Tomorrow is December, which means that the city's overnight parking ban goes into effect this evening. The ban will affect 107 miles of vital arterial streets from 3-7 a.m., through April 1, regardless of snowfall. Here's a handy map for the overnight parking ban (PDF). more ›

With the impressive first day numbers of towing in regards to the city's winter parking ban - which went into effect in the wee hours of Tuesday morning - all eyes were on how many cars would be towed in night two. While numbers were down, as expected, it was still an impressive haul with 164 more cars towed, bringing the two-day total to just shy of 400 total cars. That breaks down to almost 50 towed per hour (the ban is in effect from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. each night) and almost 4 cars per each of the 107 miles in the ban zone. And with a minimum of $200 in fees for each car ($50 ticket plus minimum of $150 towing fee), that's at least $79,600 for the city so far. more ›

We warned you yesterday that the winter parking ban started in the wee hours of this morning and, sure enough, the towing patrol is out in full force. Our pal The Parking Ticket Geek reports that Streets & Sans towed 234 cars overnight as the ban took effect, a 40 percent increase over last year's first night haul. So be wary of the various parking zones because with the city badly in need of money, they won't hesitate to haul off any cars they can get revenue from. more ›