Question about Comstock Garage @ Wiehle Metro station (Reston, Franconia: home, transportation)

[BOS2IAD]

I've heard that overnight parking is allowed in the Comstock garage, but not the Metro one.

From looking at this link, it mentions "24/7":
Comstock Partners LC - Developments - Ride - Metro - Reston Station Parking

Has anyone used the overnight parking? If so, can you park in any spot that's not reserved? Is there a time limit as to how many days you can park?

Thank you!

[gomason]

Overnight parking isn't allowed in Metro garages but wink wink, people do it all the time and don't get towed. Seriously, just park in a Metro garage. How many days will you be gone? Metro is so incompetent, they won't even notice/care.

Drive by the Franconia garage sometime late at night and you will see tons of cars still in the garage.

[airjay75]

Some of the Metro stations do have sections of parking where overnight parking is exicotly allowed. I know Franconia-Springfield does. And I believe the charge is simply one day's worth of parking no matter how long you park.

Edit: Looks like just Franconia-Springfield, Huntington, and Greenbelt have sections of overnight parking. See here http://www.wmata.com/rail/parking/. Seems like there used to be more but maybe I'm mistaken.

[Mombrarian]

I saw a recent indicator that the Reston-Wiehle spaces run by Metro are now being monitored - either by Fairfax County, or by a reserved space-holder who got miffed and took matters into their own hands.

Disclaimer: I am a reserved space-holder, but I've got better things to do with my time than think about Metro parking.

Recently while heading home one night I encountered a peculiar car parked in the Metro-run reserved spaces. What was peculiar about the car is that it had an 8x11 piece of paper taped to its driver window, and on the paper was a message printed in a larger font. I had to stop and read it. I can't remember the exact words, but I think it said something like this:

"Your vehicle is parked in an illegal space. The fine for illegal parking is $75.00.
Sincerely, The Fairfax County Department of Transportation."

After reading the note I looked to see if the car was displaying a reserved space hang-tag - it was not.

The message didn't look official: no county seal, etc.. No warning about towing, no directions where to pay the fine. Suspicious.

By the look of the note anyone could have created it in Word , printed out at home, and taped it to the window.

Whether the note was from the county or from an uptight reserved space-holder I'll never know.

I wish I thought to stop and take a picture of the note. Instead I just sighed and walked on to my own car.

[gomason]

Originally Posted by Mombrarian

I saw a recent indicator that the Reston-Wiehle spaces run by Metro are now being monitored - either by Fairfax County, or by a reserved space-holder who got miffed and took matters into their own hands.

Disclaimer: I am a reserved space-holder, but I've got better things to do with my time than think about Metro parking.

Recently while heading home one night I encountered a peculiar car parked in the Metro-run reserved spaces. What was peculiar about the car is that it had an 8x11 piece of paper taped to its driver window, and on the paper was a message printed in a larger font. I had to stop and read it. I can't remember the exact words, but I think it said something like this:

"Your vehicle is parked in an illegal space. The fine for illegal parking is $75.00.
Sincerely, The Fairfax County Department of Transportation."

After reading the note I looked to see if the car was displaying a reserved space hang-tag - it was not.

The message didn't look official: no county seal, etc.. No warning about towing, no directions where to pay the fine. Suspicious.

By the look of the note anyone could have created it in Word , printed out at home, and taped it to the window.

Whether the note was from the county or from an uptight reserved space-holder I'll never know.

I wish I thought to stop and take a picture of the note. Instead I just sighed and walked on to my own car.

That definitely does not sound like any government entity.

Sounds like just another type A busybody in NOVA.

[BOS2IAD]

Thanks for the responses...but...how does overnight parking work at the Comstock garage at Wiehle Avenue-Reston East?

Overnight parking is NOT allowed in the Metro-owned garage. The Comstock garage is privately run. Has anyone used the Comstock garage for overnight parking and can share his/her experience and some helpful info?

[gomason]

Originally Posted by BOS2IAD

Thanks for the responses...but...how does overnight parking work at the Comstock garage at Wiehle Avenue-Reston East?

Overnight parking is NOT allowed in the Metro-owned garage. The Comstock garage is privately run. Has anyone used the Comstock garage for overnight parking and can share his/her experience and some helpful info?

Their website says $4.75 per day so I imagine that means you can park overnight: Comstock Partners LC - Developments - Ride - Metro - Reston Station Parking.

Yes, I know parking overnight is NOT allowed in Metro garages. Doesn't mean people don't do it and get away with it all the time.

[Winemeup]

ParkX is run by the Rockcrest Group and they allow overnight parking. It's $4.75 per day. You can park in any non-reserved space. You just need to call the parking office (571-375-0841) to register your vehicle.

[BOS2IAD]

Originally Posted by Winemeup

ParkX is run by the Rockcrest Group and they allow overnight parking. It's $4.75 per day. You can park in any non-reserved space. You just need to call the parking office (571-375-0841) to register your vehicle.

Yes, we discovered that overnight parking is allowed---and have used it several times. Thanks for the number of the parking office. Nowhere was it ever clearly stated that overnight park was allowed.

I have heard that if you are planning to park overnight, you are expected to park in the lower levels. Yet we've never had a problem parking in any spot. (not that we would have attempted to park in the reserved section...)