Tommy Wells has posted on his blog additional information to clear up some of the confusion around the Bus Parking Zones in Ward 6. The
map I posted last week looks to be pretty much on the mark (and the Post's maps showing huge zones where no parking would be allowed are incorrect). If you live elsewhere in Ward 6,
Tommy's post is worth reading, and should calm some nerves in Southwest, where the Post was making it look like the entire area would be no parking, which isn't the case. (Of course, if you were going by my map, you knew this already!)
For Near Southeast, there is this additional piece of info: "DDOT will allow up to 325 buses to park in the Nationals Stadium parking lots (entry and exit will be controlled via the Frederick Douglass / South Capitol Street Bridge)." Also, Tommy's list of closures says that M Street will be closed all the way to 12th Street, which is different from DDOT's list. (There's also the fact that the city's Inauguration site now has two different lists of street closures, with their new
Street Closures page not listing any of the bus zone closures that are on their
Parking Areas page.)
UPDATE: Apparently even the city isn't quite sure where it should be putting up signs;
Channel 7 reports that Emergency No Parking signs went up today in the 900 block of Fifth Street, SE (across from
Capper Seniors #1) in front of private homes where buses are not supposed to be directed to park. And the report mentions the increasing confusion over the online and print maps and the bus parking zones.
