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pelican_chorus t1_j0x4f8j wrote

I doubt it was street-cleaning, or an overzealous tow truck, like someone else suggested (They can't give tickets).

I would assume either

  1. You missed a construction notice (i.e. a paper "no-parking between x and y hours until z date" pinned to a tree)
  2. You weren't in a legal spot (wrong side of a parking sign, too close to a hydrant, handicapped spot, etc)

If you gave your exact parking spot we might be able to figure it out further. (I'm assuming that "Jones Street at Rudolph Street" is made up, right? I can't find those actual streets on Google Maps.)

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pezx t1_j0z1dzc wrote

I'd add

  1. You were parked too close to an intersection. This seems likely given that OP felt the need to check two different streets for sweeping restrictions
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LaAndala t1_j0ytmyd wrote

The first one happened to me, I was out of the country and the day after I left they hung the signs for tree cutting or something. I even left my keys with my neighbors but they never saw it. Sucked, so expensive… The next year I parked it with a friend on their driveway just to be sure…

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Ioseb_Hates_Money OP t1_j0z7wmq wrote

The street names I used were faked. Here is a redacted picture of my ticket.

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pelican_chorus t1_j1477p1 wrote

Huh.

So you say you were parked in Zone C (odd on 1st Friday, even on 2nd Monday), but you got towed as if you were in Zone E (odd on 2nd Thursday).

Zone E borders Zone C on River Street (see map: https://www.cambridgema.gov/services/streetcleaning). One side of River St is Zone E and the other side is Zone C.

The north/west side of River Street is E and has street cleaning on 2nd Thursday.

Are you sure you weren't parked on the odd side of River St, and looked at a sign near the even side and assumed it was the same zone?

E.g. say you parked on the odd side of River St next to the intersection of William St. The sign that would be visible from there on William St (see Google Street View) says 1st Friday on the odd side, so that could be confusing. But it would be referring to William St, not River.

(It would be a lot easier if you just posted your intersection, it's not like we can dox you from that, but that's fine if you want to keep your privacy.)

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