“Dear PoPville,
I’m having trouble with our neighbor who has taken the liberty to block a spot off of public street parking so he can easily move in and out of his driveway (located to the right of the sign). After several neighbors have had to move it out of the way to parallel park and moving it to the sidewalk (because how in the world is anyone suppose to get in and out of that spot with it in the way), he has now proceeded to dump all of this to block the entire spot! (more…)
Thanks to Rob for sending: “Does this win for the worst parked car in dc for the week? (Cleveland Park). The driver was nowhere to be found.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Ticket patrol almost nailed about 8 cars on my street for parking in the wrong direction. 2000 block of 8th between Florida and V NW. The problem is my block had switched to one way during the construction of a new building which replaced Towne. The one way signs were removed about 2 months ago but people continued to treat it as 1 way. (more…)
Sarah sends from Buchanan and 7th St, NW over the weekend: “I moved them but holy cow.”
Anyone else ever see this?
4th and I Street, SE photo by Matt Thornton
Matt warns: “Would you park in this empty space at 4th and I SE? If you do, DPW will ticket you at 2am, which I and many of my neighbors learned the hard way. Anyone want to venture a guess why? If you park within the clearly painted parking box, you are too close to the stop sign. Apparently you are not allowed to park within 25 feet of one, which means that even the front bumper of the grey car is too close (though the car across the street was not ticketed).”
Credit to DPW who replied to Matt: “Matt, please email us at [email protected], we’ll be able to figure out a better solution via email. Feel free to share this address with your neighbors.”
The start of street sweeping and finding proper parking spaces. Alas on March 15th 2020, almost a year ago, street sweeping was suspended for the public health emergency. DPW confirmed street sweeping would remain suspended during phase two of the public health emergency. As we are still in phase two it seems there is still no need to move those cars. Will update should DPW/the Mayor’s office change that directive.
Photo by Tim Brown
“Dear PoPville,
I’m looking at moving to a place in Navy Yard, but the building I’m looking at doesn’t have any parking available. Colonial Parking says a bunch of their garages in the area are restricted to office tenants only for monthly parking – is there a good way to find non-restricted public monthly parking or any leads on Navy Yard monthly spots?”
“Dear PoPville,
This text comes from an email I just got from DC DMV reminding me to renew my vehicle registration.
Also, the cost of Residential Parking Permit (RPP) will increase effective March 1, 2021. Any registration with RPP renewed after March 1, 2021 will be subject to the new fees.
New annual RPP Fees per household are: 1st Vehicle–$50, 2nd Vehicle–$75, 3rd Vehicle–$100, and $150 for each vehicle thereafter. Also, one senior RPP per household for $35.
Thanks to Tasha for sending the latest “Parking space woes” from Dupont.
“Dear PoPville,
I have an issue with a neighbor that I am not sure how to deal with, so hoping to get some good advice without escalating. My neighbor across the street routinely yells at people street parking who do not have the right zone sticker. His general routine is that he is up at ~6am walks up and down the street, leaves notes on peoples cars and then if people are parking while he is out he yells at them. If they try to respond he goes off and starts an all out screaming match. (more…)