Title 50, Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.

The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the following violations, which shall continue to be prosecuted as criminal offenses: (1) Any felony or any misdemeanor for which the provision prohibiting the same is not codified in: (A) Title 50 of the District of Columbia O…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to a person alleged to have committed an infraction who, during the 18-month period immediately preceding the date of the infraction, has been assessed 12 or more traffic p…

(a) The notice of infraction shall be the summons and complaint for the purposes of this subchapter. The Director shall prescribe the form of the notice of infraction and shall establish procedures for the proper administrative controls over the dispersal thereof. The notice of i…

(a) In answer to a notice of infraction, a person to whom the notice was issued may: (1) Admit, by payment of the civil fine, the commission of the infraction; (1A) Admit with an explanation; or (2) Deny the commission of the infraction. (b)(1) A person charged with a moving viol…

(a) Each hearing for the adjudication of a traffic infraction pursuant to this subchapter shall be held before a hearing examiner in accordance with Chapter 10 of Title 18 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations except as provided by this chapter. The burden of proof sh…

Within 30 days after the October 30, 2018, the Department shall reinstate a person's license, or privilege to drive within the District in the case of a person holding an out-of-state permit, if the person's license, or privilege to drive in the District, was suspended due to fai…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all violations of statutes, regulations, executive orders or rules relating to parking, standing, stopping or pedestrian offenses within the District shall be processed and adjudicated pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, exce…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to a person alleged to have committed a parking, standing, or stopping infraction who, during the 18 months immediately preceding the date of the infraction, has been asses…

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “automated parking enforcement system” means equipment that takes a film or digital camera-based photograph which is linked with a violation detection system that synchronizes the taking of a photograph with the occurrence of a pa…

(a) The notice of infraction shall be the summons and complaint for the purposes of this subchapter. The Director shall prescribe the form of the notice of infraction and shall establish procedures for the proper administrative controls over the dispersal thereof. The notice of i…

(a)(1) The operator of a vehicle shall be primarily liable for the civil penalties imposed pursuant to this subchapter. The owner or lessee of the vehicle, even if not the operator thereof, shall also be liable, unless the owner or lessee can show that the vehicle was used withou…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Fleet” means 10 or more company owned or long-term leased motor vehicles, or a vehicle that was part of the fleet adjudication program, which the motor vehicle owner elects to be part of the fleet reconciliation program. (2) “M…

(a)(1) In answer to a notice of infraction, a person to whom the notice was issued may: (A) Admit, by payment of the civil fine and any related vehicle conveyance fee, the commission of the infraction; (A-i) Admit with explanation; or (B) Deny the commission of the infraction. (2…

(a) Each hearing for the adjudication of a traffic infraction pursuant to this subchapter shall be held before a hearing examiner in accordance with Chapter 10 of Title 18 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations except as provided in this chapter. (b) The burden of proo…

(a) A pedestrian who is stopped by a police officer or other authorized official after the pedestrian has committed an infraction of these regulations shall be required to inform the officer or other official of his or her true name and address for the purpose of including that i…

The Department of Motor Vehicles may offer customers the option of receiving some or all notices required under this or any other law by email or similar electronic transmission instead of regular mail; provided, that the email address, provided by the customer, shall be consider…

(a) A person found liable at a hearing conducted pursuant to subchapters II and III, including a hearing involving the suspension or revocation of a license or privilege to drive, shall be entitled to reconsideration of the matter if a written application is received by the Depar…

The Director shall establish appeals boards to consider and determine appeals brought by persons aggrieved by decisions of hearing examiners. The Director shall appoint to each appeals board one employee of the Department of Transportation, one attorney from a list of practicing …

(a) A person found liable by a hearing examiner after a reconsideration conducted pursuant to § 50-2303.11 may appeal the matter to the appeals board pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter; provided, that a denial by a hearing examiner of a motion to vacate a finding of li…

Each appeals board shall review each case before it on the record and shall hold unlawful and set aside any action or findings and conclusions found to be: (1) Arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with law; (2) Repealed; (3) In excess of st…

(a) No appeal shall be reviewed if it is filed more than 30 calendar days after service of notice of the determination appealed from. (b) Service of notice under this section shall be complete 3 calendar days after the Department sends the reconsideration determination to the per…

Appeals from decisions of the appeals board shall be by application for the allowance of an appeal filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia within 30 days of the decision of the appeals board; provided, that appeals from the suspension or revocation of one’s licens…

If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the constitutionality or validity or the remainder of this chapter and the applicability of such provision to other persons or…

