Viewpoint: D.C.’s perennial parking spots bigger nuisance than should be
The D.C. Council’s recent vote to provide each resident a $100 monthly transit subsidy may appear to be a worthy effort to boost mass transit use, but the reality is that it is a costly and ineffective gesture that ignores a much bigger problem with mass transit in the District, which is that the D.C.’s default policy of accommodating on-street parking wherever possible effectively reduces bus speeds so much that few people bother with buses unless they have no other choice.
