Section 18-2217. CLOSED STREETS, LOCAL ACCESS STREETS, PLAY STREETS, BUS LANES, AND BUS RESTRICTED STREETS

 

2217.1Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a street or portion of a street is a local access street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon such street or portion of the street except drivers of vehicles whose destination or origin is on or within two (2) blocks of such street or portion of the street.

 

2217.2No person shall drive a vehicle on a street that has been designated a play street or closed to vehicular traffic except as specifically permitted by an official traffic control device.

 

2217.3No person shall drive any vehicle across or over any public street at which there is an official barrier, sign, or authorized person indicating that the street is closed, except as otherwise provided.

 

2217.4When the driving of a vehicle on a street described in §§ 2217.1, 2217.2, or 2217.3 is authorized, the maximum speed at which a person shall drive a vehicle shall be fifteen (15) miles per hour.

 

2217.5No vehicle shall travel on those portions of streets designated as bus lanes by pavement markings or signage, except:

 

(a) transit buses, tour buses, charter buses, and school buses;

 

(b) taxicabs that are in active passenger service;

 

(c) bicycles except pedicabs;

 

(d) paratransit service vehicles;

 

(e) authorized emergency vehicles; or

 

(f)as provided in § 2217.6.

 

2217.6A vehicle may enter a designated bus lane within forty feet (40 ft.) of an intersection or driveway, to engage in a turn at that intersection or driveway.

 

2217.7Whenever authorized signs are erected to restrict buses from a street or portion of street, no person shall operate a bus upon such street or portion of the street at any time except as specifically directed to do so by a police officer or other law enforcement or public safety official or by an official traffic control device.

 

 

authority

Sections 5(3)(D) (allocating and regulating on-street parking and curb regulations) and 6(c) (transferring to the Department the authority and function to make traffic rules and regulations previously delegated to the Department of Public Works under Section IV(A) of the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983, the Department of Transportation under Section IV(G) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1975, and the Director of Highways and Traffic under Commissioner Order No. 68-554) 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(3)(D) and 50-921.05(c) (2014 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 34 DCR 4322 (July 3, 1987); and amended by the Personal Mobility Device Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 6, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-224; 53 DCR 10225 (December 29, 2006)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14092 (October 30, 2015).