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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
The Director of the District Department of Transportation, pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 3(b), 11b(1), 11e(a), and 11h(a) and of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.02(b), 50-921.32(1), 50-921.35(a) and 50-921.38(a)); Mayor’s Order 2009-43, dated March 26, 2009; and Mayor’s Order 2009-62, dated April 21, 2009, hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following amendments to Chapter 15, DC Circulator, of Title 18, Vehicles and Traffic, of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations. The amendments revise the Georgetown Loop route of the DC Circulator bus service to assume the route of the Georgetown Metro Connection, which operates from the Rosslyn, Virginia Metrorail Station to Dupont Circle via the Georgetown neighborhood. The amendments also broaden the definition of “rechargeable fare media.”
A Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking was published in the D.C. Register on September 3, 2010 (57 DCR 8037). Although a number of public comments were received in response to the rulemaking notice, none of the commentators opposed the rule. As such, no changes have been made to the text of the rule.
The final rule will become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 15, DC CIRCULATOR, of Title 18, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Section 1501, ROUTES, is amended as follows:
Paragraph (c) of Subsection 1501.1 is amended to read as follows:
(c) Georgetown Loop – which may include stops in Georgetown; Rosslyn, Virginia; Adams Morgan; Dupont Circle; and the U Street, N.W., corridor;
Section 1599, DEFINITIONS, is amended as follows:
Subsection 1599.1 is amended by amending the definition of the term “Rechargeable fare media” to read as follows:
Rechargeable fare media - a plastic, permanent farecard that may be issued by the Department or WMATA embedded with technology that keeps track of the fare value on the farecard, which may include tracking transfers, weekly passes, and monthly passes. A WMATA SmartTrip Card is an example of a rechargeable fare media.
