Parking for Overnight Guests of Residents

Like people anywhere, residents of Reston Town Center (RTC) might host relatives or other guests who stay in the resident’s home for a night or two up to a week or two.  While guests who have traveled here by automobile are visiting their RTC resident host, these guests need to park their vehicle somewhere.  I think that “parking that is designed for” RTC “residents” and “guests” must permit these guest vehicles to be parked in RTC free or at very low cost.

Except for the parking duration being less than a month, I think parking for these vehicles of overnight guests of residents should be handled much like I proposed in my post regarding parking of vehicles of RTC residents.  Parking for overnight guests of residents (now quoting from that post) “should NOT be on RTC streets; instead, it should be in designated areas (perhaps upper levels) of designated garages in RTC, and SHOULD be permitted continuously for 24 hours per day without moving the vehicle each day.  RTC street parking--and garage parking convenient to street level--should be kept available for short-term (hourly) parking, at least during the daytime.”

While it is clear that a pass would be required for this parking for overnight guests of RTC residents, I don’t have a firm idea how much—if anything—it should cost.  Free might be appropriate for up to one week or, at most, two weeks.  If there is to be a charge from day one, $2 per day sounds good to me.

In my next post, I’ll discuss parking for non-overnight social guests of RTC residents.