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For those not familiar:
“This morning, Mayor Muriel Bowser was joined by Department of Transportation (DDOT) Director Leif Dormsjo, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and other city officials to release the “Vision Zero” Action Plan – the District’s s plan to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries to people walkers, bikers and drivers by 2024. (more…)
237 2nd Street, NW
A reader reports:
“Looks like the Alibi (formerly My Brother’s Place) finally tore down their 38 year old enclosed patio down over the weekend. The door still says “open” but it looked awfully quiet yesterday.”
Before
From Council Member Elissa Silverman’s office:
“Under current District law, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) is required to send its inspectors to every property designated as vacant or blighted, currently reported as totaling 1,277 properties, every six months in order to continue designating the properties as vacant. The legislation aims to eliminate inefficient use of DCRA inspectors’ time, strengthen existing incentives to put properties to productive use, and fund nuisance abatement efforts to mitigate harms caused by vacant or blighted properties. (more…)
“Dear Popville,
I parked on Q between 18th and 19th Tuesday night around 5:30 and was utterly flummoxed by the “Except 7AM-7PM Tuesday” sign. What does it mean? Is it legal to park there, or illegal? There were other cars on the block before and after 7 p.m. and no one, including myself, was ticketed.”
Hmm I wonder if it’s related to street cleaning but why is it in green…I think the green means it would be legal – this is an odd one.
“Dear PoPville,
Any idea how to persuade DC remove a city owned car that’s been parked illegally at R and New Hampshire, NW for over a week? The irony is that it looks like a parking enforcement car!”
From DDOT:
“The District’s Visitor Parking Pass (VPP) Program allows guests of eligible District residents to park for more than two hours on residential parking permit zone blocks. Passes for 2015 expire December 31, 2015. Registration for 2016 Passes begins Tuesday, December 1, 2015. Passes are free, and one per household is available for residents on eligible Residential Permit Parking (RPP) zone blocks (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Mike Maguire
One reader reports:
“Today 3 of my friends and I received tickets in Eckington at 2 am. All parking. I got a registration ticket and my friend got caught too close to the alleyway. They seem to be cracking down on the area.”
Another reader writes:
“I was parked around 4:50 on the 4000 block of Marlboro Pl, NW. As I am sure you know this is a one way, one block street with residents parking out front of their homes daily. 75% of the block has no parking signs from 7am-7pm for gas line work. According to multiple neighbors on the block there has been no workmen out to the property in almost a week. That being said an MPD officer from 4D showed up at 5pm to ticket all of those parked on the block. When I questioned why he was ticketing people this late in the day when there were no Washington Gas trucks to be found he responded, “Well the sign is there, right?” This is just profiteering and absolutely unneccesary. There were only about four cars parked on the block and I am guessing neighbors just getting home from work.
This is as bad as ticketing at 11:25am when street cleaning ends at 11:30am and the street cleaner came through an hour earlier which happens weekly near Dupont Circle.
The tickets he was giving out were for EMERGENCY NO PARKING at $50/each. I know because I got one. I plan on fighting the ticket to just have someone hear me out.”
4300 Arkansas Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
The city has drained fountains to prepare for the cold but it seems that someone forget about our pool. I would hate for a freeze to damage the neighborhood swimming pool.”
A reader nominates DPW:
“These guys don’t get a lot of props, but they were out all week last week raking the sidewalk and blowing up and down the street making sure all the dead leaves were cleared. Some areas were getting really thick with leaves, so really glad guys like this are out there working hard.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Josh
Update from Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of Police:
“Good afternoon, I wanted to take a moment to update everyone on yesterday’s attacks in Paris and let you know how the Department is responding. As you are aware by now, during the evening hours yesterday, November 13, 2015, terrorists, self-proclaimed to be affiliated with ISIS, conducted a series of attacks in the area of Paris, France. Currently, hundreds of people have been reported to have been killed or injured in connection with this tragedy.
While the specifics relating to those responsible, and the planning of the Paris attack, will become more apparent as the investigation continues, I wanted to use this opportunity to remind everyone how important it is to always be on the lookout for suspicious activities and to promptly report them if observed. Simply reporting a suspicious activity, however small, may be the linchpin in disrupting a pending attack before it can be acted upon. With this said, let me be clear- there is no known, credible threat to Washington D.C, at this time. However, we must always remember that Washington will always be an attractive target to those wishing to do harm to us.
Preventing an attack, swiftly responding to any tragedy, and saving lives remains our highest priorities at the MPD.
As a result of yesterday’s events we immediately dispatched additional officers to our streets and you will see them in your travels conspicuously patrolling areas of our city. We will maintain this additional presence until such time as more information becomes available on this attack, and we feel circumstances dictate that they are no longer needed.
In closing, be assured that, as always, we remain in contact with all of our law enforcement partners in the region, collaborating daily, to ensure our city remains safe and secure.
May our prayers and well wishes remain with those impacted by yesterdays tragedy, and their families.”
From the Mayor’s Office last night: (more…)