1599

1599.1

When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed:

Department - District Department of Transportation.

Disparate impact - occurs when the difference between the DC Circulator system-wide percentage of minority riders and the percentage of minority riders affected by a proposed service change or fare change is fifteen percent (15%) or greater.

Disproportionate burden - occurs when the difference between the DC Circulator system-wide percentage of low-income riders and the percentage of low-income riders affected by a proposed service change or fare change is fifteen percent (15%) or greater.

Fare adjustment - an increase or decrease in the cost of a single-ride fare.

Major service adjustment - a service adjustment that meets at least one (1) of the following criteria:

1. (a) Changing frequency of the buses (how often they arrive) on a route by more than five (5) minutes;
2. (b) Altering the geographic alignment of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of a bus route's miles;
3. (c) Changing a route's span of service by more than three (3) hours in a day;
4. (d) Creating or eliminating a route; or
5. (e) Eliminating a bus stop along a portion of a route that would force a half-mile or more increase in walking to access the same route.

Metrobus - A bus operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Metrorail - A train operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Minority rider - a DC Circulator rider that includes the following:

1. (a) American Indian and Alaska Native, which refers to people having

origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment.

(b) Asian, which refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of East Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

(c) Black or African American, which refers to people having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

(d) Hispanic or Latino, which includes persons of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

(e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, which refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

Minor service adjustment - a service adjustment that does not meet any of the criteria for a major service adjustment.

Rechargeable fare media - a plastic, permanent farecard that may be issued by the Department or WMATA embedded with technology that keeps track of the fare value on the farecard, which may include tracking transfers, weekly passes, and monthly passes. A WMATA SmartTripCard is an example of a rechargeable fare media.

WMATA or Metro- the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

SOURCE: The District Department of Transportation DC Circulator Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 6, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-225; 53 DCR 10232 (December 29, 2006)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7902 (August 27, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11741 (December 10, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 005885 (April 21, 2023).