Posts about Parking
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Bethesda garage only needed if you ignore all the other parking lots
Montgomery County is planning to spend $88 million to quadruple the size of the downtown parking lot in Bethesda. Does Bethesda need so much parking? Turns out that there’s plenty of parking, even at peak times. Montgomery County’s analysis simply assumed that nobody would park a few blocks away, where there’s plenty of parking. Keep reading…
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Greaterest Hits
First time here? Below are a few of the most popular posts from Greater Greater Washington recently: Transit Keep reading…
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No new subsidized parking in Bethesda
The private parking garage at Bethesda’s Air Rights Center costs $6.00 per hour. The public lot across Woodmont Avenue charges only 50 cents per hour. Keep reading…
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Debating the free-parking “clean air fee”
My endorsement of the DC Council’s “clean air fee” proposal generated some lively debate. Here are some of the objections raised, and my responses. Keep reading…
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That parking the Nats couldn’t live without? Never mind.
So many people are using Metro, biking or walking to Nats games that parking near the stadium is going empty, and the Nats are going to let fans pay to use it instead of just season ticket holders. Keep reading…
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Taxing the parking subsidies of free spaces
If a parking garage in DC rents out spaces, they have to pay a sales tax. But if an employer gives away the parking, they pay nothing. Yet they are still consuming space that could be used for other purposes, are still creating wear and tear on the roads and pollution. Is this fair? Keep reading…
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Finding the right buffer
As I wrote on Monday, DC Office of Planning is considering a “buffer zone rule” that would require parking in multi-unit apartment buildings if they are within 400 feet of a low- or moderate-density residential building. As I argued, that rule is too broad. Keep reading…
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Coverage of world not ending at ballpark
JDLand notices the media’s incessant doomsaying about impending traffic disasters and the world nonetheless not ending. ABC has quotes from a business owner pleased with the added parking turnover (and another unhappy) as well as good quotes from Tommy Wells. Keep reading…
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The market works, for stadium parking
Not to endlessly harp on the stadium, but Marc Fisher verifies that Metro is handling crowds much better than many expected. Moreover, private entrepreneurs are filling the parking demand by letting fans park in private spaces for an appropriate fee. Keep reading…
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Throwing the baby out with the 400-foot buffer
The draft parking zoning rules include a provision that multi-unit residential development still needs to construct 1 parking space per 3 units if it is within 400 feet of a low- or moderate-density residential zone (R-1 through R-5-B). Keep reading…