The Brattleboro Parking Department would like to advise everyone that the winter parking ban will go into effect, starting Friday, November 15, 2024. Overnight parking is forbidden on all streets in the town of Brattleboro. Vehicles parked for longer than one (1) hour between 11:00pm and 07:00am may be ticketed and towed at the owner’s expense.
THIS BAN IS IN EFFECT EVEN IF THERE IS NO SNOW ON TOWN STREETS.
Brattleboro has a flashing light system and a signboard program in place to assist citizens in knowing when plowing will be done. A flashing AMBER light designates the need to remove snow from off street lots. A flashing PURPLE light designates the need to remove snow from the streets. Snow removal starts at 11:00pm. During snowstorms vehicles must be parked under cover in the Transportation Center. Also, DPW will place sign boards around town with notification of pending snow removals.
If parking is not available in the Transportation Center, overflow parking is allowed in the Preston lot. Vehicles must be out of the Preston lot by 8:00am to allow for plowing of that lot.
Vehicles may be towed at any time if they are hampering snow plowing or snow removal.
Again, the winter parking ban will go into effect Friday, November 15, 2024. This ban will remain in effect until April 15th, 2025.
For more information, please contact Carol Coulombe at 802-257-2305 or Ccoulombe@brattleboro.gov
The annual rant
The absolutely arbitrary annoyance for renters who share driveways and need to park on the street. (Ex., We had three cars in one driveway and needed to rotate them to get people out to work at all hours of the day and night. When one could park in the street, we could all come and go. When all three were in the driveway, we needed to bang on doors and wake each other up whenever anyone wanted to move.)
There is NO SNOW!
There will be NO SNOW for a while.
This parking ban could easily take effect upon THE FIRST SNOW, rather than a random date when streets are perfectly clear.