Following a snow emergency in Boston, it’s legal for 48 hours to save a parking spot. Once the 48-hour period ends, all parking space savers must go.
By Ashley Williams, AccuWeather staff writer | December 22, 2017
The tension over snow-free parking spots isn’t limited to Philadelphia alone.
In January 2016, drivers clashed over a parking space following a weekend snowstorm in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester.
During the same winter season, 18 minutes away in Jamaica Plain, Boston resident Kate Ziegler witnessed an altercation during a condo’s open house.
“It had just snowed the day before, so there were mountains of snow everywhere,” said the Arborview Realty realtor.
“We had people who were coming to the open house moving space savers that residents had left out,” she said.
Following a snow emergency in Boston, it’s legal for 48 hours to save a parking spot. Once the 48-hour period ends, all parking space savers must go.
During the condo showing, a disgruntled resident stormed in carrying bags of groceries, annoyed that someone had moved his space saver and parked in his spot, Ziegler said.
Eventually, the altercation was resolved and they were able to find another spot for the person who’d removed the space saver, she said.
In Boston, certain neighborhoods have a stronger reputation of retaliation over parking spots than others, including South Boston, according to Ziegler.
“The problem is, if you park in an open space, you don’t necessarily know if someone took away the space saver on their own accord, because they know it’s past the 48 hours, or if the city took it as trash,” Ziegler said.
“Then, that person might think that you moved their space saver and trashed it,” she added.
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