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I frankly don't live in those areas, but if I did, I think I would be super pissed. I would come home after a hard day's work and find my normal spots being taken by Bimmers and Bentz of people who will be stumbling drunk and driving home later that night? Unacceptable.

woah, i totally here you, shenks. i once got into a shouting match with an attendent cuz i parked in their spot and tried to walk away. after bitching to them that they have no right to use those spots, they tried to explain to me that they have permit from the city and how it is legal. does anyone know the truth?

In davis square, there is a public lot (with meters) behind the liquor store. next to the licker store there is a restaurant, Gargoyle's. They taped up these ghetto pink signs (with text too small to read unless you are six inches from it) that say it's reserved parking after 6pm for Gargoyles.

I've always thought that was probably illegal, but the signs remain. I always just park there anyways. I will not pay any respect to a 4 inch by 4 inch pink sign taped to a parking meter.

Here's a quote from an article in Boston.com

"Valet companies are required by the city to park customers' vehicles in garages. By parking cars in on-street spaces with broken meters, valets can pocket customers' fees, which run as high as $16, and avoid the cost of paying expensive garage fees."

Sorry, I can't type URL for some reason. The article is called, "City eyes valets in jamming of meters" from 8/6/2005. It's on Boston.com

Are you for real? Are they not supposed to be parking my cars on the streets? Grill 23 in Back Bay totally did that to me. When I came out of the restaurant (which was actually very enjoyable), the guy gave me the key and pointed at the car that was parked right there about 20 feet away...on the street!!!

From Marc Fisher's blog from Washington Post. (2007/7 about Wash DC, so maybe something similar has happened in Boston?)

"Now, the District is poised to institute rules that will strip away dozens of parking spaces previously available to all, reserving those spots as "Valet Staging Zones." Restaurants will be allowed to rent public curbside spaces for a year at a time at $15 per square foot. (That would give the city about $2,000 to $2,500 a year for an average parking space--a pittance.)"

It better be legal, or I got some butt-whipping to do next time I am down there. I have totally had awkward times in Back Bay. It feels that the entire Boyleston Street is blocked off for valet, in front of the Pru.

It wasn't easy to find but the City of Boston's Traffic Rules and Regulations (last modified Nov. 2003) say the following:

A valet parking permit allows the holder exclusive use of curb space during approved time periods and is authorized under the Transportation Department's authority to regulate on-street parking. It is a privilege, not a right. Valet parking helps promote the more efficient use of limited on-street parking spaces. No curb space shall be used for valet parking without a permit issued hereunder.
Valet parking shall be the parking of a vehicle parallel to the curb in an approved valet parking zone for a maximum of ten minutes continuously while engaged in receiving or discharging passengers, loading or unloading of baggage or making arrangements to remove the vehicle to a designated off-street parking facility. Vehicles that are valet parked shall be
transported to and parked at a designated off-street parking facility and shall not be parked in the valet parking zone or any other on-street parking spaces.

So I guess they can do it. Btw, the fees are so minimal it's a joke. Anyway, seems to be city-by-city and Boston allows it. One more thing we're forced to suck up. Thanks, Menino.

It's going on all over Sheepshead Bay,Brooklyn