Comments on: So, What’s This Enhanced Residential Permit Parking Program All About?

By: So Just When Will Enhanced Ward 1 Residential Parking Kick In? « Park View, D.C.

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:02:03 +0000

[...] began to explore it fully on a neighborhood level back in February 2012, ANC 1A voted in support of it in April 2012, and the visitor pass portion of the legislation [...]

By: ANC 1A Residents Receiving Visitor Parking Passes « Park View, D.C.

ANC 1A Residents Receiving Visitor Parking Passes « Park View, D.C. — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:03:24 +0000

[...] new Visitor Parking Pass (VPP) in the mail waiting for them. The new passes are part of the Ward 1 Enhanced Parking Permit Program (ERPP) that was initiated last year by Councilmember [...]

By: Kent

Kent — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:39:26 +0000

Thank you for the clarification.

By: Denis James

Denis James — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:57:14 +0000

Actually, only a majority of household’s signatures on each block are needed to implement the RPP program. DDOT looks at the street and requires a 70% “busy-ness” factor, i.e., that the street is busy to the extent that 70% of the spaces are occupied during normal business hours, thus it’s somewhat difficult to park there and instituting the RPP program is justified.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:12:04 +0000

ps – sorry for the double post, but I just wanted to add that when I moved I asked to pay for an RPP sticker and was refused

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:10:20 +0000

You both make perfect sense, that’s why it will never work. (yes, I too live on a non RPP street)

By: shintern1909

shintern1909 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:14:57 +0000

I completely agree with Chris about the issue regarding non-RPP block residents being treated unfairly. I would think the DC Government would like the little bit of extra revenue that would be created by allowing residents who live on non-RPP blocks to opt into a parking permit for their zone. I mean, people who live on RPP blocks can freely park on my block (along with anyone else), but I can’t park on theirs, even if it’s one block over?

Seems a no-brainer situation. I get to park in my neighborhood, people can still park on my block, and DC Government receives additional revenue without having to send parking enforcement to a new block.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:37:25 +0000

I’m just a little annoyed about RPP in general, not because it exists, but because of the way it is applied. The RPP zones are just too large. Currently, someone living in a zoned area of Park View can park in Mt P, Columbia Heights, northern U St., etc. Areas where a resident is obviously not trying to find parking for their home.

However, I live on a block that is not zoned for RPP at all, and doesn’t qualify because there is almost always parking available on the street during business hours. So, we can’t park anywhere else in the ward, unlike many of our neighbors. Seems a bit unfair and arbitrary.

RPP zones should be set maybe at the ANC level instead of (generally) at the ward level to make sure RPP is being used for what it is intended, or it should be extended to all residents of the RPP zone.