Enforcing Yield-to-Pedestrian and Truck Restricted Routes Amendment Act of 2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the exact locations of all cameras or the number of tickets expected once operational.

Enforcing Rules for Trucks and Pedestrian Safety

This bill requires the Mayor to install cameras that automatically ticket trucks breaking rules about where they can drive and drivers who do not yield to pedestrians by January 1, 2026.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Mayor to install at least 30 automated enforcement cameras for truck restricted routes by January 1, 2026.
• At least half of these cameras must be located in the ward with the highest concentration of land zoned for production, distribution, and repair activities.
• Also requires the installation of at least 15 automated enforcement cameras that ticket drivers who do not yield to pedestrians.

Who It Names or Affects

• Drivers of trucks in Washington D.C.
• Pedestrians in areas with high foot traffic
• The Mayor and city officials responsible for enforcing traffic rules

Terms To Know

Automated enforcement cameras

Cameras that automatically take pictures of vehicles breaking traffic laws, which are then used to issue tickets.

Truck restricted routes

Roads or areas where trucks are not allowed to drive due to safety concerns or other regulations.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact locations for all cameras.
• It is unclear how many tickets will be issued once these cameras are operational.
• The bill's effectiveness depends on proper implementation and enforcement by city officials.

Official Summary Text

Enforcing Yield-to-Pedestrian and Truck Restricted Routes Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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Councilmember Matthew Frumin Councilmember Zachary Parker 3
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A BILL 6
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
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To amend the Safety-Based Traffic Enforcement Amendment Act of 2012 to require the Mayor 15
to bolster automatic enforcement of truck restricted routes and yield-to-pedestrian signs. 16
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may 18
be cited as the “Enforcing Yield-to-Pedestrian and Truck Restricted Routes Amendment 19
Act of 2025”. 20
Sec. 2. Section 103(b) of the Safety-Based Traffic Enforcement Amendment Act of 2012 21
(D.C. Law 19-307; D.C. Official Code § 50–2209.11), effective May 1, 2021, is amended 22
by adding a new subparagraph (1)(C) to read as follows: 23
“(C) By January 1, 2026, the Mayor shall have operating at least: 24
“(1) 30 truck restricted route automated enforcement cameras, 15 of which shall 25
be located in the Ward with the highest concentration of land zoned for production, distribution, 26
and repair; and 27
“(2) 15 failure-to-yield-to-pedestrian automated enforcement cameras.” 28
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 29
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 30
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 31

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approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 32
Sec. 4. Effective date. 33
This act shall take effect after approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 34
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 35
provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 36
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 37
Columbia Register. 38