The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to violations which occur after the Director has promulgated the necessary regulations to carry out this chapter pursuant to § 50-2301.07.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Associated autonomous vehicle" means an autonomous vehicle that an autonomous vehicle testing entity identifies in its autonomous vehicle testing permit application pursuant to § 50-2352.01, and any subsequent autonomous vehicles a…

(a) There is established an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Program, which shall be administered by the Department. The Department shall set the term for which an AV testing permit lasts before requiring renewal and the fees associated with testing an autonomous vehicle in the Distric…

(a)(1) The Department may order an AV testing entity to temporarily restrict testing on select roadways, or District-wide, under certain circumstances identified by the Department through rulemaking, including a person or entity's failure to comply with the requirements of this c…

(a) On a quarterly basis, an AV testing entity shall provide to the Department, in a form to be determined by the Department, the following information from each reporting period: (1) The vehicle miles traveled, in the aggregate, by its associated autonomous vehicles; (2) The num…

Within one year after October 1, 2021, the Department shall transmit to the Council a report that provides recommendations to safely accommodate the deployment of autonomous vehicles on public roadways for commercial, personal, and any other use the Department determines. The rep…

(a)(1) A person or entity that violates this chapter, or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per offense. (2) Each day of a violation of this chapter, or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter, …

(a) A person aggrieved by an action of the Department taken pursuant to this chapter, or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this act, may appeal the action of the Department to the Office of Administrative Hearings, pursuant to § 2-1831.03(a). The Office of Administrative Heari…

(a) The original manufacturer of a vehicle converted by a third party into an autonomous vehicle shall not be liable in any action resulting from a vehicle defect caused by the conversion of the vehicle, or by equipment installed by the converter, unless the alleged defect was pr…

By July 1, 2019, the District Department of Transportation, in consultation, as needed, with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer or other District agencies or organizations such as DC Surface Transit, shall make publicly available a study that evaluates and makes recommenda…

The Department, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "DDOT" means the District Department of Transportation. (2) "Local transit" means intra-District streetcar and bus service. (3) "MAAC" means the Multimodal Accessibility Advisory Council. (4) "TRAC" means the Transit Rider Advisory …

(a) There is established a Transit Rider Advisory Council. (b) The TRAC shall be composed of 11 members appointed as follows: (1) The Director of DDOT, or the Director’s designee; (2) The Director of the Office of Planning, or the Director’s designee; and (3)(A) Nine community re…

(a) The purpose of the TRAC shall be to serve as the advisory body to the Mayor, the Council, and DDOT on matters pertaining to operating, improving, and expanding local transit. (b)(1) Before the notice of a proposed fare or service adjustment is published in the District of Col…

(a) There is established a Multimodal Accessibility Advisory Council. (b) The MAAC shall be composed of 9 members appointed as follows: (1) The Director of DDOT, or the Director’s designee; (2) The Director of the Office of Disability Rights, or the Director’s designee; (3) The D…

(a) At least once every 6 months, the Director of DDOT, or the Director’s designee, shall meet separately with the chairperson of the Bicycle Advisory Council, the Pedestrian Advisory Council, the TRAC, and the MAAC to discuss recommendations provided by the advisory councils to …

(a) There is established the Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Area Program ("Program"), which shall be implemented by the District Department of Transportation ("DDOT"). The purpose of the Program shall be to enhance implementation of rapid infrastructure changes and enforcement a…

(a) There is established a Public Life and Activity Zones Program ("Program") within DDOT that shall: (1) Designate corridors in the District that shall be closed to personal vehicle traffic; and (2) Advise the Mayor on the issuance of grants to support efforts to close the desig…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) "Complete Streets policy" means a policy by which streets are designed, operated, and maintained to accommodate safe and convenient access and mobility for all users of the District's transportation system, including pedestrians…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Abandoned vehicle" means any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is left, parked, or stored on public space for more than 48 hours or on private property for more than 30 days, and to which at least one of the following app…

(a) There is established a Parking Enforcement Management Administration ("PEMA") within the Department, the purpose of which is to provide: (1) On-street parking enforcement services, including ticketing for parking violations, immobilization, and impoundment; (2) Removal of aba…

(a) The Director shall deploy Parking Enforcement Management Administration staff and resources to prioritize: (1) Unidentifiable vehicles, abandoned vehicles, and dangerous vehicles; (2) Vehicles eligible for immobilization and impoundment as a result of vehicle infraction point…

(a) Within one year after the applicability date of this section, the Mayor shall issue rules to: (1) Ensure that all District agencies equipped with LPRS for enforcement of parking or moving violations utilize the same database of information; (2) Maximize the ability of Distric…