“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.”
“Dear PoPville,
Attached are pictures of the bike lane on New Hampshire avenue south of V street NW. The dark Audi pictured below comes almost every Sunday and seems to believe the bike lane is his own personal parking spot. Given previous discussions I thought I’d pass along.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Néstor Sánchez Cordero
Does a parking meter or street sign take precedence?
“I was parking in DuPont Circle with my zone 2 parking pass, and noticed an area for zone 2 parking, but there were parking meters in the spaces. The area is clearly for zone 2 parking, as there are two end signs that clarify that. Do I need to pay the parking meter if I park there? Or is the parking meter there for non-zone 2 holders? Seems like a very tricky setup. I shouldn’t have to pay a meter in a zone 2 permit holder area, but I don’t want to risk getting a ticket and having to fight it.”
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Photo by PoPville flickr user T. Mertens
new parking signage with no notice to residents
“I live in Eckington and it seems overnight parking signage has changed. The zoned parking changed slightly (it was M-F until 8pm, now M-Sat until midnight), but the kicker was the addition of ‘no parking here to corner’ signs. It’s a one way street, and up until now we could park closer to the corner. I got a parking ticket, and ever since then I have seen the parking enforcement just waiting for more residents to do the same thing. Is there any policy from DDOT on notifying residents when parking rules change on your street, or am I SOL for not checking the sign on the street that I park on daily? Obviously, DDOT, DMV, and 311 were less than helpful in answering my question.”
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“Dear PoPville,
These handwritten signs popped up on Cathedral the other day, giving residents approx 48 hrs notice that there would be work done on the street 10/20-10/21 and there was a no parking rule in effect (I don’t think the work was done B/C the signs are back with new dates). Is this allowed? It’s not the official DC no parking sign, and it was less than the typical 72 hrs notice.
Wondering if these signs are actually enforceable? Does the zoo get special treatment for this?”
Ed. Note: I know the zoo has it’s own police force and the property is part of the Smithsonian so I’m guessing legit. Anyone know for sure?
Thanks to James for sending from the Rhode Island Ave Home Depot parking lot.
Ed. Note: DC plates.
“Week 1 is on the right of the map and week 2 is on the left.”
From DDOT:
“The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced today it is launching a new, simpler way to pay for and manage parking in the Penn Quarter and Chinatown areas of Washington, DC.
Pay-By-Space parking will improve the parking experience for vehicle drivers. Pay-By-Space means drivers will now park in defined spaces, read the four- or five-digit space number on space marker posts, and then enter the number at the payment kiosks, or on their mobile devices with Parkmobile. There is no need to display a receipt on a dashboard.
Between October 13 and October 27, 2015, DDOT will roll out Pay-By-Space parking in the area from E Street to H Street, NW and 3rd Street to 11th Street, NW, as shown on the map above. (more…)