5961249 Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Allowing for U-turns at select signalized intersections

DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

The Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 5(3)(A) (providing for a safe transportation system),  6(b) (transferring to the Department the traffic management function previously delegated to the Department of Public Works (DPW) under Section III (H) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983), and 7 (making Director of DDOT the successor to transportation related authority delegated to the Director of DPW) 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(a)(3)(A) (2012 Repl. and 2015 Supp.), 50-921.05(b) (2012 Repl.) and 50-921.06 (2012 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 77-127, dated August 3, 1977, hereby gives notice of the adoption of amendments to Chapter 22 (Moving Violations) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).  

 

The rulemaking allows U-turns at signalized intersections where allowed by authorized signs. 

 

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in the D.C. Register on December 11, 2015, at 62 DCR 15873.  DDOT received no comments and no changes were made to the rulemaking. 

 

The Director adopted these rules as final on January 15, 2016, and they shall become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Chapter 22, MOVING VIOLATIONS, of Title 18 DCMR, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, is amended as follows:

 

Section 2203, TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 2203.1 is amended by striking the phrase, “buttons, markers, or signs” and inserting the phrase, “signs, signals or markings” in its place.

 

Subsection 2203.2 is amended by striking the phrase, “buttons, markers, or signs” and inserting the phrase, “signs, signals or markings” in its place.

 

Section 2204, TURNING REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 2204.7 is amended to read as follows:

 

2204.7             No vehicle shall make a U-turn so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection controlled by traffic lights or police officer, or on a crosswalk adjacent to such an intersection, provided that U-turns are allowed at intersections as specified in Subsection 2203.2 of this chapter.