Here is video of the complete segment from TBD NewsTalk where We Love DC‘s Tom Bridge, Bruce DePuyt and I discussed Jack Evans’ parking comments and whether DC meter rates are too high.

Halfway through, there’s a break and then a reference to some reporting by Sam, which isn’t in the video. Sam did a short segment interviewing people out on the street about parking. Some wanted lower rates, some thought the rates were fine.

One of the people Sam talked to was a shoe repair store owner who said customers in cars couldn’t find spaces nearby to stop in for a few minutes and drop off or pick up shoes. He wanted to see rates that encourage turnover.

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.