{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-3106","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-3106","heading":"Action Plans and spot safety assessments.","body":"(a)\nBeginning June 1, 2024, DDOT shall produce an Action Plan for at least 25 schools per school year, with schools prioritized in the order listed in the version of the Safe Streets for Students Master Plan or Master Plan modification most recently approved by the Council.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nDDOT shall undertake spot safety assessments upon request.\n(2)\n(A)\nDDOT may stipulate the manner in which requests for spot safety assessments (\"requests\") are to be submitted to the agency but shall provide a method to submit requests to the Safe Routes to School Program.\n(B)\nRequests received by the Safe Routes to School Program shall be posted to DDOT's Traffic Safety Investigation Dashboard (\"dashboard\").\n(C)\n(i)\nFor requests submitted to the Safe Routes to School Program after October 1, 2023, the dashboard shall denote that the request was submitted to the Safe Routes to School Program.\n(ii)\nAs of October 1, 2023, DDOT shall permit residents to sort requests by those submitted to the Safe Routes to School Program.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nDDOT shall install traffic safety infrastructure where called for under an Action Plan, spot safety assessment, or any other assessment or investigation focused on improving traffic safety for a school.\n(2)\nWhere a traffic safety installation called for under an Action Plan or spot safety assessment is not completed within one year after the conclusion of the Action Plan or spot safety assessment, DDOT shall provide written notice of the basis for the delay to the principals of schools within 1/10th of a mile of the location of the traffic safety installation, the Ward Councilmember whose ward includes the location of the traffic safety installation, and the Chairs of the Council Committees with oversight of DCPS and the Public Charter School Board.\n\n(d)\nAny barriers preventing implementation or installation of certain traffic safety infrastructure identified in an Action Plan shall not waive the obligation of the implementation or installation of remaining traffic safety infrastructure identified in the Action Plan.\n\n(e)\nFor Action Plans finalized before October 1, 2023, if any new barriers preventing implementation or installation of certain traffic safety infrastructure are identified after the Action Plan is finalized, DDOT shall, within 60 days after identifying the new barrier, transmit to the Council and post on the DDOT website a description of the newly identified barrier.","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 31. Traffic Control in School Zones."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-3106","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4f58f6a7d2ea85711d35364fa0391f5fbaf3afb41615205d9ee8b42ceae8e2f5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-3105","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-3107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}