[mikeash]

Great. What's the point of snow emergency routes if you can just park there during a storm with no consequences?

Many local garages were either free or $1/day for the storm. There was no excuse to leave cars parked on these routes.

[calvinbhai]

I think this was a face saving publicity move by DC mayor.

I guess I missed the free or $1 a day parking info since I was working from home.

It certainly feels unfair to all those people (including me) who took enough pains to ensure they planned their days in a way that the cars weren't on the Snow Emergency Routes.

[cortesoft]

What about being unable to dig your car out?

[mikeash]

Unless you were the victim of some seriously dedicated practical jokesters, this was unlikely to have been a problem before the storm hit.