Please stop giving your suburban friends DC guest parking passes

[Anonymous]

Passes are provided in the following areas

Ward 1: Residents in ANCs 1A, 1B and 1C and residents on RPP blocks in ANC 1D
Ward 3: Residents on RPP blocks
Ward 4: Residents on RPP blocks
Ward 5: Residents on RPP blocks
Ward 6: Residents on RPP blocks in the Ballpark Area bounded by
North: Pennsylvania Avenue SE
East: 11th Street SE
South: Potomac Avenue SW
West: 9th Street SW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:B/c there are time limits on how long (like how many days in a row) you can use a guest pass.

What are those limits? Are they posted somewhere? I have had passes when I lived in the district and have never seen any limits on them.

I've never seen these limits. On our block, housekeepers and nannies use them five days a week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why does this bother people so much? None of you are complaining that residents can't find parking places, which would seem to be the only legitimate concern. Otherwise you're just mad that you think someone else is getting away with something.

There are a few people who park on my street and take the bus, but frankly the much bigger problem is all the churchgoers who park on my street on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

WHy does it bother me? Because YOU DONT LIVE HERE. It's ILLEGAL!! I live here and I pay taxes for these services and for my street. You made a choice not to live here and that's ok but don't come and flout our laws and then ask me what's the big deal. And I have called 311 on a couple of cars. Here's how it works, they come by and tag the plate, and it's in the computer, if plates keep showing up on the scanner then they ticket. Eventually they'll tow.

For the record, this is complete and utter BS. I live three blocks off Connecticut where they ticket every morning because one side of the street is a free for all without any zone parking restrictions (have I blown my cover). Every major bus line is mere feet from this block. They actually DO tag the cars over there for repeats. If you have a visitor's permit and park over there -- like my nanny does every morning (for years), you don't get a ticket or put in the system. Believe me, we have asked. There is no way they can tell if someone is a nanny or a commuter. Duh!

Stop being hysterical.

Excuse me but there are multiple types of guest passes. And yes, in Glover Park, they do log license plates. Not the OP, but a former resident of Glover Park whose husband got ticketed using a guest pass before he was able to get his plates changed to DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they have a residential parking pass, how can they get towed?

B/c there are time limits on how long (like how many days in a row) you can use a guest pass.

Only for the temporaty ones you get at the police station. The new permanent ones have no such limit, other than possible ROSA violations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How do you know they aren't dropping at kid off at daycare or coming back from the gym?

Are you an idiot? Why would they have guest passes? I know for a fact that people give or sell them to commuters who want to break the law.

You know this for a fact? Prove it.

I'm not the OP, but I work in zone 6 and I have a coworker who lives in outside the District who uses one of those residential passes that she got from a friend. (It's not a guest pass-- those only last for two weeks. These are residential passes that last for a year.) They are horribly misused and I don't know why the city sends these things out.

As for "prove it"-- what do you want, video evidence?

I don't understand this. If she lives outside the District she would have out-of-state plates. The out-of-state plates would invalidate the residential sticker. If she lived somewhere within the district, oh well.

[Anonymous]

I think PP is referring to one of the new guest passes that are valid for a year.

[Anonymous]

http://www.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Services/Parking+Services/Visitor+Parking+Passes/Visitor+Parking+Passes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's with all the parking harpies lately? I never realized parking your car could be so controversial.

You clearly don't live in the city where parking is at a premium. I agree with OP, it's super annoying.

I did until recently. If you don't like city living, and the parking issues that come with it, don't live there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's with all the parking harpies lately? I never realized parking your car could be so controversial.

You clearly don't live in the city where parking is at a premium. I agree with OP, it's super annoying.

I did until recently. If you don't like city living, and the parking issues that come with it, don't live there.

You just sound stupid. I don't generally make personal attacks but you are just the dumbest person I've ever run across on the internet if you don't understand what's going on here. These people are circumventing the law and everyone knows it. Don't worry I actually call 911 and MPD come very quickly.

