Parking Rules in Boston, MA (2026)

City of Boston Traffic Rules and Regulations (March 1, 2025), Article IV, Section 7 — Parking of Trailers or Semi-Trailers

Section 7. Parking of Trailers or Semi-Trailers. No person shall park or stand any trailer, semi-trailer including but not limited to a boat trailer, camping trailer or utility trailer on any part of any street, way, highway, road, or parkway under the control of the City, unless such trailer or semi-trailer is attached to a motor vehicle capable of towing it. Section 8. Parking Motor Vehicle a...

City of Boston Traffic Rules and Regulations (March 1, 2025), Article IV, Section 14 — All-Night Commercial Vehicle Parking Prohibited

Section 14. All-Night Commercial Vehicle Parking Prohibited. No Operator shall park or stand any commercial vehicle or semi-trailer having a capacity of one (1) ton or over for more than one (1) hour between nine (9:00) PM. of one (1) day and eight (8:00) A.M. of the following day, or at any time on Sunday, on any part of any street, way, highway, road, or parkway under the control of the City,...

Boston Resident Parking Permits — Resident Parking Only Restrictions

"Resident Parking Only" parking restrictions are in effect on multiple streets throughout Boston neighborhoods. The program prevents long-term parking by non-residents on residential streets. [...] Resident parking restrictions apply to all vehicles not registered in the neighborhood. These include: vehicles that belong to friends and family of local residents, and vehicles owned by residents, ...

MGL c.90 § 22C — Abandoned motor vehicles after 72 hours

Section 22C. If the superintendent of streets or other officer having charge of the public ways in a city or town reasonably deems that any motor vehicle apparently abandoned by its owner and standing for more than seventy-two hours upon a public or private way therein or on any property therein without the permission of the owner or lessee of said property or if a captain or lieutenant of the ...

MGL c.90 § 22C — Abandoned motor vehicles; removal and disposal

Section 22C. If the superintendent of streets or other officer having charge of the public ways in a city or town reasonably deems that any motor vehicle apparently abandoned by its owner and standing for more than seventy-two hours upon a public or private way therein or on any property therein without the permission of the owner or lessee of said property [...] is worth less than the cost of ...