More than 1,300 tickets were issued and 351 cars were towed from designated “night plow” routes on the first night of St. Paul’s 96-hour snow emergency, which began at 9 p.m. Sunday.

That’s an average to slightly above-average amount of ticketing and towing for a St. Paul snow emergency, but the first winter storm of the season is always a learning experience — or perhaps a refresher course — for many residents. On top of that, some of the city’s alert systems kicked in a few hours later than usual.

St. Paul Public Works informs residents that a snow emergency is in effect through a variety of platforms, from social media blasts on sites such as X, previously known as Twitter, to emails and text alerts in multiple languages, an online parking map, a recorded line, local news media and, n

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