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South Boston no country for old cones
By adamg on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 4:49pm
Whilst Ubering about town, roving UHub photographer Frank K. spotted this Public Works pickup full from a de-space-savering run through South Boston today.
The city also replied to this complaint about a space-saver-laden Princeton Street in East Boston with a cheery:
Space savers on Princeton St were reported to Public Works and they were out collecting this morning. Thank you.
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Almost
When I first read the post, I thought it said "a deep-space-savering run," which would have been cool.
Was he roving, or Übering?
Was he roving, or Übering? You can't do both at the same time.
I demand an investigation
Which tire shops paid this truck to go through Southie?
Cone trucks were busy today
In an unrelated story...
...Boston DPW cancelled their request for bids for construction cones for this summer.
Hopefully there was more than one truck
because based on my walk to the bus this morning there is no way all of the space savers in Southie will fit in the back of one pickup truck
They chase down the trucks
And write newspaper articles about it!
At least they did that a few years ago ... reported as if it were the crime of the century!
The local Southie Uberalles newspaper isn't written by newcomers, either.
South Boston Online
The Brietbart for the Pall Mall and Doc McGillicuddy set.
What are the rules?
I've had a car for all of 3 weeks so I am pretty clueless, but I thought space savers were allowed 48 hours after the end of a snow emergency, which would have been 8pm tonight?
Rules? We dont need no steenkin' rules!
Space-saving was outlawed last year by the City Council. (http://www.universalhub.com/2014/council-votes-ban-parking-space-saver-app).
The very same Mayor Walsh who spoke in favor of the ordinance, also says that the city isn't going to enforce it for the first 48 hours after a snow storm.
So the rules are whatever we say they are, until such time as we say they are something else.
Oh Bob
Do we really need to keep on going over this?
The ordinance to which you refer covers the general rental of public spaces by private parties. The snow rule, or properly the Menino Rule, only covers spaces shoveled out after snowstorms, and only for 48 hours.
The ordinance is quite clear
I don't know how it could be any more clear: reserving spaces is illegal.
The Mayor has announced that he's not going to enforce the law under certain condition. Whether that is or is not within his rights is above my pay grade.
You know the intent of the law
And that's what matters. And it has nothing to do with chairs out after a snow storm.
And the mayor stated that he would continue the policy of his predecessor, which was 48 hours after a snow emergency for a shoveled out space.
I know the text of the law.
Let's give the authors of the law enough respect to assume that they meant the law to say exactly what it says.
You have a lot of respect for
The Boston City Council.
Baker was aware of the space
Baker was aware of the space saver situation when the Haystack ordinance was being deliberated. There was a reference to that in the Globe coverage.
This isn't like using a law from the 1700's to compel people to reveal their encryption keys.
Oh, hey, thanks for the ammo
Boston Globe, August 14, 2014
Going by that background, Bob would have a point if people were shoveling out spaces and "renting" them to drivers, but they are not, so again, while I do understand that we are in the era of alternative facts, they wouldn't hold up in court.
The parking ban was lifted at
The parking ban was lifted at 8 AM on Monday.
You can sign up for weather alerts by phone/text/email here
https://public.coderedweb.com/cne/en-US/BFB5F355FAB8
Here's their snow page. https://www.boston.gov/departments/311/snow-emergency-parking
Emergency ended at 8am on
Emergency ended at 8am on Monday.
It is 48 hours after the end.
It is 48 hours after the end...which was 8AM on Monday...so 8AM this morning.
In The Truck, Behind The Lawn Chair — Is That A Purple Box?
Nope. The purple box was
Nope. The purple box was still sitting pretty on a snowbank around 7 pm.
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I can edit, but can I delete? Posted my comment on the wrong post.
It's simple
Just edit your comment to read (comment deleted). In the handful of times I've had to do this over the years, Adam is usually pretty good about deleting the revised comment in short order.
Recycling Bins
A lot of people in East Boston are using the big recycling bins supplied by the city as space savers. Is Public Works collecting those too?
Using a trash can or
Using a trash can or recycling bin is always one that leaves the workers scratching their heads. I'm guessing they don't collect them unless it's obvious they are only being used as a space saver.
Good job
Looks like I finally got rid of that barrel of asbestos.
Thats how I've gotten ride of
Thats how I've gotten ride of all of my CRT monitors.
Hey
"Looks like I finally got rid of that barrel of asbestos."
Some folks know that you do as best as you can.
This Mayor
needs to go! Nothing but a huge disappointment!
The real working class Mayor
Ray Flynn could give two shits if you put out a space saver. He even rdrove around with the plow drivers.