I would say a "B" - could have been a little better in some areas but there was a huge amount of snow - and some other cities were worse at clearing the snow

A.

C
Nothing to do with the workers, they did their job, just don't think they have the equipment they used to have to battle this.

I would have said "B-" based on ok response but half-hearted efforts on side-streets, but they flunked to F last night when they tried to cut down some snow piles and ended up shutting in driveways on my street with snow in the middle of the night - freezing to a solid wall by this morning when we had to go to work (!!)

A-. Overall good job. Some improvement could be made. Cambridge was way worse.

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This was historic.

If the city can help spend our taxes on the United States' military escapades in Afghanistan and elsewhere, then they can buy or rent adequate snow removal equipment. Given the fact that this city is often hit with a great deal of snow in the wintertime, there's no excuse for being ill/unequipped and/or unprepared for adequate snow removal. Hopefully, the city will smarten up in the future and do what other parts of the country do that're frequently hit with intense amounts of snow; buy equipment that's adequate for a thorough snow removal job in the events of huge winter storms.

I'd give the city a B-. I'm not convinced the clearance was as efficient or as well targeted as it could have been.

I'd give the citizens of Somerville an overall C- though, and I think that's generous. While many people cleared their sidewalks well, there are far too many who do a cursory job or no job at all, particularly those on busy streets or corner lots. I'm sorry, but one of the downsides of your nice corner lot is your responsibility to the community to clear its sidewalks, no matter how difficult or expensive it is. And clear your curb cuts!

Clearance priorities for individuals and businesses should be sidewalk first, your own driveway and paths very much second.

A- based on what I've seen. The roads were clear throughout the storm, and they did strategic snow removal afterwards in critical spots. The minus is because they probably spent more on overtime than they needed to, given half the plow passes I saw occurred when the pavement was still clear from the previous pass - but better too much than too little.

However, if they shut in many driveways and did not remove the snow from the driveway afterwards as LG says, that would degrade the rating substantially for me. They did shut in my driveway temporarily when clearing a nearby street corner, but they recleared the driveway shortly afterwards, which was fine by me, and I haven't seen any plowed in driveways on my commute, though, so LG's case might have been a fluke.

I agree with many of the comments here, they did a good job. I think the bigger issue is now what. Like many people I live on a narrow 1-way side street. People are allowed to park on both sides of the road, unfortunately with the amount of snow there is no way to get closer than 3-4 ft. away from the curb. Now that the snow emergency is over people are beginning to park next to the snowbanks making it precarious to drive down the street and near impossible to pull in or out of your driveway if it does not line up with your neighbors across the street.

I wish there were a way that one or 2-days after a big storm the city could come by and do one more pass on the on the OTHER side of the street.

Somerville did a poor job plowing at 1375 Broadway st. Both sides of the road has at least 4 feet of snow left. One can't park at the meters.
The mayor needs to start doing his job and see that the main roads are clear and residents can park at the meters.
The mayor needs to get the roads clear or stay home. I will never vote for this loser again.

They did a pretty reasonable job considering what they were up against with the equipment they own. Downsides--trying to plow the bridge sidewalks into Union during rush hour making a rotten commute into gridlock. Also--one again not one path down from Prospect Park onto Stone was cleared making it incredibly difficult to get to work if you are a public transportation taker. Very dangerous--even for a healthy and able person--to get down through that park (the main egress/entry point for many who live up the hill).

boston did not learn a thing from '78. all side streets in the metroarea went essentially unplowed during that storm. it took weeks to clear all somerville side streets. same in boston.this year boston once again abandoned its side streets during the storm. somerville side streets are clear. this job was planned and executed well.
plowing aside , it was a beautiful storm. as was '78, when, even though it totally disrupted my life, it was a divine experience.

Union Sq is still a mess!! I do not know about their equipment, I only know that there has not been a plow on Bow Street since last Saturday, and as always the bus stop has been completely neglected. Handicapped people, strollers and some elderly will not have safe accessibility to public transportation and that is a fact.

By 'bus stop' i meant the main one in the square in front of the atm.

Our hill in Union Square didn't get plowed out for 4 days, despite calls to 311. We got a lot of "we'll get right on that" but nothing to show for it. And they somehow thought closing off part of Washington Street during rush hour on Tuesday to get the big rigs in to cart snow away was a smart decision, despite tying up massive traffic for hours and backing it up into Cambridge. Then there's the school department's abrupt about-face on when to reopen the schools. Many sidewalks are still a mess (hopefully they're fining lazy businesses and homeowners) and you have to stand in the street to wait for a bus, as there's no access in most places. The ball was dropped big time by several departments in the city - very disorganized all around, I'm afraid. I give the response a D. God help us if we ever have an actual crisis in the city.

C+

Main streets were clear enough to navigate easily, but the really heavily-trafficked rush hour locations were not (due to large snow piles closing off lanes). This was OK when schools were closed, as many commuter parents stayed home, but not yesterday.

Our side street was plowed early on Saturday morning, but not since. The remaining foot of snow and two tire tracks were left to melt, a la Cambridge, the city that never plows.

DPW normally does pretty well with removal, but I think they ought to put more thought into how to handle a storm like this before we get another.

They're cleaning Bow St right now! I agree with Darrell....I was hoping this would have been done yesterday, but I will call 311 again to thank them (since I complained several times)... Grade C-

City did well.A+ I don't think city should have enough equipment to deal with scenarios that happen once 30 years. That would be waist of money. Everyone needs to be little more patient and understanding again this doesn't happen everyday or every year.
People were lazy and selfish but it wasn't unexpected.
I hope everyone got to enjoy the snow a lill!

D C'mon, for all we pay the contractors this is the best they could do?! It's New England - it snows, deal w it.

Schools not opened til Thursday?! Give me a break & get things OKd for getting kids back to school!

D, based on promises unfulfilled. The city never did a great job, but we were inconvenienced less for better service in the past. The promise to plow the even side is an unrealistic joke, and those in power should have known better.