Snow Emergency Routes
09 February 2010 12:45 PM | By Prince Of Petworth in Dear PoP, weather
Photo by PoPville flickr user CarrieA
“Dear PoP,
Though the snow emergency route parking scofflaw did generate some amusement, you might want to post this link so people can actually find out what roads not to park on. Snow Emergency is supposed to start again today at 4p.m”
Snow emergency routes can be seen here.
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09 February 2010 1:00 PM | ontarioroader Said:
There are also orange signs, like ‘no parking’ or ‘2 hour parking’ signs, on every block that say ’snow emergency route’.
09 February 2010 1:42 PM | Victoria Said:
The signs are few and far between however, at least on Irving St.
09 February 2010 2:11 PM | Anonymous Said:
yep. i’ve lived on kenyon for 4 years and never noticed that i lived on a “snow emergency route”
09 February 2010 1:03 PM | Nichole Said:
And, for those of you that prefer a map of the routes, that can be found here: http://app.ddot.dc.gov/services/snow/SER_Snow_map.shtm
09 February 2010 1:04 PM | Dave Said:
Dear Pop ~ We want to let Columbia Heights residents know that DDOT and the Deputy Mayors Office and Central Parking is offering free parking to neighborhod residents in the DC USA Parking Garage which has entrances on Park Road and Hiatt Place. The Free Parking is in effect at least until Noon on Wednesday February 10, 2010 though we are waiting on word from the District about whether the free parking will be extended beyond that time with the approaching winter storm. I will let you know as soon as we find out. For questions, you can call the DC USA Central Parking Office at 202-232-0936.
09 February 2010 1:47 PM | jcm Said:
I can’t believe Colorado Ave isn’t a snow emergency route.
09 February 2010 1:50 PM | Los Politico Said:
Why do all you urbanophiles on PoP have cars? You live along tons of bus lines (the only ones working yesterday even) and have the metro. You’re walking distance to most bars and restaurants, too. Sell your car and if you must, join Zipcar for out of town trips.
It just seems so phony to me for you to move from some flyover state (Colorado, maybe?) to Columbia Heights and maintain a car. It means you must be at least libertarian if not flat out liberal—all the GOP staffers live in VA, let’s be real. Sell the car. Your wallet, your waistline, and your conscience will thank you.
09 February 2010 2:02 PM | GiantSquid Said:
Because Los Politico, some of us live in DC yet work outside of the district, in areas that are not accessible by bus or metro. Because DC has a lot more going on than say… Columbia, MD, and yet sometimes it’s nice to get out of the District. Because Zipcar or even renting a car isn’t fiscally sound when you are making out of town trips every few weekends. Because the car is over half-way paid off. Because I like driving. Shall I keep going?
09 February 2010 2:11 PM | Los Politico Said:
Move or get a new job
09 February 2010 2:19 PM | Park&Park Said:
I have to drive to Annapolis two days a week for my job. For my job. I’m confused. Should I move to Annapolis or get a new job?
Let me rephrase your point: “The world operates according to a strict dichotomy whereby no one in a city should have a car and everyone in a suburb does have a car. You are a hypocrite to violate either of these binary categories. It is simple to just pick up and move and find new jobs during an economic depression. The world is simple and uncomplicated and I get pissy and snarky and make stupid comments on a blog when confronted with evidence to contradict my view of the world.”
Seriously, people. Think before you post.
09 February 2010 2:29 PM | Los Politico Said:
Let me rephrase, everyone should live within 30 minutes of their employment.
“White Washington” has the lowest unemployment in the nation– less than 6%. We have no recession.
For the record you should get a new job. Any employer that values your time so little that they feel they can force you to travel between multiple locations at the expense of your personal time is not worth working for. You need to buy sh*t form China that bad?
09 February 2010 2:10 PM | Anonymous Said:
yes, and i’m required to have a car for my job, so shove it. and yes, i did live in CO once.
09 February 2010 2:12 PM | Los Politico Said:
You drive POTUS? No? You don’t? Your work isn’t vital to the continuation of our society? Then get a new job.
