Another Parking Post

[thelongtypeface.livejournal.com]

A lot of this has been covered in the many recent posts about parking, but how strictly and quickly do people think the city will implement citywide permit parking that is supposed to go into effect August 1? How will it be enforced? Mass ticketing is my best guess. Should be good for revenue, at least!

Knowing Somerville traffic and parking, I assume many of us who live on non permit streets will wake up on Saturday morning and walk outside to be greeted by a sea of neon orange tickets blanketing car windshields and a lot of pissed off people. I keep up on Somerville news as best as I can, but I haven't received anything in the mail about the new parking regulations, and I wonder how many people have no idea this is happening.

:: insert standard argument about how while something does need to be done about the overabundance of cars in Somerville, the current plan with respect to citywide permit parking seems shortsighted, especially when there are procedures in place to turn problem streets to permitted ones by majority consensus of the people who actually live on those streets ::

What do you think?

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Here's something I don't know:

Will the visitor parking passes we now have still be valid after August 1? This is the only way my boyfriend can park in Somerville, as he isn't a resident.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

I assume so -- why would they change? Your having a resident sticker has nothing to do with a visitor's pass.