A reader reported yesterday:
“Parking enforcement vehicle this morning [Monday] around 7:40am on the problematic M Street bike lane in the merge area (the most dangerous) on the approach to 20th St NW.
Oh yeah – nobody in the car – to even tell them to move the heck out!
Can I get $150 from DC? Haaaaaaaaaa”
Thanks to Rodrigo for sending from Petworth.
“Dear PoPville,
Happy first week of street cleaning! This whole entire side of Wallach Place NW is ticketed all the way down the block. Barely anyone remembers the first week until you come back and see that pink slip.”
Ed. Note: Fortunately those are warning tickets but the real thing is coming soon. From DPW:
“DPW will issue warnings between Monday, March 2 and Friday, March 6, to vehicles parked during the sweeping periods. After March 6, violators will be subject to $45 fines.”
Thanks to Joanna for sending “Diplomatic plates blocking fire hydrant.”
14th and K Street, NW
Abby spots this curiosity:
“Somehow, the Belgium Embassy has snatched rights to parking (re: very valuable parking) on 14th and K in front of our office. Their embassy is uhh…nowhere near here. Plz explain”
Adam writes:
“the parking enforcement person told me that I couldn’t wait in the car for my wife to get her prescription. Then I saw him parked like this and said he wasn’t allowed to park like that. He said, “I am allowed to.” Is he? He began writing tickets for other people.”
Photo by Alex Byers
From DPW:
“Every year our street sweepers mechanically cleaned over 57,000 miles of DC streets!”
“Dear PoPville,
Wanted to share my experience this morning as both a chance to vent and an opportunity to warn drivers in DC. I had my car booted this morning for $96 in tickets, from 2 parking tickets. This seems like an incredibly trivial amount to boot a car over, and for two tickets I had honestly not remembered (an email warning would have been nice, as I’m signed up for email alerts). In addition to this, they scratched the wheel they attached it to. I have a RPP and DC plates, having just renewed. Seems like something that could have been brought to my attention then!
The man that came to un-boot me was quick, knowledgable and super kind. He polished off the wheel with a cloth after removing the boot, and then gave me a direct supervisor number to file a complaint, at which point he said it this happens “all the time” and that for such a small amount the government would absolutely lose money after paying for the wheel repair.“
Thanks to Alex for sending from Monday: “US Senate tags parked past a no parking/stopping sign, in front of a hydrant and in a crosswalk. Judiciary square”
Update: Martin Austermuhle tweets: “That’s no U.S. senator, but rather one of D.C.’s shadow senators.”
2nd and H Street, NE
Thanks to Carl for sending: “Fun congressional spouse parking on the sidewalk.”
Ceci n’est pas une parking on the sidewalk pass: (more…)