09 February 2010 3:18 PM | Anonymous Said:
actually, i work for a non-profit helping kids, and am required to drive a car. what do you do? ass. or, hall monitor?
09 February 2010 9:36 PM | Anonymous Said:
I’ve been looking for about an hour now, but I can’t find your name on my paycheck, mortgage, tax returns or anything. Mind your own business, and maybe you need to go for a walk. I’ll put my wallet, waistline, and conscience up against yours any day. Go get drunk:-)
09 February 2010 1:55 PM | Petworth Newbie Said:
Man, looks like car owners near the Target got royally shafted in the snow emergency route distribution department. Move to spacious Petworth and fart in the general direction of sanctimonius car spurners.
09 February 2010 2:24 PM | feeder Said:
its “phony” to have a car in DC? what does that mean?
can you really think of no reasons at all for people in the city to have cars?
09 February 2010 2:32 PM | Los Politico Said:
People move to Columbia Heights (I never said DC) for lifestyle reasons (I’m not talking about the widow you live next door to who has been here since before the riots). Those lifestyle reasons are completely averse to car ownership.
09 February 2010 2:40 PM | feeder Said:
i’m sorry, columbia heights.
still, you seem a bit narrow in imagination if that is all you can fathom.
but its great you think you know whats best for others.
09 February 2010 2:41 PM | boo Said:
Such a troll. You made your point, now stop poisoning the comments.
09 February 2010 3:10 PM | Los Politico Said:
It’s a snow day, whatcha gonna do
09 February 2010 5:07 PM | feeder Said:
hahaha. good point.
09 February 2010 2:42 PM | enus gobunger Said:
Man…you’re really awful. Who the hell are you to say why a person moved to Columbia Heights? You don’t know, but I guess you’re entitled to your opinion, just like I’m entitled to live here for my reasons and to own two cars.
09 February 2010 2:49 PM | Park&Park Said:
Seriously. Everything boils down to simple stereotypes for why people live where they live. Car ownership is a direct function of political ideology, not necessity or convenience. It’s easy to get a job. I wonder if Los Politico has ever struggled to find a job. Certainly seems to struggle to cope with reasonable counter-arguments when making blanket statements. Cities all over the world have people with cars. Many people in cities don’t need cars, but not all. Having a job within 30 minutes is a nice ideal that often can’t work out for pragmatic reasons. You really sound like a young person with very little experience making actual life decisions. Fair enough, but be aware of your own cognitive/experiential limitations about this subject.
09 February 2010 3:07 PM | Los Politico Said:
So you pay above average rents for a below average amount of space, because?… For the schools? For the religious community? For the weather? For the infrastructure? For the parking?
09 February 2010 3:12 PM | Nichole Said:
Lots of people read this blog and live in DC but not Columbia Heights. So aside from it apparently not applying to a lot of people in Columbia Heights, it doesn’t apply to a lot of other PoP readers either. So uh, yeah – you’re speaking for yourself there, buddy.
09 February 2010 3:21 PM | Anonymous Said:
your dumb.
09 February 2010 2:35 PM | enus gobunger Said:
Los Politicos…way to ignore really rational reasons for a person to own a car in the city. I bet you’ve never been wrong, have you? You and my mom should go bowling.
09 February 2010 2:39 PM | Park&Park Said:
Seriously. Everything boils down to simple stereotypes for why people live where they live. Car ownership is a direct function of political ideology, not necessity or convenience. It’s easy to get a job. I wonder if Los Politico has ever struggled to find a job. Certainly seems to struggle to cope with reasonable counter-arguments when making blanket statements.
09 February 2010 2:41 PM | Prince Of Petworth Said:
DC USA Garage still has about 800 free spaces that are not being used, FREE PARKING in the DC USA Parking Garage until Noon on Saturday
09 February 2010 2:47 PM | snow bunny Said:
@Los Politico — very nice suggestion to live near work if you’re single — not so easy for a couple to find 2 jobs where they’re both happy, and within a 30 minute walk.
