parking

NEVER park in the Rite-Aid parking lot on Brighton Avenue in Allston

adamg — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:26:51 +0000

One tow company lies in wait there, the Globe explains.

Just in time for Christmas: City rolls out parking-meter cards

adamg — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:37:27 +0000

Just 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

adamg — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:15:38 +0000

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?

adamg — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:23:03 +0000

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'.

Kaz — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:18:37 +0000

There 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

Brett — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:31:21 +0000

Why? 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

cosmo.catalano — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:48:51 +0000

Or, as the tow truck companies call it, "payday".

The personal touch on a Roslindale street

adamg — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:33:43 +0000

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

bostonzest — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:00:47 +0000

The 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

jeffcutler — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:34:43 +0000

After 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.

BTD: we can illegally park near hospitals, ha ha!

Brett — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:04:59 +0000

This street (Longwood Avenue- Google Streetview avoided part of it) is extremely congested. It's also one of two ways to get into the emergency room for Children's Hospital. The lanes are small on this three lane road, and the whole thing is marked no-parking.

But hey: the balding, grey-haired, bespectacled masshole owner of Boston Transportation Department Vehicle with plate # 3045 (who encouraged me to "go ahead and report the tags" but wouldn't tell me his name) apparently feels "it is [a parking space] for me", and parked blocking 1/2 of the only lane going towards the hospitals, and making it dangerous for bicyclists who need that space. He was busy chatting it up with a bunch of other people in suits and ties in front of the Mass College of Pharmacy. Commish, was that you? Maybe that gut wouldn't be so big if you found a proper parking space like everyone else, and walked. Always nice to see the rules mercilessly apply to us, but not to you?

Survey confirms parking in downtown Boston is expensive

adamg — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:27:45 +0000

The Globe cites a report that proves that. Naturally, the Globe doesn't provide a link to the report, so here it is.

IACP: we park wherever we please

Brett — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:12:14 +0000

Right now, there are many police cruisers, both marked and unmarked, parked on Avenue Louis Pasteur. A large number are parked illegally, either in no-parking zones, bus stops, and even blocking crosswalks (in front of Boston Latin, a school zone.) This is an area where both the MBTA and MASCO run a large number of shuttles and need all the room they can get just make the turns. The State Police, Northborough, Danvers, and Boston were among the 'representatives' who showed up with marked cruisers. The unmarked cruisers and personal vehicles had various "I'm a cop" signs- raid jackets in windows, ticket books on dashboards, radios left in plain sight, or emergency lights.

They are attending a conference in Harvard Med's New Research Building, held by IACP, regarding Project Safe Neighborhoods. IACP is a police chief association, so there are probably a bunch of chiefs amongst these lawbreakers. Of note- there are multiple pay lots within 1-2 blocks, and public street parking within a few blocks.

Update: photos from twheaton. More welcome, especially showing plates and the signage showing they're illegally parked.

God, will Southie shut the hell up about parking spaces already?

adamg — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:45:52 +0000

Joe Keohane tells his South Boston neighbors to shove their persecution complex into the nearest puddle of melted snow and stop bitching about the nerve of the mayor for asking them to clear the streets of their cones and crap already:

... Of course Southie, which is as close to a lawless breakaway province as we have in Boston, responds to this like a bunch of Southerners who got their Confederate flags confiscated by the federal government. They have no time for logic. They're too busy playing the victim. "He's really got it in for us, let me tell you," one resident says of the mayor. "I really feel like he's singling out South Boston."

Of course he is, because you barbarians are the only ones doing this. ...

To protect my parking spot, I use:

oddjob60 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:21:07 +0000

An old chair

14% (13 votes)

A traffic cone

8% (7 votes)

My mother-in-law's kitchen table

4% (4 votes)

My car

40% (37 votes)

A shotgun

34% (32 votes)

Total votes: 93