To the editor:
Why should property taxpayers and high-rent-paying citizens of Boston cede their parking spaces to suburban drivers who don’t want to pay for parking downtown or take the T? These suburbanites have made their choices.

I notice that the high-rent districts of Boston, e.g., Back Bay and Beacon Hill, have protected “Resident Only” parking. Like them, citizens living close to the Red, Orange, or Blue Line stations should have the right to park close to their home, as should all Boston residents.

Why should mothers with children, elderly struggling with groceries, and the disabled have to walk blocks to find a space? Not acceptable. Why place Boston’s parking problems on the backs of citizens who actually pay high mortgages and rents for this city’s services. Boston’s DPW is a city-owned-and-financed department. Who pays for this? Boston residents.

The metro region’s mayors and corporations need to solve this problem. Commuters shouldn’t have the right to all-day parking in our crowded neighborhoods, especially in the kind of conditions we are now experiencing. Suburbanites have their own driveways; most Bostonians do not!

Mary Rogers, Dorchester