There’s been a trend with North End parking where the city hasn’t been posting “no parking” signs soon enough; and they have merely placed papers on the windshield wipers for display. See attached this paper. I had parked my vehicle on Monday 8/28 morning, and street cleaning wasn’t supposed to be posted until the first Read More…
The Feasts are coming! The Feasts are coming! And, with all the festivities come the associated parking restrictions over most weekends into Labor Day. The St. Aggripina’s Feast begins this week on Thursday, July 31st. See the full feast schedule and streets here. Ryan Kenny, Chair of the NEWNC Traffic & Parking Committee, shares this Read More…
North End resident, Mary O., was caught in the parade parking restrictions on Patriot’s Day and has some suggestions for the signage and car towing process during special events. With the parade, Hanover Street had “No parking Monday” posted. Typically, when there have been special events during the day, and signs don’t list a time, Read More…
It was a street cleaning snafu Tuesday morning on Prince Street, says Charles Sether. The signs for street cleaning were changed out and Prince Street now is posted as being cleaned from noon time until 4 on Tuesdays. A lot of people left their cars on the street and they got towed when the street Read More…
The Boston Globe’s Andrew Ryan and Matt Carroll recently investigated and published an article on the questionable towing practices in private lots throughout the city. (See Perils of Parking: A City on the Hook.) “Under the Freedom of Information Act, the Globe requested all the towing data the City of Boston had on file Read More…
Comments by NorthEndWaterfront.com readers regarding the parking trap on Commercial Wharf West attracted the attention of Boston Globe investigative reporter, Christina Pazzanese, who writes for the Globe Watch column. (See “Beware the Parking Trap at Commercial Wharf West”). In today’s paper, Globe Watch reviews the situation. Residents of Commercial Wharf West in the North End Read More…
Submitted by David Arnold, North End/Waterfront resident and parking correspondent. “Commercial Wharf West” is a small street ?100 yards long? behind me that is privately owned, with perpendicular parking on either side paid by North End residents. The annual fee is about $3,000 and the spots are unassigned. Window stickers flag the rate payers. There Read More…