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Oct 13, 2016

D.C. Will Change Parking Meter Prices In Penn Quarter By Demand

Some spaces will decrease to $2.00 an hour, others will increase to $2.75 an hour, and others will remain the same at $2.30 per hour.

Sep 04, 2015

Beginning Next Month, Parking Meter Hours Will Extend In Busy Neighborhoods

From 10 p.m. to midnight.

Nov 19, 2014

D.C. To Test Demand-Based Parking Prices In Penn Quarter

As well as an app to show available spaces.

Jan 28, 2014

National Park Service Will Hold Meeting On Proposed Mall Meters

NAMA will partner with the city to start a National Mall Circulator route that would begin service in 2015.

Aug 26, 2013

DDOT Receieved 175,000 Broken Meter Complaints Last Year, Says AAA

John B. Townsend II, AAA Mid-Atlantic’s manager of public and government affairs, said in a release that it’s not clear how many complaints were duplicates.

Mar 04, 2013

D.C. Handled 175,000 Broken Parking Meter Calls in 2012

D.C. residents complained about broken parking meters a lot last year. 175,000 times a lot.

Apr 11, 2012

Potholes to Parking Meters: D.C. Rolls Out Updated 311 App

Broken streetlight? Pothole? Unsightly graffiti? These are but a small sampling of the sorts of things you can call 311 for in D.C. But now you can report problems using your phone in a different way—the DC311 app.

Mar 20, 2012

D.C. Red Top Parking Meter Program Discontinued—For Now

A D.C. plan to install some 1,500 red top parking meters reserved for handicapped drivers was delayed today as the D.C. Council complained that the move came too suddenly and without proper public input.

Apr 09, 2010

Pay by Phone Parking Pilot Launching in D.C.

You can already pay for parking in some parts of D.C. via solar-powered credit card meters, and starting Monday, another pilot program launched by the District Department of Transportation will allow drivers to pay for parking by phone. The pay by phone option is being offered at 700 parking spaces in three areas of the city: around Dupont Circle, Union Station, and downtown on K Street, I Street, and New York Avenue NW. Meters…

Jan 20, 2010

D.C. Testing Solar-Powered, Credit Card Parking Meters

Courtesy DDOT Just as citywide changes to parking meter fares and enforcement hours have taken effect, the District Department of Transportation is installing a number of new solar-powered parking meters as part of a pilot program, officials said. The new meters will also accept credit cards as well as coins. The pilot program will run for three months, and if successful, the city could soon see more of these types of meters replacing the…

 
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