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Anonymous wrote:Tip for the carbrained people hating on this. With "free" or "cheap" parking, you are still paying. Just in time and annoyance, or you are blocking parking for somebody else. Market rate is the way to go. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Oh, and the businesses will be just fine, by the way. Thanks!

Thanks for confirming that your maturity level is consistent with the level of thought that DDOT put into this proposal.

Maturity has nothin to do with it, data does. Sorry :/

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Anonymous wrote:People still go to DC? I’m a city girl, but so much of the city has left, it is basically an outer ring suburban city. It’s pretty bland, getting more expensive, and getting less from it. If you’re not already here, why would you come?

What do you mean much of the city has left? The city is still the city and isn't comparable to the suburban satellites like Tysons or Mosaic or Reston or whatever. It's very different.

DC is kind of depressing now. I've lived here a long time and can't remember when things were this bad. The city used to seem to vibrant. Now so many neighborhoods are so quiet and empty and yet far more expensive than it used to be. You'd think DDOT could pause its jihad on cars until the city can get back on its feet.

There are two things hampering DC. Crime is the big one, and cars is the little one. Making it easier to drive/park in DC doesn't help the city with either.

The places in DC that people want to go to, like the Wharf mentioned above, are desirable because they aren't overrun with cars and parking. It has more "stuff" because it has less parking. Its the stuff that people want to have access to. DC needs to make it easier to get around without a car, which its doing in fits and starts.

If people actually wanted easy parking and high speed roads then Friendship Heights would not be in the state its currently in.

Utter nonsense. Transportation time, along with crime, is the biggest negative. That means traffic. What we have seen over the past two years is congestion noticeably increasing even though car volume has not. The metro does not have good cross town service except for downtown.

The Wharf is not desirable because of cars or anything else you are deluding yourself into thinking. It is simply new and frankly it is nothing special. It's almost a cookie cutter neo-suburban development like Mosaic or Pike and Rose.

Increasing congestion by making it difficult and time consuming to go cross town doesn't increase access for anyone it decreases it. There will be negative consequences to these actions and we are already beginning to see them. This is a throwback to the pre-Anthony Williams days of high taxes, high crime and a hostile DC Government more concerned with punishing than serving the people.

It is super easy to get across town - on a bike or by public transportation. The only people complaining about it are the ones sitting in cars.

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Anonymous wrote:Tip for the carbrained people hating on this. With "free" or "cheap" parking, you are still paying. Just in time and annoyance, or you are blocking parking for somebody else. Market rate is the way to go. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Oh, and the businesses will be just fine, by the way. Thanks!

Thanks for confirming that your maturity level is consistent with the level of thought that DDOT put into this proposal.

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Anonymous wrote:Tip for the carbrained people hating on this. With "free" or "cheap" parking, you are still paying. Just in time and annoyance, or you are blocking parking for somebody else. Market rate is the way to go. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Oh, and the businesses will be just fine, by the way. Thanks!

Thanks for confirming that your maturity level is consistent with the level of thought that DDOT put into this proposal.

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Anonymous wrote:DDOT wants to charge $8 an hour to park on the street. They also think people should have to feed the meter 24 hours a day. They're going to charge these sky high rates in what they call the "New Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone" but if you look at the map, it covers a large chunk of NW. Likely only a matter of time before they expand this to other neighborhoods.

The Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone centers on the U Street NW Corridor and extends across a significant area in NW, Washington. In the southeast quadrant, the zone starts at the intersection of Florida Avenue NW and S Street NW and extends to Georgia Avenue NE and 17th Street NW. In the southwest quadrant, the zone runs from 17th Street NW heading east along U Street NW, then south down 14th Street and back to Florida Avenue NW via S Street NW. Parking rates vary between $3/hour and $8/hour throughout the zone. Rates change at three intervals throughout the day: 10am, 6pm, and 3am.

https://www.parkdc.com/pages/meters#performance_parking

Discouraging people from going to U Street for dining and entertainment seems like the exactly opposite of what U Street needs right now.

It's not discouraging people from going to U Street. It's simply discouraging people who drive to U Street from parking on the street for hours and hours. If anything, it will encourage people who drive to U Street, because street parking spaces will be more available.

