Comments on: Park (Legally) In Front of Your Own Driveway! http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Pierre http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/comment-page-1/#comment-764809 Pierre Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:56:50 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/#comment-764809 We have sort of trouble in our area in LaSalle PQ and i will suggest has i did further research in this case no one should be park infront of his driveway for the reason being of people backing up in your car, your neighbour being piss off at you because they cant see when they drive away from there driveway and think also to the pedestrian, the ppl who are using a wheelchair, or even a blind person who wishes to use this public sidewalk to either come on or get off the sidewalk you are taking away his or her rights finally think if everyone are parking there cars one behind another how the eck would the city could get access to your garbage bag coming back in forth from a narrow space between your cars with bags of garbage over the hood of your mercedes...none sense... I think the best way is when you will do some shopping in the future to find a new residence then make it plus to have a driveway that will accomodate one or 2 cars as for the rest of us we will find a place somewhere else on the street. We have sort of trouble in our area in LaSalle PQ and i will suggest has i did further research in this case no one should be park infront of his driveway for the reason being of people backing up in your car, your neighbour being piss off at you because they cant see when they drive away from there driveway and think also to the pedestrian, the ppl who are using a wheelchair, or even a blind person who wishes to use this public sidewalk to either come on or get off the sidewalk you are taking away his or her rights finally think if everyone are parking there cars one behind another how the eck would the city could get access to your garbage bag coming back in forth from a narrow space between your cars with bags of garbage over the hood of your mercedes...none sense... I think the best way is when you will do some shopping in the future to find a new residence then make it plus to have a driveway that will accomodate one or 2 cars as for the rest of us we will find a place somewhere else on the street.

]]> By: Logic316 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/comment-page-1/#comment-15687 Logic316 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:36:22 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/#comment-15687 It "privatizes public space" ??? This is the most asinine article I've read in a long time and I can't believe that some people think this is actually an issue. The space in front of people's driveways isn't public in the first place because the public has never been allowed to use it. It's true that that space on the road may be maintained by the public government, but it's the homeowners who pay the property taxes for that privilege. There's no reason homeowners shouldn't be allowed to park in front of their own driveways. We already have the exclusive right to access our driveways in order to get in and out of our property, so what's wrong with it if WE block them? The only reason we're currently not allowed to park there is because cops simply have no practical way of knowing whether or not a car parked there belongs to the homeowner. But this policy of *nobody* being allowed to park there is just a waste of space, and if there can be some way for the police to recognize the homeowner's car then they should do away with it. As for the argument that allowing parking there would increase the number of cars that people own, that's equally stupid. The government can find ways of reducing traffic congestion that don't involve needlessly reducing parking spaces or taking away a person's right to control/restrict access to his own property. And as for Mark's suggestion that the government should just fill in the curb cuts and take away people's driveways, well, that makes me wonder what kind of jealous mean-spirited idiots live in this city. It "privatizes public space" ??? This is the most asinine article I've read in a long time and I can't believe that some people think this is actually an issue. The space in front of people's driveways isn't public in the first place because the public has never been allowed to use it. It's true that that space on the road may be maintained by the public government, but it's the homeowners who pay the property taxes for that privilege. There's no reason homeowners shouldn't be allowed to park in front of their own driveways. We already have the exclusive right to access our driveways in order to get in and out of our property, so what's wrong with it if WE block them? The only reason we're currently not allowed to park there is because cops simply have no practical way of knowing whether or not a car parked there belongs to the homeowner. But this policy of *nobody* being allowed to park there is just a waste of space, and if there can be some way for the police to recognize the homeowner's car then they should do away with it. As for the argument that allowing parking there would increase the number of cars that people own, that's equally stupid. The government can find ways of reducing traffic congestion that don't involve needlessly reducing parking spaces or taking away a person's right to control/restrict access to his own property. And as for Mark's suggestion that the government should just fill in the curb cuts and take away people's driveways, well, that makes me wonder what kind of jealous mean-spirited idiots live in this city.

]]> By: Mark http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/comment-page-1/#comment-7418 Mark Sat, 12 May 2007 17:38:55 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/#comment-7418 Eric: Responding to your question, one obvious mechanism is that the current scarcity of parking spaces acts as a disincentive to car ownership. Increasing the number of parking spaces would lessen that disincentive, and increase the overall number of cars. Those cars, no doubt, would be used at some rate for local trips and so would rely on existing spaces in that way. Eric:
Responding to your question, one obvious mechanism is that the current scarcity of parking spaces acts as a disincentive to car ownership. Increasing the number of parking spaces would lessen that disincentive, and increase the overall number of cars. Those cars, no doubt, would be used at some rate for local trips and so would rely on existing spaces in that way.

]]> By: Mark http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/comment-page-1/#comment-7378 Mark Sat, 12 May 2007 13:39:42 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/#comment-7378 Hey, Jamie, since DDOT isn't permitting many new curb cuts at private residences, and since most of the grandfathered private drives that the old curb cuts go to are actually on public space, why not just allow DDOT to repair the curb cuts? If the "haves" feel like they're losing something, well, all they are losing is their existing exclusive use of public space, a use not generally being granted anymore. If that loss is too much for them to bear, than how about granting them term-limited exclusive parking rights in front of what used to be that private drive? The present plan amounts to a two-for-one that only benefits people who already have one, and have for many years. It doesn't make public policy sense. Hey, Jamie, since DDOT isn't permitting many new curb cuts at private residences, and since most of the grandfathered private drives that the old curb cuts go to are actually on public space, why not just allow DDOT to repair the curb cuts? If the "haves" feel like they're losing something, well, all they are losing is their existing exclusive use of public space, a use not generally being granted anymore. If that loss is too much for them to bear, than how about granting them term-limited exclusive parking rights in front of what used to be that private drive?

The present plan amounts to a two-for-one that only benefits people who already have one, and have for many years. It doesn't make public policy sense.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/comment-page-1/#comment-7310 Jamie Fri, 11 May 2007 22:59:27 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/05/11/park-legally-in-front-of-your-own-driveway/#comment-7310 Ummm... is this really an issue of haves vs. have nots? If you don't let the people park in front of their own driveways, then nobody gets the space. Essentially, it already belongs to the driveway owner. Letting them park another car there is good for everyone, since it's no longer taking up a public space, anyway. This is a pretty lame argument against. The rest of the arguments are even more obtuse. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this idea. Ummm... is this really an issue of haves vs. have nots? If you don't let the people park in front of their own driveways, then nobody gets the space. Essentially, it already belongs to the driveway owner. Letting them park another car there is good for everyone, since it's no longer taking up a public space, anyway. This is a pretty lame argument against. The rest of the arguments are even more obtuse. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this idea.

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