Parking
You Can Now Pay Your Parking Tickets with an App
There’s a new way to pay parking tickets in Boston. Starting today, an app from City Hall called Boston PayTix is affording people with parking tickets the ease of […]
A Brief History of Recent Parking Space Violence in Boston
On Monday, an afternoon dispute over a parking space in Dorchester resulted in the non-fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man on Nightingale Street. An unidentified […]
The Guide: Wintertime Parking in Boston
How to survive the snow onslaught without losing your cool.
Boston Millennials Care About Public Transit, Not Parking
A new survey from the Urban Land Institute Boston/New England and MassINC Polling reveals what many have suspected for quite some time: Boston millennials are […]
Boston’s Parking Wars: North End Edition
The North End is in a tizzy over a new citywide car sharing program that leases public parking spaces to private car sharing companies such […]
Boston’s Most Expensive Parking Space Ever Is Listed in Beacon Hill
In neighborhoods like Beacon Hill, where the narrow streets were laid out long before the invention of automobiles, parking spaces are rare and command a high price […]
South Boston’s Bonkers Obsession with Parking
Even though Boston is one of the most pedestrian-oriented big cities in America, it still has a mind-numbingly dumb obsession with parking. Take South Boston, perhaps the […]
Congestion Pricing for Parking Could Be Coming to Boston
One of the major characteristics about Boston that makes it so much better than other American cities is it is designed for people instead of […]
How Much Would You Pay for a Parking Spot in Boston?
In news we’d rather avoid, the 2016 Old Farmer’s Almanac is forecasting an unusually harsh winter for most of the nation, including Boston and New England. It’s time […]
You Can Now Pay Your Boston Parking Meter with an App
Drivers in Boston can now pay their parking meter with merely a few taps on their smartphone. The city’s long planned effort to launch an […]
MBTA Eliminating ‘Archaic’ Honor Boxes from System’s Parking Lots
The MBTA will eliminate its self-described “archaic” honor boxes from its parking lots next month, replacing them with smartphone-based payment system PayByPhone. “The MBTA is eliminating the […]
Boston Marathon 2015: Road Closures, Parking Info, and More
As the 2015 Boston Marathon quickly approaches, it’s important that spectators get caught up on the specific rules on transportation on the days leading up […]
Man, Parking at Fenway Is a Disaster on Game Day
A new ordinance goes into effect Monday, a.k.a. opening day for the Red Sox at Fenway Park, that will nearly double the fine for parking in residential […]
Is ‘Demand Pricing’ at Parking Meters Like Uber’s Surge Pricing?
Mayor Marty Walsh announced plans yesterday to install smart parking meters citywide, which may someday allow the city to adjust the prices of on-street parking to respond […]