Posts tagged Rpp
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Dutch auctions could improve parking permits in DC
Nothing in urban life seems to be as contentious as on-street parking in DC. One answer may be a Dutch auction, which allows residents to set the price of parking, making parking more responsive to demand. In DC, residential parking permits (RPPs) are sold to residents well below market rates, meaning people have an incentive to use more space than they may need. This restricts… Keep reading…
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DC visitor parking pass program lurches citywide
DC’s program of handing out free visitor parking passes will expand citywide, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced today. This isn’t, however, the result of thoughtful planning about how to fix problems with parking. Instead, the agency is slouching toward a messy parking policy because it can’t manage to develop a good one. Residents… Keep reading…
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Curb parking and garage parking aren’t the same
“It almost always comes down to parking,” said DC Councilmember Tommy Wells at a hearing last week on DC’s zoning update, and he’s right. Wells tried to explain a tricky point to opponents of the zoning update: how higher parking minimums don’t make it easier to park on the street. Wells agrees with many residents that parking on neighborhood… Keep reading…
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Can DC decouple growth and “parking pressures”?
Councilmember Tommy Wells re-introduced legislation this week to let a developer of a new building promise that tenants can’t get stickers to park on neighborhood streets, if they choose to offer such a guarantee to neighbors. Would this alleviate the parking angst that erupts over nearly every development project, like ongoing controversies in Columbia Heights and Mount… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Best policies
How to fix tax breaks; U Street moratorium gets hearing; Penn Ave bike lane update; Micro-living without a car; Metro riders can be hot; PR for public housing; Foxx outlines vision; And…. Keep reading…
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Politics, not good sense, drive Portland parking minimums
Opponents of DC’s zoning update are touting news that Portland, Oregon is re-instituting parking minimums. They claim the Portland case proves eliminating minimums doesn’t work. But it actually shows how sometimes leaders bow to political pressure and resident fears, even for a bad (popular) solution instead of a better (less understood) one. Portland removed… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No love for convenience stores
WaWa = poor suburban planning?; Georgetown against 7-Eleven; Metro getting cameras; DC gets more digital; Arts can draw tourists?; Logan Circle talks parking; Standing up to “Amtrak bullies”?; Transit relieves parallel traffic; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to work
NOquester; Verizon Center gets its signs; Public (Parking) Storage?; MARC your schedules; Can you trust VDOT?; Bids everywhere; Bag fee: a history; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What can you do?
Not so accountable; Hot rent; Green Line report sheds little light; U Street isn’t most-liquored; Hip to be Bethesda?; Smart Growth locally; Where to park; Next Interior head likes bikes?; Transit tidbits. Keep reading…
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Shaw church parking demand is nothing new
Church parking is a huge problem in Shaw, especially today. It’s commonly said that the churches in Shaw used to serve immediate residents, and thus didn’t need as much parking, but as their congregants have moved farther away over time, they need space for their cars on Sundays. But is this true? Mari at InShaw did some research and found a 1957 survey of churches in… Keep reading…