BOSTON — Acting Mayor Kim Janey is once again enforcing parking rules in Boston that had been paused during the pandemic.
Starting Tuesday, the city once again began towing cars parked illegally during posted street sweeping hours and parked in resident spaces without an appropriate resident sticker.
“As we continue to plan our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, I am grateful to all of our residents for their cooperation in following our parking enforcement,” Mayor Janey said in a press release. “As warmer weather comes, it’s important that we take the necessary steps to keep our streets clean.”
The Boston Transportation Department will start ticketing residents with an expired inspection sticker on May 31.
Also starting again Tuesday, ticket amnesty for healthcare workers expired.
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That change was made at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to give healthcare workers a break as they worked long hours dealing with the public health emergency. It allowed healthcare workers to have non-public safety violations dismissed upon appeal if the ticket was issued while they were working.
Boston and its municipal partners in Brookline, Cambridge, Everett and Somerville are still offering a free 90-day pass for public bike share system Bluebikes to all essential workers in the metro Boston area.
“We are grateful that the City of Boston was able to provide extra support to residents and healthcare workers during this unprecedented time,” Commissioner Greg Rooney said in a press release. “Residents should be advised that we are beginning to return to normal operations and they should follow all posted parking regulations.”
Boston residents with resident parking permits can continue to park for free at meters within their neighborhood without having to abide by time limits.
People with expired disability placards and plates will start being ticketed once again on May 31.