Section 38-3108 - [Not funded.] School Streets Pilot Program.(a)(1) No later than 18 months after the applicability date of the Safe Streets For Students Amendment Act of 2022, passed on 2nd reading on December 20, 2022 (enrolled version of Bill 24-66), the DDOT shall implement a 2-school-year School Streets Pilot Program ("pilot program") at at least one public school per Ward.(2) DDOT, in consultation with DCPS, the Public Charter School Board, and school principals, shall identify public schools interested in participating in the pilot program, and notify schools of their selection for the pilot program at least 3 months prior to the implementation date specified in this subsection.(b) Under the pilot program, at each participating school, DDOT shall: (1) Designate, in consultation with the school: (A) At least one roadway adjacent to the school closed to unauthorized motor vehicles during designated hours;(B) The hours that the roadway is to be closed to unauthorized motor vehicles; except, that the designated roadway shall be closed to unauthorized motor vehicles for at least one hour before and one hour after both the start and end of the school day for all days that school is in session; and(C) Which vehicles are authorized to access the roadways closed during designated hours pursuant to the pilot program; except, that DDOT may only authorize access for motor vehicles that are vital to school functions or to public safety and shall endeavor to minimize, if not eliminate, all motor vehicle access on the designated roadways during designated hours;(2) Assign at least one traffic control officer or crossing guard to the roadways closed to unauthorized motor vehicles during the designated hours at each school; provided, that sufficient staff is available;(3) Install signage designating the roadway as participating in the pilot program and stating the hours during which the roadway is closed to unauthorized motor vehicle traffic; and(4) Provide each school with the equipment DDOT considers necessary to prevent motor vehicle through-traffic during the designated hours, including temporary bollards or other roadway obstructions.(c) DDOT may temporarily suspend closure of a roadway closed pursuant to the pilot program where doing so is necessary to preserve public safety, and shall provide notice to the school and the LEA of any such temporary suspension.(d) No later than 18 months after conclusion of the pilot program, DDOT shall provide a report to the Mayor, Council, Chancellor of DCPS, and the Public Charter School Board. The report shall include:(1) A summary of how the pilot program was implemented at each school participating in the pilot program, including a breakdown of any differences in design, scope, community engagement, cross-agency engagement, or other factors;(2) An assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot program at each participating school on actual and perceived student, school, and community safety, including, where implementation of the pilot program meaningfully differed between the schools, an analysis of how those differences affected the pilot program's effectiveness; and(3) Recommendations on how the pilot program could better enhance student safety, how inefficiencies or redundancies in the pilot program could be reduced, and on how the pilot program could best be expanded to other schools.Added by D.C. Law 24-285,§ 2, 70 DCR 000998, eff. 3/10/2023.