The return of towing for street cleaning

Starting Tuesday, April 20, parking enforcement will return citywide, including towing during posted street sweeping and for parking in spaces without an appropriate resident sticker will be ticketed. Also, BTD will not be ticketing residents with an expired inspection sticker until May 31. You can get more details here. 

Free Bluebikes for rides to and from vaccination sites

To boost access to COVID-19 vaccines and support transportation needs as more Massachusetts residents become eligible, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) will sponsor free Bluebikes rides to and from vaccination sites located within the Bluebikes system beginning on Monday, April 19. Residents are eligible for two complimentary Bluebikes Adventure Pass rides, available across the system’s 10 municipalities! Riders can take advantage of this offer by downloading and opening the Bluebikes app on a mobile device and using the vaccination codes “BLUEVAX1” and “BLUEVAX2,” providing residents who require two vaccine doses with complimentary Bluebikes trips for both appointments. Each code will unlock one free Adventure Pass beginning April 19, and includes free unlimited two-hour rides for a 24-hour period, giving riders the flexibility to travel to and from a vaccination site (for information and to find a vaccination location, please visit mass.gov/covid-19-vaccine). In addition, complimentary bike valets will be available at Bluebikes stations nearest two mass vaccination sites, the Hynes Convention Center (Newbury St. and Hereford St.) and the Reggie Lewis Center (Roxbury Crossing), beginning April 26, courtesy of Blue Cross and Lyft. You can learn more by visiting here! 

Pure Oasis is celebrating 4.20 with extended hours

Make sure you have everything needed to celebrate 4.20. Pure Oasis has extended their hours on April 20th from 10am-10pm to ensure you also have the time to stock up! You can also officially sign up for Zip Run – a new cannabis pick up and delivery service launching soon!

StoryWalk Series returns

Families and caregivers looking for a fun April vacation children’s activity are invited to head outside for the Boston Parks Department second StoryWalk series in City of Boston parks, available Tuesday, April 20, through Monday, May 10. StoryWalks can be found in Allston, Chinatown,  Dorchester, East Boston, Fenway-Kenmore, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, and Roxbury. Each bilingual installation will feature English alongside one of eight additional languages: Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Somali, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole. Visit Boston.gov/StoryWalk for titles, languages, and locations.

Download the B-Local App

City of Boston is launching B-Local,, a points-based program that offers rewards for shopping locally. The goal is to support local business recovery by incentivizing Bostonians to spend locally. By using the simple B-Local mobile app, shoppers earn rewards automatically at hundreds of participating local businesses across the City of Boston when they make purchases with registered credit, debit, or prepaid debit cards linked to their B-Local account. These rewards may then be applied as cash discounts to a growing list of redeeming businesses. All rewards are reimbursed by the City of Boston and there is no cost to users or businesses.Encourage your favorite local businesses to sign up too! You can learn more here!