“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…)
Emergency No Parking restrictions?
“Can anyone tell me what the rules are re: where you can park in relation to Emergency No Parking signs? I’ve been trying to find this online and inexplicably can’t find the answer on any DC govt websites.
I imagine the rule is that you can’t park in between the signs, which is why they give you a whole bunch to post, and which makes sense. I got a $50 ticket on Tuesday for parking about 8 feet away from the 3rd of 3 signs; there was a construction dumpster solidly in between those signs, which is what the permit was for. The ticket says “Signs Posted; Signs Clearly Posted” …. yes – 8 feet away. Someone else parked there within minutes of my leaving the space, too.
Just hoping someone can help me clarify whether I’m in the wrong here or whether there’s a rule I can cite in contesting the ticket!”
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“Dear PoPville,
Passive aggressive car notes, Vol. ?
Found this on my sedan this morning. Leaving aside how it would be possible to use three spots, writer apparently doesn’t understand that I can’t control how the people on the other side of me park.”
A nearby apartment building warning patrons/employees of the Friendship Post Office in the absolute best possible way:
“Dear PoPville,
We have a neighbor on the 1800 Block of Vermont Street NW who decided over 6+ months ago that the parking spot in front of his house is now officially his and while the rest of us have to jockey around for parking spots and move our cars during Street Sweeping days/hours he doesn’t.
You can’t tell from the photo since his car is 99% of the time covered with a grey tarp but it’s an older Red Mustang Convertible and the only time we saw it uncovered we saw he (young guy – possibly college age) did have DC Tags but a Registration/Parking Permit that expired October 2014. He’s also so brazen that the few times when the car is not there we’ve seen orange traffic and construction cones blocking the spot so no one else can park there. Then a few hours later he’s parked there again with the cover on.
The next door neighbor once politely (although I wasn’t there to confirm) asked to him to play by the rules and was apparently cursed out (again I wasn’t there) and physically intimated just by his large size and have since left notes, called 311, and even flagged down an MPD who have said as long as the cover is on it he can park here forever because DDOT and MPD don’t want to be responsible for any potential damage by removing it to ticket or tow him.
One one hand we give him props for figuring out a way to outsmart the system. On the other we’d like him to follow the same rules as all of us and gain (if he doesn’t renew his plates) a much needed additional street parking spot. Anything we can do to get him to move the car or get someone in DC Government to assist?
BTW – These pictures were taken during Street Sweeping hours yesterday.”