tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14955194.post113753127883375938..comments2023-12-21T16:53:47.077-05:00Comments on Inside the DC Bubble: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14955194.post-1137836269029920192006-01-21T04:37:00.000-05:002006-01-21T04:37:00.000-05:00Re parking stickers & fees: If the objective here...Re parking stickers & fees: If the objective here is to make it easier for residents to park, jacking up the RPP sticker fee isn't going to solve the problem.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011800832.html" REL="nofollow">The Clarence Williams article in Thursday's WaPo District Extra</A> hit the nail on the head. We have a huge problem with cars that don't have RPP stickers to begin with. Many are out-of-state cars parked overnight (presumably owned by short-term residents), and a lot of the daytime parkers are using illegal visitor passes. (Some visitor passes are forged, but the real problem is that MPD doesn't keep track; I regularly see "visitors" on their 3rd or 4th 30-day permit, despite the legal limits imposed by DCMR.) Hiking the RPP fee ain't gonna do squat about these free riders.<BR/><BR/>What's driving this behavior, I suspect, is avoidance. The overnighters are ducking DC taxes, higher insurance rates, jury service, etc. ad naus. The visitor permit abusers in my area are a more mixed bag; some are residents avoiding the things above, but others are commuters simply scamming their way to free on-street parking. The way to address it is through enforcement that makes it more expensive to be a scofflaw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14955194.post-1137705944190797612006-01-19T16:25:00.000-05:002006-01-19T16:25:00.000-05:00The residential-parking-permit program surely woul...The residential-parking-permit program surely would pay for itself even if the fee for a sticker were $0, since there is huge revenue in ticketing cars without the stickers at $30/pop. And I have a very, very hard time believing that the marginal expense that they're talking about adding to owning a car -- in the tens of dollars a year -- will affect many people's decisions to keep their car as opposed to rely on Metro. Compare the magnitude of that cost to the expense involved in acquiring, maintaining, operating and insuring the car itself.<BR/><BR/>No, the only plausible justification for the fee hikes is to soak those with cars for a few more dollars a year.t.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02474050291507723178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14955194.post-1137626357556640172006-01-18T18:19:00.000-05:002006-01-18T18:19:00.000-05:00typical dc police. who is this sargent. he proba...typical dc police. who is this sargent. he probably lives in Maryland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14955194.post-1137554914516151642006-01-17T22:28:00.000-05:002006-01-17T22:28:00.000-05:00It is worth noting that the "demanded parking poli...It is worth noting that the "demanded parking policy change" in Logan Circle is actually codified law in the District of Columbia. The DC legislature has prohibited double-parking at all times in all places within the city, without exception. It is more than an issue of inconveniencing residents, which is a valid complaint in and of itself, but rather poses significant safety hazards that could easily be addressed if churh parishoners would simply arrive early enough to use nearby available parking, use public transportation, and/or arrange to rent spaces at local parking facilities. These practices are used by private schools and other religious institutions in the city. It seems fair and reasonable to ask the churches to do the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com