Posts tagged Zoning Update
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Roll Call covers parking reform
Roll Call, one of Capitol Hill’s newspapers, ventured beyond the federal realm to cover DC’s parking reform proposals. The lede: Keep reading…
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Parking countdown #5: Minimums deter good projects
This is the sixth of ten daily posts about why the Zoning Commission should approve the Office of Planning recommendations on off-street parking, leading up to the hearing on Thursday, July 31 at 6:30 pm. Please attend and testify if you can, or submit comments to the zoning commission in this thread. Keep reading…
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Zipcar asking members to support parking reform
Several readers forwarded me an action alert Zipcar just sent to DC members asking them to support the parking regulations. Yes, the changes will help them, but their success creates positive externalities for others. They advocate for all aspects of parking reform, with the car sharing component only the last bullet point of their email. Parking requirements force Zipcar users… Keep reading…
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Parking countdown #6: Parking minimums undermine neighborhood retail
This is the fifth of ten daily posts about why the Zoning Commission should approve the Office of Planning recommendations on off-street parking, leading up to the hearing on Thursday, July 31 at 6:30 pm. Please attend and testify if you can, or submit comments to the zoning commission in this thread. Keep reading…
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Parking countdown #7: On-street management solves “spillover”
This is the fourth of ten daily posts about why the Zoning Commission should approve the Office of Planning recommendations on off-street parking, leading up to the hearing on Thursday, July 31 at 6:30 pm. Please attend and testify if you can, or submit comments to the zoning commission in this thread. Keep reading…
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Parking countdown #8: Car sharing reduces parking demand
This is the third in a daily series about why the Zoning Commission should approve the Office of Planning recommendations on off-street parking. Keep reading…
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Parking countdown #9: Removing minimums is proven elsewhere
This is the second in a daily series about why the Zoning Commission should approve the Office of Planning recommendations on off-street parking. Keep reading…
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Parking countdown #10: Row houses aren’t obsolete after all
July 31 is a very important hearing. The Zoning Commission will be hearing public comment about DC’s proposed off-street parking reforms. As I’ve written before, these are vital changes to modernize our 1958 zoning code which required each new development to build large amounts of parking, pushing a suburban pattern of development over the existing historic urban… Keep reading…
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Zoning commission comments thread
Leave your comments here for the Zoning Commission. I will forward everything posted in this thread to them. Please sign these with your real name and use a real email address (I will include both when I send it, but your email won’t be shown here or posted anywhere online.) Keep reading…
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Van Ness Walgreens’ drive-thru isn’t even the worst part
As I reported last week, Walgreens is proposing a new store with a drive-thru and 27 parking spaces on the former site of a gas station at Veazey and Connecticut, right by the Van Ness Metro. Keep reading…