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Bozeman staff seek new winter parking rules after motor-grader pilot showed limits
Summary
City transportation director Nick Ross presented results from an odd‑even alternate‑side pilot and laid out options — permanent one‑side restrictions, seasonal alternate‑side rules, expanded overnight bans and increased enforcement — to improve motor‑grader winter maintenance and emergency access downtown.
Bozeman’s transportation and engineering department told neighborhood representatives that the city needs new on‑street parking rules to maintain local streets during heavy snow and keep routes passable for emergency vehicles.
Nick Ross, the city’s director of transportation and engineering, told the InterNeighborhood Council that “this direction comes directly from city management, and is with the support of our fire chief, community development director, neighborhood services manager, and economic development director.” Ross presented operational data from a winter pilot of an odd/even alternate‑side parking program and said the pilot showed clear trade‑offs between parking supply and the city’s ability to clear snow efficiently.
Nut graf: Staff urged that without clearer curb access, the motor‑grader fleet’s production rate falls dramatically — from a target of roughly 4 miles…
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