People will just not go to U street at all if they don’t live in walking distance and are not close to public transit. I literally will never visit a DC restaurant or Bar again if this happens does. It’s not convenient to take public transit and it more than doubles my travel time to get to DC. If they make it difficult to park and start charging $8 an hour for parking I will avoid visiting DC entirely. This is a very poorly thought out plan that will kill DC businesses. Private parking garages will also raise their rates substantially if DC charges $8 per hour. A private parking garage in this zone could effectively charge $70 per day and still be cheaper than street parking rates.

There will never be enough parking for you bridge and tunnel people, so thanks for staying away. We literally don't need you. Stay in Virginia, please.

Sales tax revenue is literally 20% of general fund revenue in DC. It only accounts 10% of Arlington’s general fund tax revenue. DC has the highest per capita local government spending of all the states/territories. All 50 US states have lower per capita local government spending. Good luck finding the local government when MD and VA residents no longer want to visit.

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Anonymous wrote:DDOT wants to charge $8 an hour to park on the street. They also think people should have to feed the meter 24 hours a day. They're going to charge these sky high rates in what they call the "New Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone" but if you look at the map, it covers a large chunk of NW. Likely only a matter of time before they expand this to other neighborhoods.

The Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone centers on the U Street NW Corridor and extends across a significant area in NW, Washington. In the southeast quadrant, the zone starts at the intersection of Florida Avenue NW and S Street NW and extends to Georgia Avenue NE and 17th Street NW. In the southwest quadrant, the zone runs from 17th Street NW heading east along U Street NW, then south down 14th Street and back to Florida Avenue NW via S Street NW. Parking rates vary between $3/hour and $8/hour throughout the zone. Rates change at three intervals throughout the day: 10am, 6pm, and 3am.

https://www.parkdc.com/pages/meters#performance_parking

Discouraging people from going to U Street for dining and entertainment seems like the exactly opposite of what U Street needs right now.

It's not discouraging people from going to U Street. It's simply discouraging people who drive to U Street from parking on the street for hours and hours. If anything, it will encourage people who drive to U Street, because street parking spaces will be more available.

People will just not go to U street at all if they don’t live in walking distance and are not close to public transit. I literally will never visit a DC restaurant or Bar again if this happens does. It’s not convenient to take public transit and it more than doubles my travel time to get to DC. If they make it difficult to park and start charging $8 an hour for parking I will avoid visiting DC entirely. This is a very poorly thought out plan that will kill DC businesses. Private parking garages will also raise their rates substantially if DC charges $8 per hour. A private parking garage in this zone could effectively charge $70 per day and still be cheaper than street parking rates.

Nowadays they have these services where you can pay somebody else to drive you somewhere.

Most people living in MD or VA are not going to bother visiting U street if they have to spend $50+ to take an Uber then and another $50+ to take an Uber back home. That makes absolutely zero sense when I can eat at a nice restaurant/bar for $100 (or less) in Fairfax or MOCO and park for free.

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Anonymous wrote:DDOT wants to charge $8 an hour to park on the street. They also think people should have to feed the meter 24 hours a day. They're going to charge these sky high rates in what they call the "New Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone" but if you look at the map, it covers a large chunk of NW. Likely only a matter of time before they expand this to other neighborhoods.

The Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone centers on the U Street NW Corridor and extends across a significant area in NW, Washington. In the southeast quadrant, the zone starts at the intersection of Florida Avenue NW and S Street NW and extends to Georgia Avenue NE and 17th Street NW. In the southwest quadrant, the zone runs from 17th Street NW heading east along U Street NW, then south down 14th Street and back to Florida Avenue NW via S Street NW. Parking rates vary between $3/hour and $8/hour throughout the zone. Rates change at three intervals throughout the day: 10am, 6pm, and 3am.

https://www.parkdc.com/pages/meters#performance_parking

Discouraging people from going to U Street for dining and entertainment seems like the exactly opposite of what U Street needs right now.

It's not discouraging people from going to U Street. It's simply discouraging people who drive to U Street from parking on the street for hours and hours. If anything, it will encourage people who drive to U Street, because street parking spaces will be more available.

