From: "Tomeu, Ini" <itomeu@cambridgema.gov> Date: Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 9:20 AM To: "Tomeu, Ini" <itomeu@cambridgema.gov> Subject: City of Cambridge Snow Emergency Parking Ban in Effect 2-14-15 at 7 p.m. Please see attached news, also pasted in as text below. Ini Tomeu, Public Information Officer City of Cambridge 795 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 617-349-4339/ itomeu@cambridgema.gov <mailto:itomeu@cambridgema.gov> Like Us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/CambridgeMA.Gov> Website: wwww.cambridgema.gov For Immediate Release City of Cambridge Snow Emergency Parking Ban in Effect Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. Cambridge, MA Feb. 14, 2015 -- The City of Cambridge is declaring a Snow Emergency Parking Ban Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. Parking will be prohibited on streets signed No Parking during Snow Emergency. Towing operations will begin at this time. Please note that some streets may still maintain temporary no parking signs even after the ban is lifted due to the current conditions. Free off-street parking is available to Cambridge residents with Resident Parking Permits issued by the city¹s Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department at the locations listed below from the time the ban goes into effect until 2 hours after it is lifted. Please note that other locations we generally make available during a ban, such as First Street and Green Street Garages, are currently full due to the current conditions. CambridgeSide Galleria Parking Garage. Free parking is valid for the upper garage only, Levels 4 and 5; enter on First Street at Sears. Vehicles parked in the lower garage (Levels A, B & C) will be asked to pay the regular parking fees. Generally free resident parking is available from the time the declared snow emergency is in effect until 2 hours after it is lifted. Due to the extensive amount of snow that has accumulated in the area, persons with a Cambridge resident parking permit can park at this location from now until Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. 52 Oxford Garage. This is a Harvard owned and operated garage. It is open to City residents with a resident parking permit on a space available basis for no fee from the time the declared snow emergency is in effect until 2 hours after the ban is lifted. Space is limited, and availability is on a first-come, first-served basis. The University reserves the right to cease admittance due to capacity limitations and operation issues. 65 Waverly Street. This is an MIT owned surface lot at the corner of Sidney, Waverly and Erie adjacent to Fort Washington Park. Parking is free with a resident permit until 2 hours after the ban has is lifted. One Kendall Square Garage. This is a privately owned garage next to the Kendall Square Cinema. Parking is free for Cambridge residents with a resident parking permit on their vehicle until 2 hours after the ban is lifted. The garage entrance is at 389 Binney Street. We are currently experiencing delays in trash collection due to weather conditions. If your trash was not collected on Friday, please leave it out and it will be collected on Saturday. Check this site for more updates and information or call Public Works at 617.349.4800. City Offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 16 in observance of the Presidents' Day Holiday. There will be no trash or recycling pickup Monday, Feb. 16, and routes will be one day behind schedule for the rest of that week. Any regular programs scheduled for Feb. 14 will take place, however programs for Feb. 15, including War Memorial programs, have been cancelled. DPW crews continue to work to keep main roadways clear. Property owners are asked to do the best they can under the extremely challenging conditions to clear sidewalks, corner crossings, catch basins and fire hydrants of snow. Business owners are requested, if there is a disability parking space on the street near their storefront, to please take the extra time to shovel a clear path to that space. In particular, shovel a space wide enough so that vans with lifts can deploy the lift onto the sidewalk. The historic amounts of snow that have fallen in the past two weeks have created special challenges for the city and the region. Even with plowing and snow removal, streets in Cambridge and the Greater Boston Area remain narrow. The MBTA continues to experience weather related failures and delays and has announced that service will be suspended on Sunday, Feb. 15. Please see more on this at www.mbta.com. Drivers should allow additional travel time, exercise patience during slower traffic patterns, and use extra caution at intersections and crosswalks. Prior to traveling, residents are asked to ensure that snow is cleared from the top of their motor vehicle to create safer conditions for those travelers around you. Drivers should use their best judgment when considering whether to park in areas where large snow piles are still alongside the curb, to ensure they do not block the flow of traffic. Updated information will be available at www.cambridgema.gov <http://www.cambridgema.gov> . In addition, the public is encouraged to follow updates on Twitter at @CambMA <https://twitter.com/CambMA> and on Facebook at CambridgeMA.Gov <https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeMA.Gov> . The City will be utilizing the hash tag #CambMASnow on Twitter to help the public follow the conversation. Members of the public can also call 617-349-4800 or 617-349-4700 for information. Members of the public are encouraged to sign-up to receive notification of snow emergency parking bans at http://www.cambridgema.gov/AlertNetwork. - ### -