D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 18. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
Chapter 18-40. TRAFFIC SIGNS AND RESTRICTIONS AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS |
Section 18-4025. BUS RESTRICTIONS
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4025.1No person shall operate any bus upon any of the following streets or portions of the streets at anytime.
(a)Decatur Street, N.W., between 14th and 15th Streets;
Emerson Street, N.W., between 14th and 15th Streets;
On W Street, N.W., between 14th and 16th Street;
Q Street, N.W., between 11th Street and Connecticut Avenue;
(b)On 4th Street, N.E., between H Street and Massachusetts Avenue;
On Independence Avenue, N.E., between 2nd and 19th Streets.
4025.2No person shall operate any bus upon any of the following streets or portions of the street, except metrobuses engaged in picking up or discharging passengers on an officially designated bus route.
(b)On Constitution Avenue, N.E. between 2nd and 19th Streets
(d)On Independence Avenue, S.E. between 2nd and 19th Streets
4025.3No person shall operate any bus upon any of the following streets or portions of the streets, except school buses actually engaged in transporting students to and from schools.
(a)At the intersection of Adams Mill Road, Kenyon and Irving Streets;
L Street, N.W., between 9th Street and Massachusetts Avenue;
M Street, N. W., between 5th and 7th Streets;
M Street, N. W., between 9th Street and Thomas Circle;
On 8th Street, N.W., between Rhode Island and Florida Avenues;
On V Street, N.W., between 16th and 17th Streets;
(b)On Constitution Avenue, N.E. between 2nd and 19th Streets;
On Crittenden Street, N.E., between 7th and 12th Streets;
Spring Place, N.W., between 16th and Spring Road;
(d)On Independence Avenue, S.E. between 2nd and 19th Streets.
4025.4No person shall operate a commercial tour bus in the Capitol Hill Historic District except upon the following roads:
(a)Pennsylvania Ave., S.E. between 2nd St., S.E. and 13th St., S.E.;
(b)Maryland Ave., N.E. between 2nd St., N.E. and 11th St., N.E.;
(c)Massachusetts Ave., N.E. between 2nd St., NE. and East Capitol St.;
(d)Massachusetts Ave., S.E. between East Capitol St., and 14th St., S.E.; and
(e)Independence Ave., S.E. between 2nd St., S.E. and 14th St., S.E.
4025.5Buses used for government purposes and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority buses shall be exempt from the provisions of Subsection 4025.4.
4025.6For purposes of Subsection 4025.4, the phrase “commercial tour bus” means any motor vehicle used for the transportation of persons for profit that:
(a)Has a gross weight in excess of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds;
(b)Has three or more axles regardless of weight; or
(c)Has a seating capacity of sixteen (16) or more passengers, exclusive of the driver.