[Discuss] MIT parking options

[Jerry Feldman]

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 <tmetro+blu at gmail.com> 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
>
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