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sawbones84 t1_jeayklt wrote

It's wild to me that double parking is still a thing that is generally tolerated in the South End after all these decades.

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psychout7 t1_jeb2kp3 wrote

Tolerated across the whole city. Certain places definitely get a worse case of it. Boylston going through Fenway always feels like a 1 lane road rather than 2

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sawbones84 t1_jeb58hl wrote

The South End is historically famous for it and is the only place you'll see cars fully parked (not just hazards on) blocking in the row of vehicles by the curb with the driver nowhere in sight, as shown in OP's pic.

Boylston in Fenway is a hellish stretch of road for sure, but the cars "parked" in the right lane are always just food delivery people running in and out of Cava or whatever.

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HungryGoku14 t1_jec3nh2 wrote

Yea - as a resident there... its maddening. Wish there were a better way for infrastructure 1.0 to accommodate for the food delivery services 2.0.

Dont love to generalize, but generally speaking the quality of character of these food delivery peeps is just no where to be found.

Access to parking constantly blocked by some Nissan Versa w their hazards on.

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NotSoSecretMissives t1_jec92m4 wrote

It's pretty simple. Delivery apps and ride share services should have to share their drivers vehicle information with the states motor vehicle registry. If they receive a ticket while operating for the service, the company is responsible for paying the ticket.

Regardless of how much those companies want to fight the classification, there's not a good argument that they aren't employees.

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macdiesel412 t1_jebly96 wrote

I've stopped going down Boylston in the Fenway, just so hard to get down the street now between double parkers and people turning left... just not worth it anymore. Faster to go beacon if you are headed to Storrow if you are coming from JP/Brookline/etc...

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