“Dear PoPville,
I am curious about this “no parking sign” on 23rd St NW between Wyoming Ave. and Tracy Pl. It seems fake! The coloring and the fact that the property owner can call for a vehicle to be towed while on the public street makes me skeptical. Yours/reader thoughts?”
I think the embassy sign looks legit and maybe they just added the bottom one? Would the bottom one, if legit, apply to the same hours as above Monday-Friday?
click image to watch video and see the full scope of the line
Ed. Note: We recently spoke about walk in hours at the DMV here.
Thanks to Alex for sending the video of the line from Sunday: “Things are going great at the Southwest DMV…..”
Another reader asks: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Can the hive mind confirm that this is absolutely shenanigans? On 19th and T there is a renovation where there is a dumpster and (at least) two parking spaces coned off, apparently 24 hours a day for 6 months. Whatever – if you’ve got the permits, do your thing, but I think that actually they don’t have the permits. (more…)
A resident from Ward 2 writes in part to DDOT and the Council:
“After spending over 2 hours trying to obtain a visitor parking permit this evening (used to take 75 seconds at a MPD station), including 41 minutes on the phone with a DDOT contractor, I wanted to reach out regarding this flawed and discriminatory new permitting system.
First the system is broken – neither the app or the website worked and I even stopped by my local MPD station with no luck. Everything had to be manually entered by a DDOT contractor over a grueling 41 minute phone conversation. (more…)
photo by MaryStanfordDC
Thanks to Mary for sending from Le Diplomate’s Q street side. Fortunately the big one on 14th Street remains (for now?) (more…)
From DDOT:
“he District Department of Transportation (DDOT) launched ParkDC Permits, a new, centralized system for DC residents in Residential Permit Parking (RPP) Zones and their visitors to manage visitor, temporary, home health aide, and contractor parking permits via a single online portal.
Residents and their visitors can use the portal to set up their ParkDC Permits accounts and to issue and receive permits to legally park in RPP zones. ParkDC Permits combines the Annual Visitor Parking Pass and Temporary (15 day) Parking Permits. The new system allows unlimited use by one visitor at a time and additional permits when a resident has two or more visitors. Residents in RPP Zones across all eight wards will have access to the system and visitor parking privileges. (more…)
Photo by Rex Block
“Dear PoPville,
I had a question to the masses that I wasn’t able to get answered through my online sleuthing. I’m going on a trip away from DC and currently have my car parked on the street (legally). Since I won’t be here to move my car for street sweeping days, I’m concerned that I’ll be ticketed while I’m away. Curious if there are areas within DC that I can park my car at without it getting ticketed for street parking.”
Thanks to a neighbor for passing on from nextdoor about a parking space in the alley between Rodman and Porter Street, NW:
“He tried to block the corner with a cone but the cone didn’t stay in place – now he has glued down small nails. Where kids ride bikes. Watch your tires, watch your kids.”
Ed. Note: We’ve previously learned that Council Members are not obligated to follow parking regulations however they still shouldn’t park in front of fire hydrants. Also, it just really pisses people off but bigger fish to fry I guess.
Thanks to Wayne and Monica for sending our latest Council Member parking poorly:
“Council Member, Ward 2, Brooke Pinto, parks illegally for days! If we can’t park illegally in front of our houses, she shouldn’t either.” (more…)
Thanks to Mary for sending from Logan Circle. And for inquiring minds, the license plate was: Virginia!