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Parking Panda Launches in D.C.
Food Truck Towed Outside Metro Center for Outstanding Parking Tickets
Fans of the Basil Thyme food truck got quite the shock earlier this afternoon when the mobile eatery was towed from its perch outside Metro Center.
Beware the Red Top Parking Meter
If you're circling the block downtown and happen upon one of the scarce open on-street parking spots, be sure to check the color of the parking meter. If it's red and you're not handicapped, it's not the place for you to park.
Logan Circle Residents Endorse Enhanced Permit Parking Rules
Logan Circle residents embraced, with a few questions, a pilot program being proposed by the office of Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) that would apply more restrictive parking rules to the neighborhood.
Logan Circle to Test More Restrictive Parking Permit Scheme
Officials in Logan Circle are hoping to do their motorists a solid. At least that seems to be the aim of a proposed pilot program for residential parking permits in traffic-heavy Logan Circle.
Snowless Winter Nearly Over, Street Cleaning Resumes Thursday
Attention car-owners without private driveways or garage spots: Street-cleaning season starts anew on Thursday, with enforcement to begin on March 12.
Golden Triangle Soliciting Prettier Bike Racks
The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District is soliciting entries for its annual bike rack design competition. Winner gets a cash stipend; more importantly, the we get a snazzy new place to park our bikes.
Parkmobile Insists That It's Safe to Use
There's a very slim chance you'll get a ticket if you use pay-by-phone app Parkmobile, insist company officials.
Paying for Parking May Not Stop You From Getting a Ticket
The District's new Parkmobile app, which allows you to use your smart phone to pay for parking, is awesome. Except for when it doesn't stop you from getting a parking ticket.
That's Not Where Your Car Goes, Vince
Via Greater Greater Washington, Twitter user @nikki_d caught Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) parking his white Cadillac SUV in the 15th Street NW bike lane on New Year's Day.
The Night Euclid Street Unwittingly Hosted A Demolition Derby
Back on November 4, we noted an incredibly unusual occurrence in which an entire string of parked cars along the 1000 block of Euclid Street were totally smashed to bits, leaving police baffled as to what exactly happened. We finally got a chance to take a look at the preliminary police report of the incident, and boy, is it a whopper.
How's This For Windshield Perspective
We're big fans of local historical photography here at DCist, so there really wasn't any chance we'd pass on featuring the above May 1974 image of the packed to the gills Antonelli parking lot where the Ronald Reagan Building stands today.
Veterans Day Means Free Parking, Metro Closures, More
Hey, a whole bunch of the city has the day off tomorrow! (Our regards to those who don't.)
Artistic Bike Racks Pop Up Throughout D.C.
As more and more people in the District ride their bikes to work, there has been a small but growing move towards creating and installing creative and neighborhood-defining bike racks.
Street Sweeping Ends Next Week
If you live in a part of the District where street-sweepers force you to engage in a weekly ballet of car-moving before you head off to work, you'll be able to rest easy as of next week -- the city's street-sweeping program goes into hibernation on October 31.
It's Food Day, Not Parking Ticket Immunity Day
It may be a day to celebrate food, but that doesn't mean that local parking enforcement is taking things easy.
Ditch the Quarters, D.C.
Join the parking revolution, people -- everyone is paying by phone these days.
D.C. Now Has Photographic Evidence of Your Law-Breaking
Next time you contest a parking ticket, you might want to think twice about pretending that the violation you're accused of didn't happen -- the District might have photographic evidence that it did.
DMV Fees, Including Those For Parking Permits, To Go Up
In other, somewhat less obvious budget gap-related news: the District Department of Motor Vehicles will be raising rates on some transactions, including fees for residential parking permits and change of address requests.
Ask DCist: Pay (Your Parking) Forward
Am I allowed to hand those parking meter receipts to someone else if there's still time left on it? Indeed you can. We explain.
We Are All Zipcar
While a LivingSocial deal might hit Zipcar's bottom line (which has never been great), making money isn't really the point.
Deadline To Request Ticket Amnesty Records Extended
Originally, the District's Department of Motor Vehicles -- currently offering amnesty from late fees to those with long-outstanding tickets -- was going to stop honoring requests from residents curious about whether they had tickets that would qualify for amnesty today. But the agency has announced that, given the success of the program so far, they'll extend the free research service through September 9.
Parking Ticket Amnesty Program Begins Today
If you're the holder of one (or several) of the thousands of unpaid parking tickets issued by the District of Columbia before January 1, 2010, you can pay it (or them) without any late fees starting today.
District DMV Announces Ticket Amnesty Program
Drivers owe the District of Columbia over $245 million in unpaid parking tickets. The city would really like to get some of that money back, naturally. So beginning August 1, the city's Department of Motor Vehicles will be suspending penalties on outstanding tickets to encourage people to pay up.
Prominent Golf Tournament Leads To Mass Hysteria
Yes, we've always had an inkling that Montgomery County was a tweak or two away from full-on collective dementia, but it appears as if the U.S. Open golf tournament at Congressional Country Club may have pushed it over the edge.
World Bank Meeting To Force Street Closures, Parking Restrictions
To add to the weekend's transit woes, the IMF/World Bank's annual spring meetings begin today. And you know what that means -- street closures and parking restrictions!
PSA: Most Of The City Government Has The Day Off Tomorrow
In case it's slipped your mind, tomorrow marks the observation of Emancipation Day in the District -- which means that most of the city's workers will be taking the day off.
Shutdown Would Close D.C. Agencies, Halt Trash Pickup and Parking Enforcement
You might be able to take Metro during a government shutdown, but a bevy of other city services that Washington residents usually take for granted would grind to a halt.
Metro Vehicle Booted Outside L'Enfant Plaza Station
First, it was Marion Barry's Jaguar. Now, a Metro vehicle outside the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station at the intersection of 7th Street and Maryland Avenue SW was found booted last night. Coincidence? Or is the Department of Public Works just going after historic pillars of Washingtonian ire? (If the latter, might we suggest coordinating with Prince George's authorities on a certain sports team's owner?)
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