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Potential-Calendar t1_j2e24yy wrote

Reply to comment by midweastern in Opinion | D.C. needs more bike lanes, and fast by Maxcactus

I think you are on to something. Parking is a bad policy, but as far as community buy in goes it has merits. However the question is which community you want buy in from. DC has a large percent of car-free households and a much lower vehicle per capita rate than Maryland. The ward 3 candidate opposed to the project just lost the election. Most of the complaints about making it hard to commute in or whatever are from people in Maryland. Maybe there’s some value in listening to them, but they don’t live in DC, don’t vote for their politicians, and don’t have to deal with the 6 lanes of highway noise going through their neighborhood. I think DC might just not care about their buy in at all.

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midweastern t1_j2e3grc wrote

I'm not even referring to people commuting into DC, but rather the people who reside in DC and rely upon street parking for their vehicle storage. Give them an off-street parking option that takes away the need to hunt for an on-street spot that isn't $200/month and I think you'll find opposition to replacing their coveted parking spots with bike lanes dissipate.

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SpeedysComing t1_j2ebn7b wrote

Nah, why continue to subsidize cheap parking for people's personal automobiles? If you can't properly store your own cumbersome vehicle, why should those costs be passed on to the public at the expense of safer streets? $200 / month might start getting closer to the market rate. It's time for drivers to pay their fair share.

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firewarner t1_j2fmcq8 wrote

Lol why the hell should I have to subsidize your parking spot??

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