Visitor Parking Pass

We used to have a two car garage with a long driveway when we lived in the Midwest. I never had to think about where I was going to park when I was driving home. And if we were expecting company, they could park in the driveway or on the street. Things changed when we moved to DC. We have street parking here. Usually it's not that big of a problem to find a space, and it's much easier on weekends. You do learn the art of parallel parking more than you ever thought you would need it. You also see how people don't think twice about how they park and take up more space than they need for one car which limits overall available space. But what do they care? So you need a residential permit to park in your zone. But in order to allow for visitor parking, you also need to have a visitor parking pass that allows your visitors to park in the street for the amount of time they need. Otherwise, they would have to move their car every two hours. Every year you need to apply for a visitor parking pass. They don't remind you to apply for one, so you need to remember to do it. So that's what I did yesterday. I got on the DDOT website and requested a pass for each of our two apartments. You can imagine the information they request is getting more and more complicated because people here abuse these passes. Hard to believe? There is something to be said about living in a less congested neighborhood. But that doesn't make it any less annoying.