Posts tagged Parking Minimums
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Can the Anacostia Playhouse escape from zoning hell?
Some District leaders are discovering that there really is a serious cost to having an outdated zoning code. The Anacostia Playhouse might face up to 6 months of delays because of silly parking regulations, and there’s not much the DC Council can rightfully do about it. The City Paper reported last week that the playhouse, which expected to open in April, suddenly discovered… Keep reading…
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Are Montgomery’s parking minimums really about parking?
Why does zoning require off-street parking? It’s natural to think that the idea is to create more parking spaces. But that’s not always so — and with zoning rewrites underway in Montgomery County and DC, it’s worth taking a careful look at what these rules do. The most jealously-defended element of the parking mandates in Montgomery County… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get out of park
Parking minimums impede Anacostia; Streetlights people; Wrongheaded enforcement; WSSC would force suburban patterns; Credit card readers maybe?; Bag some bag fees?; Where the cranes are; Report card time; And… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: War on the war on cars
Parking minimums are obsolete; Pay up, Maryland drivers; Townsend watch; Fairfax sneers at PG; Waterfront defended; Murals popular, except on the Hill; MoCo still very dangerous to walk; Air travel doesn’t break even, either; Candidates pull in money. Keep reading…
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Looser parking requirements are no threat to DC
Apparently, a major threat to the District looms on the horizon. “This is a very dangerous proposal,” the warning recently went out. “We think it threatens the future of Washington.” Keep reading…
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Capitol Hill ANC poised to endorse zoning update
ANC 6B, which covers the southern portion of Capitol Hill, is likely to endorse the DC zoning update after a majority of its members voted in favor at a committee meeting. It would join Glover Park’s ANC 3B, which endorsed the proposals about 2 weeks ago. In a post on his blog, Capitol Hill Corner, resident Larry Janezich (who clearly doesn’t agree with the zoning update)… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Snowquester”
Snow; Residents win the war; Issa endorses better design; Prince William vs sprawl; Preserve “Mad Men” era buildings?; Fairfax considers red light cameras; Bad ideas for FBI; A sport looking for space; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Know your rights
Public or private?; Legal video; How downtown is like Downton; Sequestration looms; Fairfax trail closed a year; A studio in Fairfax; What’s in a license plate?; And…. Keep reading…
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AAA fights to keep unnecessary parking rules
Many AAA members would be surprised to learn that their roadside assistance fees also go to fund a vigorous pro-asphalt, anti-environment lobbying effort. Now, the organization is also spending members’ money to advocate for antiquated car-centric urban policies that will keep DC’s transportation options firmly mired in the 1950s. In last week’s Washington… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New ways to live and move
Uber takes a taxi; Babe’s gets the nod; Bike to Obama; A national VMT tax?; Call them the Washington Deforesters; Will school closings save money?; An affordable little neighborhood; “Embarrassing” anti-dooring law?; And…. Keep reading…