They were towing cars off Copenger Street on Mission Hill today, apparently for getting in the way of street sweepers. Only problem, AMO notes, is that the signs declare "No Parking" for the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month and today is the third Wednesday.
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alternate side of the street parking?
By coffeeweasel
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 4:06pm
There are streets that have "2nd & 4th Wednesday" signs on one side and "1st & 3rd Wednesday" signs on the other. Maybe this car was on the "1st & 3rd Wednesday" side.
This is the set up in my
By Bea W
Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:17am
This is the set up in my neighborhood, odd side of the street on odd weeks (1 and 3) and the even side on even weeks (2 and 4).
The online listing is still not accurate for some areas. We switched from Fri to Wed, but the online database still says Fridays. I still get an email on Thursdays reminding me that street cleaning is Friday. That'd be a day late and a dollar short.
Have you reported the
By anon
Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:16am
Have you reported the discrepancy in the online listing?
Copenger St also isn't listed
By JamesH
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 5:58pm
Copenger St also isn't listed on the city's street cleaning web site: http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/sweeping/?...
They changed all the street
By anon
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 7:59pm
They changed all the street cleaning signs on Mission Hill over the winter but haven't updated the website.
Make Way for Street Sweepers
By BostonUrbEx
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 9:04pm
Saw a mass exodus of cars on South Huntington, near Riverway Station, earlier. People were running down the street flailing at the tow drivers while a sweeper sat in wait.
Streetsweeping
By anon
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 10:30pm
is the biggest moneymaking scam the City perpetrates on it's citizens. It also does not make the streets any cleaner, maybe for the day.
Yeah, man, garbage is cool.
By Scratchie
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 11:17pm
Yeah, man, garbage is cool.
Nuh uh!
By Boston_res
Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:06am
Not unless it has rodents!
Accumulated crud
By fenwayguy
Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:21am
The first sweep of the season in particular picks up the leaf litter, human litter, sand and general crud that's accumulated over the winter. Monthly sweeps (in the Fens, Riverway etc) also keep abandoned cars from sitting there forever.
It sucks to be towed (although there's generally fair warning), the fees are legalized robbery, but regular street sweeping does contribute something to life in the city.
In my neighborhood, there's
By anon
Fri, 05/17/2013 - 2:26pm
In my neighborhood, there's never very much stuff in the gutters. Not even at the end of the winter.
On Parker Street last month
By Michael
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 11:33pm
I saw the street sweeper maneuver around parked cars, and then tow trucks came for them half an hour later.
Really?
By Neal
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 11:49pm
I thought that the free storage of private vehicles on public property, with the caveat that the owners would be burdened with the responsibility to occasionally move the vehicles off the public way at the posted time so that the City can clean and maintain its property, was a pretty good deal for the beneficiaries of the free subsidized parking. I didn't realize it was all just a big moneymaking scam, taking advantage of the chumps who don't know how to read a street sign.
Must not be from Southie
By anon²
Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:59am
Those spots are owned by the residents in the houses behind them, given to them by king mumbles (obvs).
Sounds
By anon²
Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:56am
like you and the neighbors suck.
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