* On pretty much any other street in Near Southeast I didn't mention above, and on most Southwest streets other than Buzzards Point and at the waterfront, the
, but because there won't be enough multispace meters yet, these streets will be
and by supposedly very aggressive enforcement by DPW (which was met with a fair amount of derisive laughter). On these residential streets, Zone 6 stickered vehicles can park without restriction on either side of the street. However,
. Fines are expected to be raised to perhaps the $50 level for parking longer than two hours, and it's possible that non-Zone 6 vehicles parked on the residential-only side of the street will get towed. Eventually, when the meters arrive, parking will cost some nominal amount on these streets.
The questions that still are being worked on include how parking will be handled for guests of residents, and how church parking will be handled. Apparently some in the city government are wanting to not have any sort of enforcement on Sundays, but that did not go over well with the crowd and Tommy seemed to indicate a preference for extending the parking plan to Sundays and working with the churches on extra guest passes. There was also concern that the plan in its current state does not include Maine Avenue and Water Street, which could be inundated with stadium-goers if the parking there isn't regulated. Also not yet determined is when to extend the residential parking hours to in the evening, since some streets only have parking restrictions now until 6:30 pm--should it be extended to 8 pm, or 10 pm, both of which would thwart stadium-goers from trying to use those spaces?
I'm sure there will be more written about this in the coming days by other media outlets, but at least the first real news of how curbside parking will be handled on Opening Day has seeped out. Wednesday's Town Hall, at Brent Elementary School at 301 North Carolina Ave., SE, will probably focus less on stadium-area parking and more on Pennsylvania Avenue/Eastern Market/Eighth Street.
Maps and specifics will be coming from Tommy's office within a few weeks, after boundaries have been decided on.
There's also continuing concern about how Pope Day will work on April 17, since it's a weekday/workday and most parking lots will be filled with commuters. I have come up with a brilliant solution that I'm attempting to float at all levels of the DC government, so please pass it on: In DC, April 16 is now a city government holiday known as Emancipation Day. My simple solution is to move Emancipation Day one day forward, to April 17, to at least get non-essential city workers off the streets and out of the subway on that day while we're overrun with Benedict fans.
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John says: (Jan 23, 2008 10:08 PM)
Dear JD,
First off, let me say thank you for attending the meeting. Although it was something that I thought of doing, I wasn't able to, and I knew that I could find an excellent summary here.
In your post, you stated that "streets from Second Street, SE, over across South Capitol to Second Street, SW, north of M (I, K, and L streets), including New Jersey Avenue . . . will be "ballpark-area retail streets" as described in the plan".
Is this saying that the streets near Capitol Hill Tower and the other nearby residential buildings will not have residential parking? Separately, you've described the residential parking where zoned residents can park for free. If these streets are "ballpark-area retail streets", does the residential zoning not apply?
Any further description you may have would be appreciated. The actual bill itself does not lay out the profiles for the streets, but only says that the street profiles will be worked on.
Once again, thank you for your information and all of your work.
Have a nice night!
JD says: (Jan 23, 2008 10:15 PM)
Hi--
The boundaries are still not set in stone. The retail streets I mentioned north of the ballpark from Second Street west seemed to be what Tommy was talking about when he said he wanted to meet with CHT residents about how those streets should be handled. So there might still be something changing on those, and I'd contact Tommy's office or find out who from CHT it was at the meeting tonight who was asking the questions.
I'll also note that tonight's maps were slightly different from last night' and the ballpark-retail boundaries did not cross South Capitol into SW on the new versions. So anyone who has concerns should contact Tommy's office first to make sure that I've characterized things correctly and then to register any concerns you have.
You are correct in your characterizations of retail vs. residential streets in terms of how they impact Zone 6 permit holders.
JD says: (Jan 23, 2008 10:28 PM)
(Sorry, some of my response is in reference to what I wrote about the Wednesday meeting--didn't realize you were commenting on the Tuesday meeting post. Read the Wednesday one to see what the heck I'm talking about. :-) )
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