Anonymous wrote:Residential spaces are less for resident space availability than one may think. Residential parking was only in put in place as a strategy to keep junk cars from being stored on dc streets long term. It also became an additional revenue ( ticket generating ) tool as non ward residents working in other wards and out of state drivers could get hefty fines for being discovered parking near their work/job site in the new “residential” zones.
Comparing fare jumping to parking is a bit misguided; meter maids and tow companies love drivers that park in residential spaces as it makes money for the city.
It makes more money for the city because, if they get caught, they get tickets? Sort of like if fate jumpers get caught, they get tickets?