Terrible streets and traffic in DC. Feels icky. People double park to go into pickup food places and traffic gets snarled. Streets at the Mall are crazy with lights and repairs. A two mile drive that GPS says should take 14 minutes takes 45. Only way to do the museums and such in the Mall area is to pay ridiculous hotel and eating prices. we were able to park when we got there but this was off-off season. City has deteriorated markedly since we were last there 7 years ago.