Comments on: DC Councilmembers Take a (Soft) Stand Against Parking

By: superbroofers.net

superbroofers.net — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:10:20 +0000

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By: Alex B.

Alex B. — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:07:00 +0000

Sure, in theory – but the long-term answer there is to simply get rid of the minimums and allow that kind of minimally parked development by right.

NIMBYism uses the shotgun approach, they’ll throw everything at an issue including the kitchen sink, and will see what sticks. Their critiques don’t have to be logically consistent or coherent. So, will it actually reduce NIMBY opposition? I don’t really think so.

The larger point is that there really isn’t a spillover problem. Spillover is only a problem if you begin with the premise that you’re entitled to park on the street. I’d reject that initial premise, and that’s why I don’t like to see a policy like this tacitly endorse it. This kind of policy does nothing to address the real issues of parking minimums (which will change when the new zoning code is finalized) and the absurdly low prices of RPP stickers.

And just on a fairness point, the idea that some residents are allowed to park on the street but others are not strikes me as inherently unfair.

By: Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:13:00 +0000

In theory it would make neighbors more likely to accept parking minimum-less development, since there wouldn’t be any spillovers…right?

By: Alex B.

Alex B. — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:15:00 +0000

How is this a stand against parking? It’s a give-away to NIMBY RPP parkers who don’t want to deal with ‘spillover’ parking from high-density infill development. Likewise, it only reinforces the idea that, through RPP, residents are entitled to on-street parking (and cheap on-street parking at that).

I also don’t see how this is at all related to parking minimums – those are in the zoning code.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:57:00 +0000

I don’t understand… why move immediately toward not letting people buy parking permits, instead of starting from letting the mayor abolish parking minimums for new developments?

By: ?ar?chitect

?ar?chitect — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:15:00 +0000

Well, unfortunately this leaves too much

I see this being employed at the Babe’s site Tenleytown. I’m not so sure giving the executive more power to appease NIMBYs is the best way to go about this. When do we get to simply “no minimums”?