People will just not go to U street at all if they don’t live in walking distance and are not close to public transit. I literally will never visit a DC restaurant or Bar again if this happens does. It’s not convenient to take public transit and it more than doubles my travel time to get to DC. If they make it difficult to park and start charging $8 an hour for parking I will avoid visiting DC entirely. This is a very poorly thought out plan that will kill DC businesses. Private parking garages will also raise their rates substantially if DC charges $8 per hour. A private parking garage in this zone could effectively charge $70 per day and still be cheaper than street parking rates.

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Anonymous wrote:People still go to DC? I’m a city girl, but so much of the city has left, it is basically an outer ring suburban city. It’s pretty bland, getting more expensive, and getting less from it. If you’re not already here, why would you come?

What do you mean much of the city has left? The city is still the city and isn't comparable to the suburban satellites like Tysons or Mosaic or Reston or whatever. It's very different.

DC is kind of depressing now. I've lived here a long time and can't remember when things were this bad. The city used to seem to vibrant. Now so many neighborhoods are so quiet and empty and yet far more expensive than it used to be. You'd think DDOT could pause its jihad on cars until the city can get back on its feet.

There are two things hampering DC. Crime is the big one, and cars is the little one. Making it easier to drive/park in DC doesn't help the city with either.

The places in DC that people want to go to, like the Wharf mentioned above, are desirable because they aren't overrun with cars and parking. It has more "stuff" because it has less parking. Its the stuff that people want to have access to. DC needs to make it easier to get around without a car, which its doing in fits and starts.

If people actually wanted easy parking and high speed roads then Friendship Heights would not be in the state its currently in.

Utter nonsense. Transportation time, along with crime, is the biggest negative. That means traffic. What we have seen over the past two years is congestion noticeably increasing even though car volume has not. The metro does not have good cross town service except for downtown.

The Wharf is not desirable because of cars or anything else you are deluding yourself into thinking. It is simply new and frankly it is nothing special. It's almost a cookie cutter neo-suburban development like Mosaic or Pike and Rose.

Increasing congestion by making it difficult and time consuming to go cross town doesn't increase access for anyone it decreases it. There will be negative consequences to these actions and we are already beginning to see them. This is a throwback to the pre-Anthony Williams days of high taxes, high crime and a hostile DC Government more concerned with punishing than serving the people.

Anonymous wrote:Tip for the carbrained people hating on this. With "free" or "cheap" parking, you are still paying. Just in time and annoyance, or you are blocking parking for somebody else. Market rate is the way to go. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Oh, and the businesses will be just fine, by the way. Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:DDOT wants to charge $8 an hour to park on the street. They also think people should have to feed the meter 24 hours a day. They're going to charge these sky high rates in what they call the "New Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone" but if you look at the map, it covers a large chunk of NW. Likely only a matter of time before they expand this to other neighborhoods.

The Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone centers on the U Street NW Corridor and extends across a significant area in NW, Washington. In the southeast quadrant, the zone starts at the intersection of Florida Avenue NW and S Street NW and extends to Georgia Avenue NE and 17th Street NW. In the southwest quadrant, the zone runs from 17th Street NW heading east along U Street NW, then south down 14th Street and back to Florida Avenue NW via S Street NW. Parking rates vary between $3/hour and $8/hour throughout the zone. Rates change at three intervals throughout the day: 10am, 6pm, and 3am.

https://www.parkdc.com/pages/meters#performance_parking

Discouraging people from going to U Street for dining and entertainment seems like the exactly opposite of what U Street needs right now.

It's not discouraging people from going to U Street. It's simply discouraging people who drive to U Street from parking on the street for hours and hours. If anything, it will encourage people who drive to U Street, because street parking spaces will be more available.

People will just not go to U street at all if they don’t live in walking distance and are not close to public transit. I literally will never visit a DC restaurant or Bar again if this happens does. It’s not convenient to take public transit and it more than doubles my travel time to get to DC. If they make it difficult to park and start charging $8 an hour for parking I will avoid visiting DC entirely. This is a very poorly thought out plan that will kill DC businesses. Private parking garages will also raise their rates substantially if DC charges $8 per hour. A private parking garage in this zone could effectively charge $70 per day and still be cheaper than street parking rates.

