Medford to Re-Examine Winter Parking Ban
City councilors agreed the four-month ban is not working as it should.
At the urging of residents, the Medford City Council resolved Tuesday night to have the city re-examine its winter parking ban that many believe isn't working. Councilor Breanna Lungo-Koehn brought up the topic, which had been shelved after last Tuesday's abbreviated meeting. "It's time to make a change," she said on the winter parking ban, which presently runs from Dec. 1 to April 1 on city streets. Each night during these four months, cars can only be parked on odd or even sides of streets from 12 to 7 a.m. For example, because 2012 is an even number, cars this winter are only to be parked on even sides. The ban used to be six months long and was eventually reduced to four. Lungo-Koehn said "thickly-settled" areas are of particular …
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TLG
9:05 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
Not only do we not have enough parking in South Medford, we also have a lot of selfish folks who save parking spaces-even on bare pavement. The police do nothing about this. I've lived here for 8 years, and every winter this is the reason why I'd love to leave! more ›