Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They're discussing doing something similar at Wisconsin and Ordway in NW DC because of Cathedral Commons.

Makes sense. DC also made changes to Ordway Street when 4000 Wisconsin opened.

I think you mean Upton Street, which is a good template for mitigating the impact of Cathedral Commons. I agree it makes sense to make changes on the narrow streets adjacent to this large project, lest they get hammered once it's fully built and operating.

I did mean Upton! Duh, sorry.

Anonymous wrote:

They're discussing doing something similar at Wisconsin and Ordway in NW DC because of Cathedral Commons.

Makes sense. DC also made changes to Ordway Street when 4000 Wisconsin opened.

I think you mean Upton Street, which is a good template for mitigating the impact of Cathedral Commons. I agree it makes sense to make changes on the narrow streets adjacent to this large project, lest they get hammered once it's fully built and operating.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason we have these sign are people like you who take up the parking in front of our houses.

I am from Virginia and was invited to a coffee at a home in Bethesda. One of the Mom's at my daughter's private was hosting. I drove onto her street and all the parking was off-limits. She had to cram us all into her driveway like it was a freakin' rock concert.

I live in Great Falls. Trust me when I tell you some folks here have more money than God (not me - HA ) We do not have this attitude. I have alo seen three cars pull off the road simultaneously to rescue someone's loose dog on a busy road - not one of us was going to let that dog get hit. The person who got to the dog first, checked the tags and loaded the pup in her truck to take back to the owners. That's how we function here.

I will take the commute rather than live in a 'moat' town.

Great Falls is comparable to Potomac not Bethesda. Bethesda has an urban center, retail that draws people from a broad area, office buildings, and metro. Great falls has a small shopping center. Not sure why the dog has to do with it. Did you off someone's dog while you were over here?

Didn't say it was comparable. Said that I found it ridiculous that on a residential street with large homes and ample land per home, that one could not park along the street. It was well into the neighborhood and not near the urban center. Given that, I'd rather live out here and not deal with that kind of nonsense.

When I cross the bridge, three things hit me:

1) the amount of street beggars. Even in nearby Sterling and Herndon, I see one on occasion, not the three on what seems like every street corner in some areas. I've seen them in Potomac as well.

2) the 'where the freak am I going to park' quandary when visiting friends

3) the way pedestrians walk directly behind your car as you are in the middle of backing up out of a parking space and the dirty looks they shoot you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason we have these sign are people like you who take up the parking in front of our houses.

I am from Virginia and was invited to a coffee at a home in Bethesda. One of the Mom's at my daughter's private was hosting. I drove onto her street and all the parking was off-limits. She had to cram us all into her driveway like it was a freakin' rock concert.

I live in Great Falls. Trust me when I tell you some folks here have more money than God (not me - HA ) We do not have this attitude. I have alo seen three cars pull off the road simultaneously to rescue someone's loose dog on a busy road - not one of us was going to let that dog get hit. The person who got to the dog first, checked the tags and loaded the pup in her truck to take back to the owners. That's how we function here.

I will take the commute rather than live in a 'moat' town.

Great Falls is comparable to Potomac not Bethesda. Bethesda has an urban center, retail that draws people from a broad area, office buildings, and metro. Great falls has a small shopping center. Not sure why the dog has to do with it. Did you off someone's dog while you were over here?

They're discussing doing something similar at Wisconsin and Ordway in NW DC because of Cathedral Commons.

Makes sense. DC also made changes to Ordway Street when 4000 Wisconsin opened.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason we have these sign are people like you who take up the parking in front of our houses.

I am from Virginia and was invited to a coffee at a home in Bethesda. One of the Mom's at my daughter's private was hosting. I drove onto her street and all the parking was off-limits. She had to cram us all into her driveway like it was a freakin' rock concert.

I live in Great Falls. Trust me when I tell you some folks here have more money than God (not me - HA ) We do not have this attitude. I have alo seen three cars pull off the road simultaneously to rescue someone's loose dog on a busy road - not one of us was going to let that dog get hit. The person who got to the dog first, checked the tags and loaded the pup in her truck to take back to the owners. That's how we function here.

I will take the commute rather than live in a 'moat' town.

It might be because Bethesda is chock-a-block full of litigious lawyers with NY-wannabee personalities....

Sorry for the above typos. Very tired. That would be 'flows' and 'its'.

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Anonymous wrote:I will say in defense of this, where we live they are building a huge new apartment building and grocery store (Shaw on 7th Street). Our homes do not have driveways and unless your postage stamp backyard has been converted to a parking space, there is no where else for residents to park but the street. The added restrictions where we live are an attempt to allow some spaces to be reserved for actual residents. One side of the street is still two hour parking, although when street sweeping starts its going to be sticky for visitors. Everyone gets a permanent visitors pass now at least.

You'd better hope that the huge new apartment building and grocery store will have some on-site parking; otherwise a lot more "actual residents" are going to be competing for those same limited street spaces. The crazy thing is DC is proposing to get rid of the requirement for on-site parking in huge new projects.

This is getting very common. It flow back to UN Agenda 21 at it's origin, i.e. sustainable development. That's why all four metros in Tysons have no parking lots.

Anonymous wrote:The reason we have these sign are people like you who take up the parking in front of our houses.

I am from Virginia and was invited to a coffee at a home in Bethesda. One of the Mom's at my daughter's private was hosting. I drove onto her street and all the parking was off-limits. She had to cram us all into her driveway like it was a freakin' rock concert.

I live in Great Falls. Trust me when I tell you some folks here have more money than God (not me - HA ) We do not have this attitude. I have alo seen three cars pull off the road simultaneously to rescue someone's loose dog on a busy road - not one of us was going to let that dog get hit. The person who got to the dog first, checked the tags and loaded the pup in her truck to take back to the owners. That's how we function here.

I will take the commute rather than live in a 'moat' town.

Anonymous wrote:They've done some of that in that area - changes to the intersection behind Chadwick's and another one on the other side of Wisconsin where the Dollhouse museum used to be. So it's not limited to Bethesda, OP.

RE: Chevy Chase Village - I didnt grow up there but I did go to Somerset 30 years ago and had friends who lived there. The cutthrough traffic on Oliver, Grafton and Hesketh was ridiculous because they were all easier ways to get from Wisconsin and Connecticut than Western or Bradley. Those streets were seriously unsafe, so I get what they did there. First speed bumps in the county, I think, and they eliminated Hesketh's access to Wisconsin altogether.

That street has been blocked since at least the mid 70s. Even before Mazza Galleries was built.

Anonymous wrote:They've done some of that in that area - changes to the intersection behind Chadwick's and another one on the other side of Wisconsin where the Dollhouse museum used to be. So it's not limited to Bethesda, OP.

RE: Chevy Chase Village - I didnt grow up there but I did go to Somerset 30 years ago and had friends who lived there. The cutthrough traffic on Oliver, Grafton and Hesketh was ridiculous because they were all easier ways to get from Wisconsin and Connecticut than Western or Bradley. Those streets were seriously unsafe, so I get what they did there. First speed bumps in the county, I think, and they eliminated Hesketh's access to Wisconsin altogether.

They're discussing doing something similar at Wisconsin and Ordway in NW DC because of Cathedral Commons.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody goes to Bethesda Row anymore. It's too crowded.

If it is crowded, then actually a lot of people go there.

Sigh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Berra

Anonymous wrote:Nobody goes to Bethesda Row anymore. It's too crowded.

If it is crowded, then actually a lot of people go there.

Nobody goes to Bethesda Row anymore. It's too crowded.