There will never be enough parking for you bridge and tunnel people, so thanks for staying away. We literally don't need you. Stay in Virginia, please.

Sales tax revenue is literally 20% of general fund revenue in DC. It only accounts 10% of Arlington’s general fund tax revenue. DC has the highest per capita local government spending of all the states/territories. All 50 US states have lower per capita local government spending. Good luck finding the local government when MD and VA residents no longer want to visit.

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Anonymous wrote:DDOT wants to charge $8 an hour to park on the street. They also think people should have to feed the meter 24 hours a day. They're going to charge these sky high rates in what they call the "New Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone" but if you look at the map, it covers a large chunk of NW. Likely only a matter of time before they expand this to other neighborhoods.

The Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone centers on the U Street NW Corridor and extends across a significant area in NW, Washington. In the southeast quadrant, the zone starts at the intersection of Florida Avenue NW and S Street NW and extends to Georgia Avenue NE and 17th Street NW. In the southwest quadrant, the zone runs from 17th Street NW heading east along U Street NW, then south down 14th Street and back to Florida Avenue NW via S Street NW. Parking rates vary between $3/hour and $8/hour throughout the zone. Rates change at three intervals throughout the day: 10am, 6pm, and 3am.

https://www.parkdc.com/pages/meters#performance_parking

Discouraging people from going to U Street for dining and entertainment seems like the exactly opposite of what U Street needs right now.

It's not discouraging people from going to U Street. It's simply discouraging people who drive to U Street from parking on the street for hours and hours. If anything, it will encourage people who drive to U Street, because street parking spaces will be more available.

People will just not go to U street at all if they don’t live in walking distance and are not close to public transit. I literally will never visit a DC restaurant or Bar again if this happens does. It’s not convenient to take public transit and it more than doubles my travel time to get to DC. If they make it difficult to park and start charging $8 an hour for parking I will avoid visiting DC entirely. This is a very poorly thought out plan that will kill DC businesses. Private parking garages will also raise their rates substantially if DC charges $8 per hour. A private parking garage in this zone could effectively charge $70 per day and still be cheaper than street parking rates.

There will never be enough parking for you bridge and tunnel people, so thanks for staying away. We literally don't need you. Stay in Virginia, please.

FYI. U Street would not exist as a vibrant neighborhood if it wasn’t for the “bridge and tunnel people”.

If everyone followed your wish that people stayed in their neighborhoods for all consumption, I do not think that you would like the impact on DC versus the suburbs.

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Anonymous wrote:DDOT wants to charge $8 an hour to park on the street. They also think people should have to feed the meter 24 hours a day. They're going to charge these sky high rates in what they call the "New Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone" but if you look at the map, it covers a large chunk of NW. Likely only a matter of time before they expand this to other neighborhoods.

The Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone centers on the U Street NW Corridor and extends across a significant area in NW, Washington. In the southeast quadrant, the zone starts at the intersection of Florida Avenue NW and S Street NW and extends to Georgia Avenue NE and 17th Street NW. In the southwest quadrant, the zone runs from 17th Street NW heading east along U Street NW, then south down 14th Street and back to Florida Avenue NW via S Street NW. Parking rates vary between $3/hour and $8/hour throughout the zone. Rates change at three intervals throughout the day: 10am, 6pm, and 3am.

https://www.parkdc.com/pages/meters#performance_parking

Discouraging people from going to U Street for dining and entertainment seems like the exactly opposite of what U Street needs right now.

It's not discouraging people from going to U Street. It's simply discouraging people who drive to U Street from parking on the street for hours and hours. If anything, it will encourage people who drive to U Street, because street parking spaces will be more available.

People will just not go to U street at all if they don’t live in walking distance and are not close to public transit. I literally will never visit a DC restaurant or Bar again if this happens does. It’s not convenient to take public transit and it more than doubles my travel time to get to DC. If they make it difficult to park and start charging $8 an hour for parking I will avoid visiting DC entirely. This is a very poorly thought out plan that will kill DC businesses. Private parking garages will also raise their rates substantially if DC charges $8 per hour. A private parking garage in this zone could effectively charge $70 per day and still be cheaper than street parking rates.

