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Bozeman engineers lay out parking‑management options to improve winter street maintenance
Summary
City transportation staff reviewed an odd–even pilot and proposed options — seasonal alternate‑side rules, permanent one‑side restrictions, or expanded overnight limits — to improve motor‑grader efficiency, emergency access and winter plowing performance in downtown neighborhoods.
Nick Ross, Bozeman’s director of transportation and engineering, briefed the Inter‑Neighborhood Council on winter‑maintenance challenges and potential parking‑management policies intended to improve local street plowing and emergency‑vehicle access.
Ross said the city’s motor‑grader fleet aims for about 4 miles per hour per grader under clear conditions but saw average production fall to close to 1 mile per hour during this winter when on‑street parking limited curb access. He said local average snowfall is high — "we're up to I think 84 and a half inches of accumulation this year," and he cited an approximate 90‑inch average year — and that maintaining…
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