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@steve: Yes, there are differences between K St and NY Avenue. The market rates of the parking are different. However, in both locations there is a cost to the parking that should be transparently exposed so that users have options and can make choices. I went to a concern a number of years ago at FedEx Field. The ticket listed that it included like a $20 or $25 parking fee. However, I took Metro there.

Nobody is going to take Metro to the Walmart on NY Ave, because there is no stop there. Since everybody must drive, the only point of making those customers stop and pay for parking is to hassle them for driving. These business must provide parking to customers, or lose out to the suburbs.

I am sure you do not intend to handicap DC business compared to the suburbs ...?

Fedex Field? Hah -- parking is a well-known and hated revenue "enhancer" for Dan Snyder. Just review the many highly entertaining articles about this in the City Paper, how Mr Snyder had laws passed to line his pockets. So you managed to get there via Metro: Bravo. But this is not a foundation for land use policy.

by goldfish on Oct 22, 2012 5:53 pm • link • report

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