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Citizen complaint of the day: Complaint about another 311 complaint
By adamg on Wed, 11/01/2023 - 11:34am
We're not the only ones who prowl 311 complaints on the regular.
At 7:09 this morning, an irate citizen filed a 311 complaint about the parking situation along Summer Street in the area of East 1st Street in South Boston:
I work at 840 summer street and no matter where I park lately, I get a ticket. I’m confused where the city expects the businesses to park if we can’t park on the streets. Whether it’s residential or 2 hour parking only, to anything in between. I live in Dorchester, I cannot get a Southie parking pass. This is ridiculous and something needs to be figured out by the city . I can’t afford a ticket every day when I go to work.
Just four minutes later, a disgusted citizen filed a 311 reply:
What’s ridiculous is you not taking alternative transportation or renting a parking spot. FOH
Ed. note: There are lots of possible definitions of FOH, but we're going to guess the kvetcher is not referring to Frederick's of Hollywood or Front of House, but rather something related to GTFO.
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Comments
The FOH commenter is not wrong.
The indignant, "How dare the city enforce its parking regulations?!" is kinda comical.
Maybe work your way up the chain at your company and you can negotiate some kind of paid parking as a perk? Me, I've had to deal with the fact that I work in the city, and have to fend for myself if I want to drive, for my entire adult life here.
I pay for parking at home, too. That sucks while public transportation continues to deteriorate, but I don't believe the world owes me free parking.
Yeah but have a little
Yeah but have a little empathy, this person has to make the long schlep from Dorchester to South Boston, what could a body do but drive?
Dot to Southie...
Hmmm. Maybe if there was a rapid (leave plenty of room for guffaws here) transit line that ran from Dot to Southie. Hey, Governor Healey, get on the MBTA to create a line from Dot to Southie, perhaps even further, so this poor soul can find a way to get to work.
The Red Line
Has been anything but rapid for the past several months, and it's a crummy way to get out to L St and E 1st St anyway. To say nothing of the fact that there are big chunks of Dorchester which are far from the Red Line too.
If you have to get from Port Norfolk to City Point it's probably faster to walk given the lack of reliability of the T.
sOmEtHinG nEeDs tO bE FiGuReD
sOmEtHinG nEeDs tO bE FiGuReD oUt!!
"I would like to rent public space for the price of $0"
I can't believe nothing has been figured out for me to place my private belongings on highly coveted public land for free
Every civilized country
In the world allows vehicles to “park” on public ways, sometimes free, sometimes paid.
Just telling you something you obviously know nothing about.
And every country, "civilized" or not
has rules about which public ways you can park on, and how much those parking spots cost, which may mean that there aren't any parking spots cheap enough for you in the exact spot where you would find it convenient to park. In which case, your choices are:
a.) find somewhere else to park
b.) apparently, whine like a small child until you get your way
Hate to burst your bubble
Nearly every civilized county also has congestion pricing in the city and other fees that drivers have to pay long before they reach a "free" parking spot.
If the US wasn't so allergic to congestion fees, the rest of the world has proved it's clearly the way to go (instead of our approach of having an army of parking meters and traffic enforcers to tackle scofflaws)
The rest of the world and probably the US
Has significantly more reliable public transportation. I’d have no problem punishing drivers for driving, but what’s the alternative? The MBTA?
Do not be a hypocrite
Criticize all the business with outdoor dining who pay next to nothing to increase their profits by 100’s of thousands.
parking "rules" some people's lives....
once had someone get up in a meeting that they were leading and say they had to move their car before they got a ticket and they would be back in 10 minutes.... huh? wut?
Unfortunately the City
does not enforce its parking regulations except to hurt those parking near businesses. This administration along with the Governor is anti business.
You can park in a handicap spot or in front of a hydrant without getting a ticket, but don’t move your car during street cleaning and not only do you get a ticket but you get towed.
Resident parking is not enforced in South Boston unless someone complains. BTD is reactive no proactive.
Maps says..
there are at least 3 parking garages or lots within a 15 minute walk.
its not the city's job to ensure you have a reserved place to put your private property for free.
I mean…
I don’t know how closely you follow local development projects in Boston, but a lot of people get their city paychecks “to ensure you have a reserved place to put your private property for free.” Sometimes the city requires a large new building that’s bringing in new residents or commuters to a neighborhood to have a minimum number of parking spaces, or bike storage. Sometimes they won’t let you subdivide your house of add another story, or build three apartments on a parking lot because they listen to your neighbors’ fears about parking.
Or you could consider whether it’s the cities job to put a handicapped spot in front of my neighbor’s house, because his doctor gave him the placard and it’s nice to park near your house, if you’re rolling an oxygen tank around.
All you clairvoyants
out in Uhub land, maybe they need their vehicle for work. Not everyone sits behind a desk all day.
Sounds like
their employer should be figuring out parking for these necessary vehicles, then.
3-1-1...
What is your Karen complaint?
Everyone is abusing others
Everyone is abusing others and the 311 website itself. That's what I've discovered with my prowling. Chuckle chuckle
Beware of 16-ton weights
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2y9pfz
Not everywhere in Dorchester is near transit
Yes, I think this person is being a M*sshole. But Dorchester is huge, roughly 1/3 of the city, and not everywhere is close to public transportation. (Don't get me started on poorly scheduled bus routes being used to designate a project as "transit oriented".)
However, despite its size, Dorchester has only one resident parking option, so if you have a Dorchester parking permit you can park anywhere in Dorchester that requires a resident parking sticker, like next to Red Line stations.
Generally you pay for parking
The original 311 complaint is really odd. I don't get how you can work or even look for work in Boston and not know you'll have to pay for parking. I was lucky enough to have one job where I did not have to pay for parking. I asked the HR rep to confirm repeatedly because I just couldn't believe it. She must've thought I was not too bright. But free parking was a real shocker.
if nothing else
I got a good laugh out of Frederick's of Hollywood.
Try actually being from
Try actually being from Southie, and not being able to find a resident spot... I circle sometimes for 40 minutes only to see resident spots taken up by a slurry of work vans and people without Southie stickers...
Dude lives in dorchester and
Dude lives in dorchester and drives to east Boston lol. Serves em right.
I live in Somerville and work in Woburn and I manage to get there via mbta