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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the comment that they should reduce the size of the RPP zones to something smaller than a Ward - I would not be in favor of this.  I live in Ward 6 and often drive to other parts of Ward 6 to go shopping, go to a restaurant, go to the post-office. [b] If my parking permit was just good for a few blocks around my house, it wouldn't help me to carry out the general business of living in a city neighborhood.[/b]  Now, a residential pass could easily be restricted to a block or two of the house because the legitimate purpose of those is for someone who works in your house (nanny, home health worker, etc.) or someone who is staying with you temporarily, but longer than the two-week visitor pass.

I would just worry about trying to fix the problem of parking cheats from the suburbs by reducing the RPP areas and preventing DC residents from parking near the commercial districts of their own Ward. [/quote]

Your RPP isn't designed to "help you to carry out the general business of living in a city neighborhood" - it's designed to allow you to park at or near your home.  It's purpose is not subsidized parking at area establishments.  Why should you get preferred parking at a business simply because you happen to live in the same ward?

In any event, most street parking isn't restricted to only ward residents - it's either time-limitted and free, or time-limited and metered.  So you can still park there - you just have to finish your business within 2 hours or so, or pay to park.  [/quote]

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