Because of the Winter Classic.

If we could honestly see any down side to the sudden rise of spring in Washington (and really, I sat outside last night in a friend’s backyard — is there anything better than that?), we suppose the sudden return of parking tickets for three hour intervals on alternate sides of the street would be it. And obviously, regarding the accompanying photo, it’s not that kind of sweeping. But it’s tough not to have a cheery…

Ah yes, the double-parking churchgoers are once again the news. But this time, it looks like they may have their way. The Washington Times is reporting that a taskforce appointed by D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams to consider solutions to the controversial problem may just end up legalizing the practice. Reads the article: A D.C. task force is considering a plan that would make double parking legal at churches on Sundays. “One of the things they…

We’re not ones to agree with most of what Washington Times Metro columnist Tom Knott says. Well, to be honest, we tend to bristle at pretty much every one of his unhinged rants about the region. But last Thursday, writing on the church parking debate, Knott finally seemed to come to his senses. In reference to D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams’ taskforce on the issue, Knott wrote: Perhaps the residents of Logan Circle could bring a…

It seems that the Lord really is on their side. Church-goers have gotten a brief reprieve on a promised city crackdown on their Sunday double-parking habits, reports the Washington Times. We wrote yesterday that the District would start ticketing the controversial double-parkers on April 23, but the Times is indicating that the enforcement date has been pushed back to May 21 for Logan Circle and July 1 for the rest of the city. The delay…

So much for the spring-time joys of baseball in Washington. Residents living around RFK Stadium are complaining that the city’s newly implemented plan to stop baseball fans from parking in the residential area surrounding the stadium is resulting in overly aggressive parking enforcement — against them. Various residents have taken to a local area listserv to voice their frustrations with parking officials they claim are arbitrarily ticketing cars, whether or not they are allowed to…

With the arrival of the new year comes a temporary blessing: street sweeping-related parking restrictions on District streets will be lifted for the rest of the winter. The D.C. Department of Public Works has announced that the city “will temporarily suspend daytime street cleaning from January 3 to March 18, 2005. During this time, ‘No Parking/Street Cleaning’ restrictions will also be lifted in these residential areas. Residents and visitors who park along posted, alternate-side, daytime…