5808183 Public Oversight Roundtable on the District Department of Transportation’s Proposed Vision Zero Regulations

Notice of Public Oversight Roundtable on

 

The District Department of Transportation’s Proposed Vision Zero Regulations

 

Friday, January 8, 2016

at 11:00 a.m.

in Room 500 of the

John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC  20004

 

On Friday, January 8, 2016, Councilmember Mary M. Cheh, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, will hold a public oversight roundtable on the District Department of Transportation’s recently proposed Vision Zero regulations. The roundtable will begin at 11:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

 

The purpose of the roundtable is to discuss and to hear testimony regarding the District Department of Transportation’s recently proposed Vision Zero regulations.  These regulations would, amongst other things, significantly raise the fines for a number of traffic offenses and institute a series of new traffic offenses. The proposed regulations were published in the D.C. Register on December 11, 2015, and may be accessed at http://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Gateway/NoticeHome.aspx?NoticeID=5771905.

 

The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony, which will be made a part of the official Hearing Record. Anyone wishing to testify should contact Ms. Aukima Benjamin, staff assistant to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, at [phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail]. Persons representing organizations will have five minutes to present their testimony.  Individuals will have three minutes to present their testimony. Witnesses should bring 8 copies of their written testimony and should submit a copy of their testimony electronically to [e-mail].

 

If you are unable to testify in person, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted to Ms. Aukima Benjamin, staff assistant to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 108, Washington, D.C. 20004. They may also be e-mailed to [e-mail] or faxed to [phone]. The record will close at the end of the business day on January 22, 2016.