Bill > B25-0577

Introduced Session

AN ACT IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To amend the Safe at Home Act of 2016 to include modifications intended to improve the physical accessibility of an off-street parking space as an eligible accessibility modification under the Safe at Home Program; to amend the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Amendment Act of 2016 to require that the District Department of Transportation establish multimodal measures of effectiveness for assessing transportation projects, and to establish a Public Life and Activity Zones Program within the District Department of Transportation that will select 3 corridors in the District to be closed to personal vehicle traffic and advise the Mayor on the issuance grants to support efforts to close the designated corridors to personal vehicles; to amend the Block Party Act of 2012 to modify the requirements for existing block party applications and to create a process for submitting expedited block party application for blocks that have been preauthorized; to amend section 47-2862 of the District of Columbia Official Code to exempt expedited block party applications and block party preauthorization applications from the prohibition against the issuance of licenses or permits; and to amend the Autonomous Vehicle Act of 2012 to establish interim requirements that people or entities engaged in autonomous vehicles (“AV”) testing must meet until an AV testing permit application is made available by the District Department of Transportation, to allow DDOT to restrict testing for safety concerns related to an AV testing entity’s failure to comply with its permit, to require that AV testing entities submit quarterly reports to DDOT, and to require that AV testing entities seek approval from DDOT before increasing the number of vehicles being tested.

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Charles Allen (D)*,  Brianne Nadeau (D)*,  Zachary Parker (D)*, 

Act A25-0715 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 000845 (on 01/31/2025)

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