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+...@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 > > -- > Tom Metro > The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA > "Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting." > http://www.theperlshop.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- -- Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: B7F14F2F Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 4F2F _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss