
parking

DC Plates
“Dear PoPville,
(Sunday) morning as I drove over to the Giant on O St there was a plentiful amount of terrible driving happening. Drivers blocking one way roads, blocking bike lanes, driving down the middle of the road. The cherry on top was pulling into the parking garage and finding this. (more…)

“Dear PoPville,
It looks to me DC Gov is trying to stop people from calling 911 when people.park in front of their house. I thought it was funny. This was seen on the metro.”

From Alert DC:
“On Saturday, January 18, 2025, street closures and parking restrictions will begin for the 2025 Presidential Inauguration that motorists should take into consideration. District residents and business owners are asked to plan for widespread road closures across Downtown Washington. Most roads within the perimeter, bounded by the Potomac River to the west, K Street NW to the north, Second Street NE/SE to the east, and I-395/I-695 to the south will be closed or restricted residential traffic only. (more…)

“Dear PoPville,
Watched a disabled patron navigate their walker with all their groceries down the curb to walk to the L2 bus because this Coach Express charter bus parked in the official WMATA bus stop. I should note, I called 311 about 20 minutes before this happened and they said they would send MPD and the bus remained.”

photo by slatifolia
“Dear PoPville,
This is the first snowstorm that I’ve experienced as a DC driver. As I soon found out, [Ed. Note: Sign up for our free daily newsletter round up and never miss a post. It could save you a $250 fine :)] if you park on a snow emergency route then you’re getting fined $250. (more…)

And so it begins…

Photo of copious amounts of blue “salt”/melting mixture in Adams Morgan
From the Mayor’s Office:
“Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a Snow Emergency for Washington, DC. The Snow Emergency will remain in effect through at least the end of the day on Tuesday, January 7.
While the snow emergency is in effect, motorists may not park on snow emergency routes and vehicles parked on these routes may be towed. (more…)

New Jersey License Plate
Thanks to a reader for sending from Shaw:
“No parking zone, in the middle of the bike lane and already has a ticket. Been there overnight”
Slow clap…

Thanks to Matt for sharing that the conflicting parking signs at Upton and Wisconsin Ave, NW are still conflicting and confounding…
We first posted about this on November 12th.