If you're coming from the south, I discovered today that the parking garage at Quincy Adams has plenty of space if you get there around 5:30 pm when the bulk of commuter traffic is leaving.
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > The T is a viable alternative. The Kendall station is a short 2 block walk. > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > *** Parking Notice *** *** MIT just changed to new parking regulations > > *** > > > MIT parking permits are required for all vehicles on MIT property. > > > > FYI, for those driving to MIT, I learned from my experience of attending > > the Boston Perl Monger's meeting at E51 last week: > > > > Probably the closest pay lot is in the basement of 1 Memorial Drive > > (https://goo.gl/maps/vkmzK47mELt). (That's the building where the > > Microsoft NERD Center is located.) After hours parking there is a flat > > $12 (cash or credit). > > > > The building is only accessible from the outbound side of Memorial > > Drive, so if you are commuting from the West, you need to loop around. > > Take Memorial Drive inbound, take the same left you would have normally > > taken for Wadsworth Street heading for E51, but use that cut-over to > > U-turn. Now heading outbound on Memorial Drive, take a right on Ames > > St., take a right on Main St., and take a right onto Memorial Drive in > > front of a large orange detour sign. > > > > The entrance to the garage seems to be poorly marked. No obvious > > signage. It's the first driveway on the right, past the building. Take > > the driveway to the end and the garage is on the right. > > > > The lobby of the building has a kiosk to pay for parking, but the > > building closes at 9 PM. A guard happened to let me in, but it might be > > simpler to just walk to the main garage door, and pay at the exit gate > > kiosk. (Plus, I believe the garage is staffed 24/7.) > > > > If the weather was bad, this garage would be your best bet, as you only > > have to be outside for the length of one building. You can enter MIT via > > the Sloan Building on Memorial, go to the 2nd floor, and take the > > pedestrian bridge over to E51. > > > > > > Alternatively: > > http://en.parkopedia.com/parking/locations/1_amherst_ > > street_cambridge_ma_united_states_drt2yrteeb4/ > > > > suggested a garage at 350 Kendall St. for $9: > > http://www.pilgrimparking.com/boston-parking-garages/ > > kendall-square-south-garage.htm > > > > It's a few more blocks to walk. > > > > > > Also, I observed a few empty spaces on Ames St., and supposedly > > on-street meters are free after 8 PM. (Once school resumes I wouldn't > > count on any spaces being available.) > > > > -Tom > > > > -- > > Tom Metro > > The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA > > "Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting." > > http://www.theperlshop.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > -- > -- > Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id: B7F14F2F > Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 4F2F > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
