D.C. delays handicapped parking program

Disabled drivers can once again park for free at any meter in the District until June 18, thanks to legislation passed Tuesday by the D.C. Council that halted the city’s new red-top meter program.

The council unanimously approved an emergency law that delays the installation of new red-top handicapped meters and prohibits city police from ticketing handicapped drivers until the District Department of Transportation presents a detailed report on how the new parking program would work.