no this does not exist

Let's say you're a parking enforcement officer and you notice the meter is a minute from expiring when you walk by it. It seems reasonable enough to me for someone to wait the minute to do their job.

Agreed it has felt like a predatory shakedown lately. In November my wife parked with her residential parking sticker in a residential spot on our street. The city erected a handicapped sign right on top of her spot - which has always been a residential spot the 6 years that we’ve lived here. She came out to her car the next day after having parked it, or the day after, and had gotten a ticket.

Are we responsible for continually monitoring our parking spaces to make sure the rules don’t change? There was no warning or notice here.

She had an virtual appeal with the city the other week. I wasn’t there for it but the lady evidently told her it “wasn’t likely” to get overturned. They were going to inquire with the DPW as to when the sign was installed.

I have other stories…

Yep, it's 527 CMR 10.12.5

Like at an intersection? I was thinking about this yesterday too. I am pretty sure it means like "hey this is an intersection and the other roads have a flashing red, please be alert but don't slow down unless necessary".

Whereas yellow flashing means "slow down and make sure it's safe before entering intersection, there might be cross-traffic" and red is "treat this like a stop sign"

I must say I’ve never seen it anywhere else, but seems like a wise thing.

I can't reproduce this. Can you share a link to the location?

On a somewhat similar note, does anyone know what the purpose is of a flashing GREEN light? Like, what?

You should be able to access it from the corner of Somerville and White. If you enter the galleria and continue to the back, there’s an entrance before you hit the parking lot in the back. Though granted, the last time I visited was 3 months ago and they were only doing take-out

I did the same thing, and it’s wrong. Wow I had no idea that Google maps could be wrong like this. This is the first time I’m seeing that.

Yeah, I've done that with friends before, decades ago, but no time for that now. These are actually for my friend's son so he can have them as supplies.

Tip: when buying the wrappers, pay attention to how soft they are. Sometimes there's clearly older ones mixed in with the newer ones on the store shelf, and you want the fresher, softer ones. Older ones are already hardening on the edges.

That’s completely incorrect. Luckily others know the right answer.

They've definitely gotten more intense lately. I just brought my car to my place and am awaiting the registration to change over so I can get a permanent pass for street parking. In the meantime, I've been using the guest pass for our apartment. I neglected to move my car in the required 24 hours for the guest pass... Ticket. They never check for this rule, so frankly I just forgot out of complacency. Next day, move it at 9:45 or so. Go to move it the day after around 10, and got a ticket at 9:49. I know it's someone's job to do this, but.... Bruh

I think it's an error. When I clicked on it, the address is 822 Somerville Ave #1, i.e. it's the one in the "Porter Square Galleria". Someone probably suggested a bad edit.

I’ve had similar issues in Cambridge parking in front of my apartment where it’s residential permit parking. I’ve probably spent close to the same in the past year on parking fines. One of the tickets was for not having the permit stuck to my windshield, because I had the permit displayed on my dashboard instead.

I also think it’s interesting that they can look up license numbers to check if the permit numbers match the car to make sure people can’t share permits, but they can’t look up license number to see that I have a valid permit.

Cambridge. Tough on parking.

It feels like the city is trying to extract money from the working and student population who can’t afford fancy garage spots, and don’t live in a location or have a job where they can rely on the T. This is also why they sweep the streets so often.

How would you condemn a single window?

You only need to board up the front doorway if the door is missing/non-functional.

Whoa! I didn’t know they were that popular. If you don’t want to wait that long, making your own could be fun for an afternoon, and even more fun if you invite a few friends. Super easy. You can buy the wrappers from H-Mart and then make your own filling; the Woks of Life recipe is great. There are also vegetarian recipes if you prefer that.

If you appeal and wait the many months it takes for them to get to you, inflation will give you a discount. Big brain move.

My roommates car broke down in Riverside with NY plates and was left parked for 7 months through the winter without a single ticket. Not one lol.

I’ve seen ones with just a single slash, not an X. Do they mean similar things?

ohh valid, sorry I somehow didn't see that. my bad. he's in the same building as my guitar luthier, just recalled seeing violin repair as services.

When you see this kind of X on any building, it means that it is slated for demolition. Sometimes, it can take a couple years for the actual demo to happen. But anyway, that's what it means.

If you work at MIT, you can get a campus parking pass for something like $175/month. Otherwise, there is a parking garage near Kendall with better prices. Don't use Hayward Garage because the prices there are crazy.

*rehair

The violin probably also needs new strings, but the bow needs a rehair.

Johnson strings will be a good fit for a student instrument, but if you want somewhere closer, Acoustic Strings of New England is at the Armory in Somerville.

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