If only I had photos of some of the space savers I've seen during this storm! 

It's not a neighborhood problem. Like everything else, it's aleadership problem. Would have to believe you could really curtail such ritual in (2) storms time....send the dump trucks down the streets Mayor! Pick the crap up....I didn't think so.

I am new to the South End -- having also lived in Dorchester and Allston/Brighton -- and I'm embarrassed by Mr. Fox's comments and tactics. One "friendly neighbor" took a space saver and threw it into the lovely community garden at Rutland Sq. where it is now an eyesore for all who pass by. Another person dumped a purple plastic storage bin into a pile of snow on a barely-shoveled sidewalk. Is that what Mr. Fox is encouraging?

Space saving in Boston used to be a real problem, with people marking spaces for weeks at a time. Mayor Menino's "48-hour" grace period for saving spaces seemed the perfect compromise. Far too many people simply don't dig their cars out after snow storms, taking up more than a single car length worth of space, leaving those who do dig out nowhere else to park. Maybe Mr. Fox's forces would be better off (and more neighborly) to dig out the excess piles of snow between cars and at the corners blocking spaces. There are many people who don't like the number of blocks reserved for resident parking. Would Mr. Fox encourage them to remove resident parking signs?

The savers create an incentive to clear spots out, making the parking situation better for everyone after the 48 hour grace period ends.  It isn't rocket science to understand.  Doesn't sound like Fox is the sharpest tool in the shed.  Everyone needs to calm down a little bit.

Why would you clear out a space saver?  Someone worked hard to clear out the space for their car.  You want a parking spot, go shovel your own space.  

I think the real beef is that space savers some how make the South End look less wealthy, as though leaving a chair out in the street for 24 hours is going to damage the property values of multi-million dollar townhomes.  

It is a public street. People are shoveling their own cars. If they choose to dig out their car and drive away, they don't own the parking spot. The trash trucks should pick up the savers and keep the street clean. If the savers don't like it, rent a space in a garage. They are not entitled to a spot on the street just because their cars were there before a snow storm.

People should be allowed to save spaces.  The article states there no logical reason why people should be allowed to save spaced.  The one logical reason people should be allowed to save spaced is due to the fact that they shoveled those spaces out.  If you shoveled 2 feet of snow around your car for hours and then came back and find someone in your space you would be angry.  Someone who didn't do the work gets to benefit.  That isn't right.  If the city wants to send around someone to shovel out cars then I would agree that no one should save spaces.  

This far out from the storm, the city should have come and taken the excess snow off the street...but that isn't happening. In my town, the packed minimum 5 feet (up to 10 in some areas) piles of snow on the street that are at least a car wide are still everywhere.  Someone parked next to a bank like that across from my driveway and I couldn't leave my house until they came back.  The city acts like homeowners are supposed to find places for all this snow...we are out of spots...after the plows were done we had several feet...now the city needs to come get it...The city could diffuse the space saver issue, by taking the snow...then the savers would go as well...