09 February 2010 3:09 PM | Los Politico Said:
Central DC has the second largest concentration of employment in the nation. You can’t find a spouses job within an hour of that and split the difference?
09 February 2010 3:12 PM | Columbia Heights tribe Said:
Los Politico has been voted off the island. Please do not engage.
09 February 2010 3:29 PM | Los Politico Said:
Nichole, you live in the swankest part of Capitol Hill. A lifestyle choice if I ever saw one.
09 February 2010 3:44 PM | Nichole Said:
Fair enough. (I guess.) But it further illustrates my point that you can in no way generalize the community that reads this blog and why they should or should not have cars or what each of our urban experiences should be based on your world view.
09 February 2010 3:56 PM | enus gobunger Said:
No…not fair enough. It’s your choice where and how you want to live. This schmuck on wheels (oh the irony) doesn’t get to make you feel bad for living in a great place.
09 February 2010 4:05 PM | Nichole Said:
Oh, I don’t feel bad – although you’re probably right that that was this guy’s intention! I just think he’s kind of making everyone else’s point (that we all make our choices for whatever reasons) with his statement that I made a lifestyle choice by living where I live.
09 February 2010 5:20 PM | sean Said:
its funny, i know tons of people that live on the hill because it used to be dirt cheap, and either they bought, or have rent control. even the now “swanky” parts.
09 February 2010 5:31 PM | Nichole Said:
Shhh… you’ll ruin his (extremely limited, self-righteous, misguided and ill-informed) perceptions.
09 February 2010 5:35 PM | sean Said:
sorry.. lifestyle choices… swanky…. car owners are librarians or something. check.
09 February 2010 3:31 PM | Anonymous Said:
I’m with Columbia Height tribe; off the island, and excommunicated.
09 February 2010 5:12 PM | Anonymous Said:
@Los Politico, I’ve been laid off and trying to find a job since April, and my husband has a job, but hates it and had been trying to find a new one for over a year…I’m looking for anything and can’t even get hired by a temp agency and he’s looking for something specific, and can’t even find open positions. So it’s very glib to tell someone to find a new job as if they’re growing on trees.
09 February 2010 5:52 PM | Anonymous Said:
Look, living in Columbia Heights is a lifestyle choice associated with living in one of the most liberal precincts in the nation. For these people owning a car is also a lifestyle choice (for ‘convenience’, whatever), but it is incongruous with the uber-liberal lifestyle. That is my point.
For those stuck in crappy jobs or unemployed, that sucks for you. Take heed in the fact that you live in the region with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and on top of that you are probably in the demographics least affected by the recession.
I’m not telling anyone they can’t own cars, I’m only suggesting that anyone who boasts about their liberal street cred because they rent an apartment in Columbia Heights and then complains about snow emergency parking rules is full of crap. Can we not agree on that?
If not, take solace that I’m just some uber-liberal dude bored on a snow day. I am not the overload decreeing your car to death.
09 February 2010 6:35 PM | Park&Park Said:
“I’m only suggesting that anyone who boasts about their liberal street cred because they rent an apartment in Columbia Heights…”
This is a fantasy. No one does this. People simply do not live places to boast of liberal street cred. Probably where your logic went wrong in the first place.
09 February 2010 9:10 PM | victoria Said:
When many of us bought in Columbia Heights 25+ years ago, the “lifestyle choice” was quite a bit different.
09 February 2010 11:28 PM | saf Said:
Same for Petworth.
10 February 2010 1:04 AM | Anonymous Said:
A lot of protesting happening. Sounds like a lot of guilt spilling out on the page. Looks like a nerve was hit to me.
10 February 2010 10:45 AM | dcndc Said:
LOL Los Politicos! \We have no recession\. I’ll let my laid off husband know that he and all his out of work white-collar colleagues aren’t experiencing a downturn. The fall in my home’s value isn’t hurting us either. Thanks for the clarification!