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My memory is that our office typically had 4 indoor parking spaces for staff and 2 spaces in outside lots. We usually had 10 staffers in our Washington office. Not everyone wanted a parking space, since some lived nearby. However, the introduction Metro pass program meant that people without spaces could get the pass, even if they walked to walk, so in essence Metro pass was a pay raise.

I do remember that we did have non-senior staffers without parking spaces who drove and had to find parking in the neighborhood, a daunting task. Often that meant parking south of I295/I395. In time, as the Member's seniority accrued, some staffers were placed on committee payrolls, so some parking spaces opened up.

It should not be difficult to ascertain how many people are on the House payroll versus how many parking spaces exist in the four House office buildings, the underground lots behind Rayburn and Longworth and the surface lots behind Cannon and in the triangle formed by Washington Avenue, I395 and E Street. There is less staff parking than there used to be since the lot on the corner of D and South Capitol was turned into a pay lot for visitors and lobbyists.

by Vadranor on Mar 12, 2008 1:21 pm • link • report