Parking restrictions, trash collection changes are in effect in Baltimore due to snow
A major winter storm brought more than eight inches of snow to the Baltimore area Sunday, blocking roads and impacting city operations.
Parking restrictions are in place as transportation crews work to clear snow from roads and walkways.
Parking restrictions on emergency snow routes
Baltimore residents must remove their vehicles from emergency routes to allow Department of Transportation crews to make roads passable.
Even if parking lanes are clear, residents are not allowed to park on emergency routes, department officials said.
Residents can use one of the city-owned garages until 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Parking is free at the following locations:
- Baltimore Street Garage - 15 Guilford Avenue
- Caroline Street Garage - 805 S. Caroline Street
- Fleet & Eden Garage - 501 South Eden Street
- Franklin Street Garage - 15 West Franklin Street
- Little Italy Parking Garage - 400 South Central Avenue
- Penn Station Garage - 1511 North Charles Street
- Saint Paul Street Garage - 210 Saint Paul Place
- West Street Garage - 40 East West Street
Residents can also park in the following school parking lots:
- Montebello Elementary/Middle School - 2040 E 32nd Street
- Mergenthaler High School (Mervo) - 3500 Hillen Road
- Baltimore Polytechnic Institute - 1400 W Cold Spring Lane
- JHU South Garage - Wyman Park Drive
- Johns Hopkins at Keswick Parking Garage - 3700 Keswick Road
Find a map of available schools for resident parking here.
Parking will be restricted along all snow emergency routes 24 hours a day, until further notice, regardless of the times noted on posted signs along the designated routes.
Tickets will be issued to those parked along snow emergency routes after 12 p.m. on Saturday.
Baltimore trash, recycling pickup
Due to the winter weather, trash will not be collected on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Instead, trash will be picked up on Saturday, Jan. 31.
Between Wednesday, Jan. 28, and Friday, Jan. 30, residents are asked to put trash bins at the end of the alley for pickup.
Recycling will not be collected this week. Pick up for next week is scheduled as normal, department officials said.
City residents can call 311 if they miss trash collection.