petitions; and

 

(h) Distributing with or without charge any goods, wares, merchandise, books, magazines, newspapers, bills, or other literature of a commercial or non-commercial nature.

 

1605.2While on a streetcar or a streetcar platform, the following acts are prohibited:

 

(a) Operating a sound-emitting device, unless the only sound produced by such item is emitted by a personal listening attachment (earphone) audible only to the person carrying the device producing the sound;

 

(b) Riding a skateboard, in-line skates, roller-skates, or a bicycle;

 

(c) Smoking tobacco, an electronic cigarette, or any other substance, or carrying any lighted or smoldering substance, in any form;

 

(d) Engaging in commercial activity, including selling or offering to sell any goods, wares, merchandise, books, magazines, newspapers, or any article of value, or taking orders for or selling subscriptions to same for future delivery, or distributing commercial advertising matter; and

 

(e) Soliciting donations.

 

1605.3The following acts are prohibited at any time:

 

(a) Hanging onto or attaching oneself to any exterior part of a streetcar or touching a moving streetcar vehicle from outside the vehicle;

 

(b) Walking between coupled streetcar vehicles;

 

(c) Throwing an object at or from any streetcar or at any person or thing on or in any streetcar or streetcar platform; and

 

(d) Posting signs or notices on a streetcar vehicle, streetcar platform, or streetcar guideway. 

 

authority

Sections 5(2)(N) and 11r of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.04(2)(N) and 50-921.76 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)), and Mayor’s Order 2013-198, dated October 24, 2013.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12286 (November 28, 2014).