There will never be enough parking for you bridge and tunnel people, so thanks for staying away. We literally don't need you. Stay in Virginia, please.

Sales tax revenue is literally 20% of general fund revenue in DC. It only accounts 10% of Arlington’s general fund tax revenue. DC has the highest per capita local government spending of all the states/territories. All 50 US states have lower per capita local government spending. Good luck finding the local government when MD and VA residents no longer want to visit.

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Anonymous wrote:DDOT wants to charge $8 an hour to park on the street. They also think people should have to feed the meter 24 hours a day. They're going to charge these sky high rates in what they call the "New Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone" but if you look at the map, it covers a large chunk of NW. Likely only a matter of time before they expand this to other neighborhoods.

The Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone centers on the U Street NW Corridor and extends across a significant area in NW, Washington. In the southeast quadrant, the zone starts at the intersection of Florida Avenue NW and S Street NW and extends to Georgia Avenue NE and 17th Street NW. In the southwest quadrant, the zone runs from 17th Street NW heading east along U Street NW, then south down 14th Street and back to Florida Avenue NW via S Street NW. Parking rates vary between $3/hour and $8/hour throughout the zone. Rates change at three intervals throughout the day: 10am, 6pm, and 3am.

https://www.parkdc.com/pages/meters#performance_parking

Discouraging people from going to U Street for dining and entertainment seems like the exactly opposite of what U Street needs right now.

It's not discouraging people from going to U Street. It's simply discouraging people who drive to U Street from parking on the street for hours and hours. If anything, it will encourage people who drive to U Street, because street parking spaces will be more available.

People will just not go to U street at all if they don’t live in walking distance and are not close to public transit. I literally will never visit a DC restaurant or Bar again if this happens does. It’s not convenient to take public transit and it more than doubles my travel time to get to DC. If they make it difficult to park and start charging $8 an hour for parking I will avoid visiting DC entirely. This is a very poorly thought out plan that will kill DC businesses. Private parking garages will also raise their rates substantially if DC charges $8 per hour. A private parking garage in this zone could effectively charge $70 per day and still be cheaper than street parking rates.

There will never be enough parking for you bridge and tunnel people, so thanks for staying away. We literally don't need you. Stay in Virginia, please.

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Anonymous wrote:DDOT wants to charge $8 an hour to park on the street. They also think people should have to feed the meter 24 hours a day. They're going to charge these sky high rates in what they call the "New Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone" but if you look at the map, it covers a large chunk of NW. Likely only a matter of time before they expand this to other neighborhoods.

The Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone centers on the U Street NW Corridor and extends across a significant area in NW, Washington. In the southeast quadrant, the zone starts at the intersection of Florida Avenue NW and S Street NW and extends to Georgia Avenue NE and 17th Street NW. In the southwest quadrant, the zone runs from 17th Street NW heading east along U Street NW, then south down 14th Street and back to Florida Avenue NW via S Street NW. Parking rates vary between $3/hour and $8/hour throughout the zone. Rates change at three intervals throughout the day: 10am, 6pm, and 3am.

https://www.parkdc.com/pages/meters#performance_parking

Discouraging people from going to U Street for dining and entertainment seems like the exactly opposite of what U Street needs right now.

It's not discouraging people from going to U Street. It's simply discouraging people who drive to U Street from parking on the street for hours and hours. If anything, it will encourage people who drive to U Street, because street parking spaces will be more available.

People will just not go to U street at all if they don’t live in walking distance and are not close to public transit. I literally will never visit a DC restaurant or Bar again if this happens does. It’s not convenient to take public transit and it more than doubles my travel time to get to DC. If they make it difficult to park and start charging $8 an hour for parking I will avoid visiting DC entirely. This is a very poorly thought out plan that will kill DC businesses. Private parking garages will also raise their rates substantially if DC charges $8 per hour. A private parking garage in this zone could effectively charge $70 per day and still be cheaper than street parking rates.

There will never be enough parking for you bridge and tunnel people, so thanks for staying away. We literally don't need you. Stay in Virginia, please.