Getting rid of residential parking in Cleveland Park

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some, it seems, would be happy if every family in a single family home moved out to the suburbs. I am by no means wealthy, but I have a house with no driveway, and I park on the street. I don't purport to own the space in front of my house, but I pay for a zone sticker that generally allows me to park near home. If they put meters in all residential neighborhoods, I will have to move. Like it or not, I rely on a car to get to work, take my kids to certain activities, birthday parties, etc. I use it as little as possible, but I will move if I can't have a car here. Does DC want everyone in my situation to leave town?

Are you saying that if you had to pay more than $50 a year to park your vehicle on the street, you would move to Maryland or Virginia?

I would happily pay $50, but it would cost far more to feed a meter 24/7.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some, it seems, would be happy if every family in a single family home moved out to the suburbs. I am by no means wealthy, but I have a house with no driveway, and I park on the street. I don't purport to own the space in front of my house, but I pay for a zone sticker that generally allows me to park near home. If they put meters in all residential neighborhoods, I will have to move. Like it or not, I rely on a car to get to work, take my kids to certain activities, birthday parties, etc. I use it as little as possible, but I will move if I can't have a car here. Does DC want everyone in my situation to leave town?

Are you saying that if you had to pay more than $50 a year to park your vehicle on the street, you would move to Maryland or Virginia?

I would happily pay $50, but it would cost far more to feed a meter 24/7.

If you pay for zone sticker that generally allows you to park near home, you actually are paying $50. That's how much they cost. $50 a year. 14 cents a day for you to park your car on the street in your zone.

[Anonymous]

Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a great idea. Metered parking for EVERYONE would be the most equitable. No more free lunch for rich folks in million dollar mansions when there is so much need across the city.

How exactly are we getting a free lunch? Do you not understand that our property taxes fund the city?

Your property taxes pay for your house, not the road in front of you. If you want to rent space on the public road to park your car, you should pay up. Regular middle class DC taxpayers should not be subsidizing rich city dwellers like you so you can warehouse your oversize Mercedes SUVs on public property for free.

Uh, what? If you make less than $200,000, you don’t pay shit in taxes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some, it seems, would be happy if every family in a single family home moved out to the suburbs. I am by no means wealthy, but I have a house with no driveway, and I park on the street. I don't purport to own the space in front of my house, but I pay for a zone sticker that generally allows me to park near home. If they put meters in all residential neighborhoods, I will have to move. Like it or not, I rely on a car to get to work, take my kids to certain activities, birthday parties, etc. I use it as little as possible, but I will move if I can't have a car here. Does DC want everyone in my situation to leave town?

Are you saying that if you had to pay more than $50 a year to park your vehicle on the street, you would move to Maryland or Virginia?

I would happily pay $50, but it would cost far more to feed a meter 24/7.

If you pay for zone sticker that generally allows you to park near home, you actually are paying $50. That's how much they cost. $50 a year. 14 cents a day for you to park your car on the street in your zone.

That's as it is now. I will move if I have to feed a meter all day to park near my home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

Drivers definitely need to pay more to temporarily store their personal property on city streets. Nobody said you had to like it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

Drivers definitely need to pay more to temporarily store their personal property on city streets. Nobody said you had to like it.

Drivers already paid for the roads. Bicyclists are the welfare queens of transportation policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

Drivers definitely need to pay more to temporarily store their personal property on city streets. Nobody said you had to like it.

Where exactly do you think the money comes from to pay for city streets in the first place? Do you think this stuff just falls out of the sky?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

Drivers definitely need to pay more to temporarily store their personal property on city streets. Nobody said you had to like it.

Drivers already paid for the roads. Bicyclists are the welfare queens of transportation policy.

Drivers pay for some of the roads. General revenue (all of u$) covers the rest. Bicyclists (many of whom are also drivers (who pay for some of the roads)) use very little of the road and cause none of the damage to the road.

This obsession with hating on bicyclists is truly bizarre. On the other hand, I guess I'm grateful that you're obsessed with hating on bicyclists, rather than trans people, or Chinese people and Ashkenazi Jews, or the FBI. So, keep on keeping on with your obsession with hating on bicyclists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

Drivers definitely need to pay more to temporarily store their personal property on city streets. Nobody said you had to like it.

Where exactly do you think the money comes from to pay for city streets in the first place? Do you think this stuff just falls out of the sky?

If you want user fees on roads, that can be arranged, but they're called "tolls" and drivers generally don't like them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

Drivers definitely need to pay more to temporarily store their personal property on city streets. Nobody said you had to like it.

Drivers already paid for the roads. Bicyclists are the welfare queens of transportation policy.

Drivers pay for some of the roads. General revenue (all of u$) covers the rest. Bicyclists (many of whom are also drivers (who pay for some of the roads)) use very little of the road and cause none of the damage to the road.

This obsession with hating on bicyclists is truly bizarre. On the other hand, I guess I'm grateful that you're obsessed with hating on bicyclists, rather than trans people, or Chinese people and Ashkenazi Jews, or the FBI. So, keep on keeping on with your obsession with hating on bicyclists.

And child-free people pay for schools. This is how it works. And it was a cyclist who started the tired old bikes vs. cars argument on this thread so you might want to flip your script and thank goodness the car haters aren’t it taking it out on someone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

That fact the I could walk into the Apple Store in Georgetown and walk out with an armful of iPads without fear of government prosecution, yet I could get sanctioned by the city for parking in front of my house just shows how twisted DC policymakers have become. Some of these council members and ANC Commissioners are outright hostile to law abiding, tax paying citizens and need to be voted out at all costs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

That fact the I could walk into the Apple Store in Georgetown and walk out with an armful of iPads without fear of government prosecution, yet I could get sanctioned by the city for parking in front of my house just shows how twisted DC policymakers have become. Some of these council members and ANC Commissioners are outright hostile to law abiding, tax paying citizens and need to be voted out at all costs.

And yet the majority of voters keep disagreeing with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

Drivers definitely need to pay more to temporarily store their personal property on city streets. Nobody said you had to like it.

Drivers already paid for the roads. Bicyclists are the welfare queens of transportation policy.

Drivers pay for some of the roads. General revenue (all of u$) covers the rest. Bicyclists (many of whom are also drivers (who pay for some of the roads)) use very little of the road and cause none of the damage to the road.

This obsession with hating on bicyclists is truly bizarre. On the other hand, I guess I'm grateful that you're obsessed with hating on bicyclists, rather than trans people, or Chinese people and Ashkenazi Jews, or the FBI. So, keep on keeping on with your obsession with hating on bicyclists.

And child-free people pay for schools. This is how it works. And it was a cyclist who started the tired old bikes vs. cars argument on this thread so you might want to flip your script and thank goodness the car haters aren’t it taking it out on someone else.

Everyone, including the child free, have a vested interest in educating the generation behind them for reasons which are fairly obvious. And when it comes to end of life the child free may have even greater for other people’s kids. That’s how it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another reason to vote out the nutjobs on city council

That fact the I could walk into the Apple Store in Georgetown and walk out with an armful of iPads without fear of government prosecution, yet I could get sanctioned by the city for parking in front of my house just shows how twisted DC policymakers have become. Some of these council members and ANC Commissioners are outright hostile to law abiding, tax paying citizens and need to be voted out at all costs.

This +1000.