Word: cars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spot was temptingly open one evening and no "No Parking" signs were in evidence, he says. But when he parked in that space, he found the next morning that his car had been towed away...
Cambridge's street cleaning and snow removal programs also present hazards for Cambridge car owners. Lori A. Barry '88 says that one morning, "I just forgot it was street cleaning. There are signs. The ticket was $15, but the towing charge...
Snowstorms also create parking problems because the city tows away cars whenever a snow emergency is declared. But Duehay says the city does its best to warn car owners in advance. "There are signs on the street which say in the event of a snow emergency cars will be towed. We try to have a loudspeaker go around before the towing," Duehay says...
...hours pass after the car has been ticketed for an expired meter, and a meter maid notices that the car has not been moved, she will cite the owner for overtime parking...
...Some car owners say they think the city is so anxious to make money off parking fines that they ticket cars prematurely. Wendy Chandler, a staff member at Harvard's Office of Government and Community Affairs, says she has seen metermaids flip meters to zero when they have only a few minutes left...