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I just started working in Library of Congress and was wondering about parking there. My closest metro station is Vienna. I see some metered parking spots near the library buildings. Some says 7:00am to 6:30pm, max 2 hour parking, allows 4 hours of free parking. I work from 3:00pm to 11:30pm. So can I park there the whole working shift? I don't understand these metered parking terms. What are other parking options?
Parking at Vienna Metro, finding a seat nice and easy, and enjoying the ride on in to Capitol South.
Other than that, I can only imagine it would be a pretty severe pain in the butt to drive in there everyday and find street metered parking.
Keep in mind, you can't just park anywhere in Capitol Hill and walk to work. You'd need a residential zone parking sticker or you'll get a ticket, unless you want to move your car every couple hours.
So it just doesn't sound pleasant to drive all that way, find a metered spot, make sure you always have a ton of quarters in your car, and go back out to the street to find a new spot/feed the meter every couple hours.
Yup...park at Vienna and ride on in. All driving into town does is add cost, time, and aggravation. Only question mark is that Mon-Thu, the last train for Vienna leaves Capitol South at 11:55 pm. No dawdling once the whistle blows! The LOC will pay up to the first $115 per month of your Metro fares, tax free. Your fare, travelling outside of rush hour as you will be, will be $2.35 each way, or $94 per month. You'd get all of that paid for. Parking at Vienna is $4.50 per day, but only until closing, which is midnight Mon-Thu. You'd therefore park on those days for free too. Not bad...
Last edited by saganista; 07-02-2008 at 07:19 PM..
Where's the closest parking garage to the Library of Congress? My docent training does not start till 10am, the East Falls Church metro parking seems to be full by then, and I'd like an alternative if I cannot find a spot. Is Union Station the closest?
If you park for more than two hours at a meter you will be ticketed, even if you feed the meter. The whole idea behind meters is to ensure that parking in high-use areas periodically becomes available to daytime visitors.
The only legal place for you to park would be in a garage. I believe that the closest commercial garage open to the public is at Union Station.
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