Construction parking in neighborhoods

[Anonymous]

I thought that this would end after June 1st, but the construction crews which have been descending on neighborhoods for free parking since the pandemic started, have not really cut back since ticketing has started. Does the city have any sort of communication with construction companies once they sell the land? Is there no sort of code enforcement once the construction starts. I know that the workers need to park, but isn't that taken into account with construction impact in a neighborhood. With DC wanting to be more and more dense, I see the construction impact as something that the construction companies would attempt to limit just to keep the neighbors placated.

[Anonymous]

Move somewhere where you have a parking space. Trying to just use street parking is a pain in the rear. Also during the day, you should expect all kind of people parking on the street. Nannies, contractors, etc etc. That is what the street parking is for. When you have a plumber come, do you provide him with a parking space? No, because you don’t have one. Now you’re taking up two street spaces. I don’t see how this is different.

[Anonymous]

If you live in a house/apt without a parking space you should not have a car. That will solve the street parking problem.

[Anonymous]

you don’t own the street so shut your stupid mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought that this would end after June 1st, but the construction crews which have been descending on neighborhoods for free parking since the pandemic started, have not really cut back since ticketing has started. Does the city have any sort of communication with construction companies once they sell the land? Is there no sort of code enforcement once the construction starts. I know that the workers need to park, but isn't that taken into account with construction impact in a neighborhood. With DC wanting to be more and more dense, I see the construction impact as something that the construction companies would attempt to limit just to keep the neighbors placated.

There are occasional one-off arrangements with the larger construction jobs where the GC/ owner agrees that it will not let their workers park on the street (presumably in exchange for getting around a zoning or other restriction that would not let them build). Other than that unless you live on a zoned street free street parking is for everyone, not just the homeowners. You can call 311 to report cars that are illegally parked or do not have the correct zone stickers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you live in a house/apt without a parking space you should not have a car. That will solve the street parking problem.

This. Make a parking space off the public right of way a requisite for registering a car, and this ceases to be an issue.

You moved into a dense city in order to be close to everything and use public transit. So why do you need a car at all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you don’t own the street so shut your stupid mouth.

Who ever said anything about owning the street. This is a strange argument. I never make any assumption about having a parking spot. In fact, I think all of the neighbors are pretty clear about that. Nobody ever tells anybody parking to walk to CVS or a restaurant that they can't park. I think that the issue is the construction crews who come and park all day and leave trash when they depart. If it was a one of deal, it would never be an issue. But at some point when it turned into a daily occurrence it becomes an issue. I am surprised that there is not agreement between the city and its developers about where all of the thousands of out of state employees will park when they come to work.