During rush hour, many metered streets in downtown Boston become an extra travel lane. Please check the meter and signs posted on the street for a schedule.

At most meters, you can only park in the spot for two hours. After two hours, you need to move your car to another City block.

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If you use the ParkBoston app, you can extend your time at a meter through the app, but only up to the time limit of your metered spot. Learn more about ParkBoston.

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If you see a “Resident Parking Only” sign in a neighborhood, it means you need a resident parking permit sticker for that neighborhood. Commercial vehicles can park for up to three hours on streets with resident parking.

An arrow on a parking sign will point in the direction of restricted parking. If a sign doesn’t have an arrow, or there are two arrows pointed in opposite directions, it means the whole street is affected by the parking restriction.

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If you drive a car with an expired sticker, you are breaking the law. Also, a parked car with an expired sticker can get a ticket.

We restrict parking on most main streets during major snowstorms so plows, ambulances, and other emergency vehicles can use the roads.

In a “No Standing” zone, you can’t park your car, but you can make a drop off, a pick up, or load your car. Commercial vehicles can’t load or unload in a “No Standing” zone.

We will announce a snow emergency and list streets where you can't park on our Winter in Boston page. You can also sign up to get alerts when a snow emergency is declared or lifted.

Street cleaning takes place on most streets from April 1 until November 30. On some main roads, street cleaning happens all year.

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Caution Pedestrians Look Both Ways Signs are a warning message types of hazard signs used by displaying around sites to warn people about constant vehicle traffic movement around the site to ensure pedestrians look both ways and Caution Pedestrians Look Both Ways Signs conveys the message "Caution pedestrians look both ways" which has the means of warning pedestrians to look both ways before they cross the traffic. Around sites where pedestrian routes are mixed with vehicle routes such as in car parks, yards, loading bays, warehouses and factories it is important to warn drivers to be cautious of pedestrian movements and displaying Caution Pedestrians Sound Horn 10mph Signage will ensure drivers are aware of pedestrians in the areas, where there is a need to divert pedestrians onto a different pedestrian route or walkway Pedestrians arrow Right Reflective Signage provides an ideal solution for directing pedestrians towards the right hand direction.

Caution Pedestrians Look Both Ways Signs are used for displaying around sites to warn people about constant vehicle traffic movement around the site to ensure pedestrians look both ways and conveys the message "Caution pedestrians look both ways" in bold black text on a vibrant yellow background which provides a highly visible, instant and clear caution pedestrians message.

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You can’t park vehicles — including motorcycles — on any part of the sidewalk or crosswalk on a Boston street. You can’t park a car within 20 feet of an intersection, unless it’s at a metered parking spot.

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