No overnight parking rules have a very valuable purpose: They ensure that all residents who have a car get offstreet parking they can use regularly, and residents who don't want to / can't afford that just don't keep a car (so fewer people have cars), and as an effect of that, on-street parking is plentiful and available during the day for people going to stores, visiting friends, in from a different town, etc.
You can *always* find a parking spot in Brookline, even in places like Coolidge Corner, without much searching.
48 hour rules, on the other hand, I agree are crazy. It should at least be a 1-week rule, and would serve exactly the same purpose but with much less disruption and worry for residents.
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Date: 2008-12-24 05:59 pm (UTC)You can *always* find a parking spot in Brookline, even in places like Coolidge Corner, without much searching.
48 hour rules, on the other hand, I agree are crazy. It should at least be a 1-week rule, and would serve exactly the same purpose but with much less disruption and worry for residents.