DC Parking Shenanigans

[kosmo vinyl]

thus puts this issue to bed...

[sweetcell]

right, not that it will stop people from arguing with each other like dickheads...

[ggw]

Isn't that what the internet is for?

[sweetcell]

Isn't that what the internet is for?

empirically, the internet is for the delivery of porn and pictures of cats.  and arguments.

[kosmo vinyl]

Isn't that what the internet is for?

empirically, the internet is for the delivery of porn and pictures of cats.  and arguments.

and destroying record companies and allowing trite "indie" rock bands to take their place

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

several people at the club, including me, have had to go through this process since our neighborhood became "residential."

Does the club not have private parking that its staff can use?

And you do understand how a neighborhood "becomes residential?"   It's not something the city declares on its own because they want to rake in more bucks.   The people in the neighborhood have to petition for it.   And since that's a PITA in itself, ya gotta figure that the club and bar parking was getting outta hand.   It sucks to have to register your car, it also sucks to come home to your own neighborhood and not be able to park.   

[i am gay and i like cats]

god i sound so snobby . . . but when i come to dc i only park in the places's lot, in a parking garage, or use valet.  i never park on the street.  never.  there are people wondering around in those places.  and the streets have no name; even bono knows that.

[James Ford]

What are they wondering about?

god i sound so snobby . . . but when i come to dc i only park in the places's lot, in a parking garage, or use valet.  i never park on the street.  never.  there are people wondering around in those places.  and the streets have no name; even bono knows that.

[thatguy]

Does the club not have private parking that its staff can use?

And you do understand how a neighborhood "becomes residential?"   It's not something the city declares on its own because they want to rake in more bucks.   The people in the neighborhood have to petition for it.   And since that's a PITA in itself, ya gotta figure that the club and bar parking was getting outta hand.   It sucks to have to register your car, it also sucks to come home to your own neighborhood and not be able to park.   

the club has some parking for the staph, and we recently had to come up with new options after a major overhaul of the street parking rules on 9th st.  i assume it's all related to the condos in the area, but i don't know for certain.

the neighborhood is changing after 15 years.  gotta roll with the punches.
 

[i am gay and i like cats]

What are they wondering about?

god i sound so snobby . . . but when i come to dc i only park in the places's lot, in a parking garage, or use valet.  i never park on the street.  never.  there are people wondering around in those places.  and the streets have no name; even bono knows that.

the a and the o always get me.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

the neighborhood is changing after 15 years.  gotta roll with the punches.
 

Yeah... ironically the changes are probably in big part due to the presence of the club... both the Black Cat and the 930 were urban pioneers in their spaces.   

[Jaguar]

^ Fully agree with this along with gentrification of many areas.

As much as these things have improved the District, it's also brought on its own set of problems. Reasonable, affordable and effective urban planning is never as easy or ideal as the original plans work on paper. 

[notme]

ride a bicylcle.  take the train.

[i am gay and i like cats]

ride a bicylcle.  take the train.

get run over by a car.  get beat up by a group of teenagers.

[Jaguar]

ride a bicylcle.  take the train.

Many already do; however, these options are not at all practical for many... or even an available option in some cases.

You could just as easily argue that those who choose to live in a compacted urban environment should not own, or even need, a car (often more than one per household). That idea is also a very short-sighted idea, especially considering that these people too sometimes need a vehicle for reasons that the available transportation system doesn't provide for.