‘Maybe a beach chair, a yoga mat’: Drivers rush to use space savers as parking ban lifted
By Jennifer Peñate
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BOSTON (WCVB) — For hours on Monday, Bostonians have been shoveling dense snow mounds to have a clearer breakthrough from parking spots by Tuesday morning.
“I’ve been out here almost two hours now, definitely breaking a sweat,” said Scott Ravinovitz.
Look down just about any street in Massachusetts, and you’ll see car after car trapped by tall walls of snow.
“This is like 6 feet tall, 10 feet wide!” said Fiona Gassett. “I don’t even know what I’m doing. I’m just picking up snow and putting it somewhere. I don’t know where to put it, it’s everywhere.”
“This is the worst we’ve had in a couple of years,” said Alex Banthung.
The next feat for drivers after shoveling all that snow is to ensure they keep that coveted parking spot.
Space savers are on standby for many to ensure the hard-earned cleared spot is not lost.
“Maybe a beach chair, a yoga mat, I don’t have a lot. I’ll have to see what I put in it, I don’t have cones,” Gassett said.
“I got a cone. Last time I used one, someone unfortunately moved the cone and took my spot,” Banthung said.
On Monday at 8 p.m., Boston Mayor Michelle Wu lifted the snow emergency and parking ban, sending drivers racing to park their cars.
If you are using a space saver, the city of Boston is reminding drivers that they must be removed by 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
Drivers are prohibited from using space savers in the South End and in Bay Village.
“I feel bad for the cars behind me because they don’t even have a way out, so I don’t know. We’re in this together,” Gassett said. “I’ve been talking to my neighbors, we’ve been shoveling together, so at least there’s some community.”
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