Church parking has been/was a big issue in the DC for years, predating bike lanes. In short, DC residents don't like it when streets are double-parked by cars with Maryland plates on Sunday mornings. The District gov't was seen as more deferential to *former* residents than *current* residents.
Repurposing of former strip mall and parking lot parcels into multistory multi-family residential seems to be the cornerstone of the Santa Ana, California version of infill development! Unfortunately, the site of the former Laguna Hills Mall has been in some state of demolition for over 5 years at this point with at least one false start that would've been not much more than a contemporary, open-air version of its predecessor.
Church parking has been/was a big issue in the DC for years, predating bike lanes. In short, DC residents don't like it when streets are double-parked by cars with Maryland plates on Sunday mornings. The District gov't was seen as more deferential to *former* residents than *current* residents.
Repurposing of former strip mall and parking lot parcels into multistory multi-family residential seems to be the cornerstone of the Santa Ana, California version of infill development! Unfortunately, the site of the former Laguna Hills Mall has been in some state of demolition for over 5 years at this point with at least one false start that would've been not much more than a contemporary, open-air version of its predecessor.