Real reason behind DC's economic boom? Population blossoms but number of cars registered stays flat

http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/transportation/2012/02/more-district-residents-getting-rid-cars/309136

Car registrations in the District have hovered around 275,000 over the last decade, according to D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles Director Lucinda Babers, even as the city's population ballooned by more than 40,000 people in that time.

"Whether it is addition of bike lines or pedestrian plazas, congestion pricing or rising tolls, the once-exalted automobile is under siege."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/realestate/developers-eye-garages-and-parking-lots.html?_r=1&hpw

NYTimes on parking and condominiums in NY City. Wish Newark had this problem? Comment here.