[Anonymous]

15:15 NP here. You sound just as hysterical as OP It really is as simple as if you don't like the parking in D.C., don't live there. Why are you trying to make it difficult when it is not? You chose to live in the city. Not anyone else's problem but your own.

OP, I wouldn't have a problem with this except you seem to be an over-complainer that can't seem to MYOB but prefers to try to mind everyone else's business. Anyone I know has low tolerance for that and will just up the ante when pushed. If you call and complain (yet again, wasting the cities resources) then you are the one that is going to draw enemies. Be careful who you piss off.

Simple, don't make it difficult. You sound like you are over the edge. Stop trying to mind others business before you get into trouble. If you tried to blow the whistle on me, I would definitely retaliate and make you see perspective but quick. Don't be an idiot.

Oh, and thanks for the heads up on where to get my passes, I didn't know until you publicized it. Dumbass.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's with all the parking harpies lately? I never realized parking your car could be so controversial.

You clearly don't live in the city where parking is at a premium. I agree with OP, it's super annoying.

I did until recently. If you don't like city living, and the parking issues that come with it, don't live there.

You just sound stupid. I don't generally make personal attacks but you are just the dumbest person I've ever run across on the internet if you don't understand what's going on here. These people are circumventing the law and everyone knows it. Don't worry I actually call 911 and MPD come very quickly.

Backing away slowing from the crazy lady....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:15:15 NP here. You sound just as hysterical as OP It really is as simple as if you don't like the parking in D.C., don't live there. Why are you trying to make it difficult when it is not? You chose to live in the city. Not anyone else's problem but your own.

OP, I wouldn't have a problem with this except you seem to be an over-complainer that can't seem to MYOB but prefers to try to mind everyone else's business. Anyone I know has low tolerance for that and will just up the ante when pushed. If you call and complain (yet again, wasting the cities resources) then you are the one that is going to draw enemies. Be careful who you piss off.

Simple, don't make it difficult. You sound like you are over the edge. Stop trying to mind others business before you get into trouble. If you tried to blow the whistle on me, I would definitely retaliate and make you see perspective but quick. Don't be an idiot.

Oh, and thanks for the heads up on where to get my passes, I didn't know until you publicized it. Dumbass.

I think it is you who sounds like a piece of work. And I wouldn't be the one to threaten retaliation, if you were the one abusing parking passes. It wouldn't be too fun to find a note saying "Please don't misuse guest passes for commuter parking" affixed to your windshield (with superglue, perhaps, so it doesn't blow off).

[Anonymous]

If you don't like paying for parking in the city, don't work there. Get a job in the suburbs. If you break the law, don't be surprised if other people don't like it. And don't be surprised if you get caught. You'll never know who ratted you out so all your talk about retaliation is just talk.

Nice naming calling too. Very grown-up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don't like paying for parking in the city, don't work there. Get a job in the suburbs. If you break the law, don't be surprised if other people don't like it. And don't be surprised if you get caught. You'll never know who ratted you out so all your talk about retaliation is just talk.

Nice naming calling too. Very grown-up.

But if you're a nanny, it's A-OK!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why does this bother people so much? None of you are complaining that residents can't find parking places, which would seem to be the only legitimate concern. Otherwise you're just mad that you think someone else is getting away with something.

Abuse of the guess pass placard completely defeats the purpose of the RPP program. As it stands, despite RPP, anyone who lives within several blocks of a Metro station like Tenley, Friendship, Van Ness or Cleveland Park finds commuters parking all day in scarce spots on residential side streets, and making it very difficult for a resident with a baby or older parent, etc. to find any parking nearby their homes. It's tough enough that RPP boundaries are set by ward, although there is talk of making them smaller. But it's really annoying when soneone is using a guest parking permit for commuting purposes.

The best changes to the guest pass prgoram would be (1) to charge for them and (2) to print the homeowner's address (but not name) on them. That should cut down on the abuse.

The OP should call Councilmember Cheh's office. She's in charge of DDOT and has been looking at the program.

That's what they do in Bethesda, at least 12 years ago. We parked our theft-friendly car out there with a friend for a couple weeks when we first moved here and didn't have a garage spot yet.