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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem isn't that they want to build housing, the problem is that there is not any follow on plan. How to manage the resulting problems with traffic, over crowded schools, parking, etc.

It's "yes" to development but no planning for anything more than the developer's projects.[/quote]

One weird trick to stop stressing out about traffic and parking.... stop driving your damn car everywhere!

Personal vehicles shouldn’t even be allowed in the city limits at all. That will never happen, but I give zero f***s about making life easier for MD car commuters by limiting development so they can have low traffic and easy parking.[/quote]

Ah, but ask a DC developer who is seek a waiver from meager zoning requirements to provide off street parking  whether they will covenant that the residents will not get RPP street parking, to avoid an additional burden on overtaxed streets.  The theory, according to smart growth advocates, is that if a developer saves the cost of building off street parking, substantial savings can be passed on to renters and buyers in the form of lower prices.  That affordability discount is worth any inconvenience that new renters or buyers may face in being ineligible for RPP.  This is what Arlington County and many other jurisdictions require for parking-less or parking-lite development projects.  It also encouraged new residents in such developments to use transit that the developer touts in favor of regulatory relief.  But if you ask a DC developer if they will commit to no RPP in exchange for relief from providing off-street parking, they hem and haw, look down at their well-cobbled (non-transit using) shoes and simply try to dodge the question. 
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