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NEVER park in the Rite-Aid parking lot on Brighton Avenue in Allston
By adamg - 12/4/11 - 9:26 amOne tow company lies in wait there, the Globe explains.
Just in time for Christmas: City rolls out parking-meter cards
By adamg - 11/22/11 - 10:37 amJust like cash, only lighter! Boston is now selling value cards you can use to "feed" meters instead of coins. The city says they're good at meters across town - but not the multi-space ones or the ones that take credit cards - and if you act now, there's a "holiday sale" on the cards. One caveat: Although you can buy them online, you can only recharge their value at City Hall or the ever convenient city tow lot on Frontage Road.
Citizen complaint of the day: Sidewalk parking in the North End
By adamg - 11/20/11 - 11:15 am
A concerned citizen says enough's enough and uploads this photo from tiny Wiget Street in the North End.
Isn't this a little piggy?
By adamg - 12/21/09 - 6:23 pm
M Street, South Boston: Maybe the wind moved it and maybe it didn't.
The BPS student in the family and I cruised around South Boston and Dorchester today looking for trouble interesting items used to save spaces after the weekend storm. Based on the number of kitty-littler containers and coolers we saw, there are an awful lot of household cats in Southie, where people really like to go on picnics. Also, people put those old little recycling bins to good use.
Parking in a Bike Lane? That's a paddlin'.
By Kaz - 8/25/09 - 11:18 amThere was little fanfare a few weeks ago when the Mayor and City Council passed a new ordinance prohibiting parking and standing in bike lanes or marked shared lanes. The fine: $100. This puts it on par with blocking a bus stop, fire lane, fire hydrant, or handicap ramp.
via BU Bikes.
Avenue Louis Pasteur needs a double-bypass
By Brett - 8/21/09 - 10:31 amWhy? Mainly because of all the illegally parked Boston EMS trucks, Department of Public Health SUVs, and the news vans- all there for a conference at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center. The Channel 7 news crew was even blocking the sidewalk with their camera gear, sitting unused and unattended.
Sweeping Day on Park Drive
By cosmo.catalano - 6/16/09 - 7:48 am
Or, as the tow truck companies call it, "payday".
The personal touch on a Roslindale street
By adamg - 1/2/09 - 4:33 pm
Aside from the whole entitlement thing, I'm left wondering what this small thing (maybe 18 inches high) is normally used for. Dual Tinker Toys holder?
Boston Snow Emergency and Parking Ban Lifted at 9 am
By bostonzest - 12/20/08 - 10:00 amThe Snow Emergency and Parking Ban in Boston was lifted this morning at 9:00 am.
This was confirmed by the Mayor's helpline 617-635-4500 and Boston's snow webpage:
http://www.cityofboston.gov/snow/
"12/19 10:00pm: The snow emergency and parking ban will be lifted at 9:00 am Saturday morning."
Mayor lacks common sense - needs French Toast Alert widget
By jeffcutler - 12/18/08 - 10:34 pmAfter hearing about cities all scurrying to cancel school tomorrow, I asked a few people what their towns were doing. One town government member - who declined to be identified or to identify his town - told me his mayor was being shortsighted and knee-jerkish.
According to my source, this Boston-area community has handled this first storm of the season with a complete lack of common sense. I've written a post over on my blog about the situation, and here's an excerpt...the entire piece.
