The snow emergency was announced on Thursday a full day before the snow arrived. The emergency then went into effect Friday morning and the snow did not start until around lunch time, several hours later. There was not a single flake of snow in the first couple hours when most of the tickets were issues. People who are saying they got tickets for being 'snowed in' are blatantly misrepresenting what happened. They were parked illegally before the snow even fell, and had plenty of warning.<p>Additionally, as others have said, parking was FREE at metro station garages around the area through Tuesday. And many area garages were also offering free or $1 parking. There is absolutely no excuse for being parked on the snow emergency routes.
All tickets (for parking on snow emergency routes) have been voided<p><a href="http://dcist.com/2016/01/mayor_bowser_is_voiding_tickets_iss.php" rel="nofollow">http://dcist.com/2016/01/mayor_bowser_is_voiding_tickets_iss...</a><p>During snow emergencies, cities should work with parking garages to make overnight parking for cars, free. It'll solve a lot of problems.<p>If cars are not removed past the emergency, ticket revenue can be shared with the garage
This is Washington DC (absolutely egregious omission by NYTimes, IMO), and not only were the roads blanketed with snow but exceedingly slippery a day earlier.<p>See here for anecdotal reports regarding the city's <i>absurd</i> winter road strategy:<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/41xgqe/lmfao/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/41xgqe/lmfao/</a><p>And furthermore, thousands of tickets will be forgiven:<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-to-forgive-thousands-of-parking-tickets-issued-during-snowstorm/2016/01/28/a4e342de-c5db-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-to-forgi...</a>
Washington only charges $20 per day of impound? My motorcycle spent a 3 days in impound because someone moved in and needed moving-truck street space costing me over $600 with a few hundred for the ticket and then something closer to $100 a day for impound. Stupid San Francisco. Parking at only $1 is also incredible.
DC is great at giving tickets, but as of yesterday main roads in DC still weren't completely cleared of snow. They are inept at the stuff that counts.