Streetcar by the U.S. Capitol, 1961

Streetcar by the U.S. Capitol, 1961
Originally uploaded by rllayman

(Image: A trolley passes by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington in 1961. Courtesy of National Capital Trolley Museum. Peace Monument loop.)

DC1974 writes, in a comment on another entry:

I assume that New Yorker legislators get a car allowance like those from other large states. I know California legislators do. It's pretty hefty too. Eliminate that and give them a transit subsidy instead. That would be a way to start this process.

I know people who live within one to three miles of the Capitol Complex but they drive because they get free parking.



Drive time, image by David Clark (via The Washington Times.