Boston expands motorcycle parking

[Garandman]

..into the Financial District.

The Boston Transportation Department is expanding the City’s successful Scooter and Motorcycle Parking Program to several streets in Boston’s Financial District. A total of fifteen parking slots will soon be established to provide those who drive scooters and motorcycles into the area with metered on-street parking spaces. The slots will be patterned after the 39 parking slots installed on Newbury and Boylston Streets in the Back Bay in 2010.

The parking slots will be located as follows.
Four spaces on Batterymarch Street, between Franklin Street and Wendell Street
Four spaces on Milk Street at India Street
Four spaces on High Street at Oliver Street
Three spaces on Pearl Street, between Purchase Street and High Street

[golden chicken]

You deserve reserved parking if you make it into the financial district alive on a motorcycle.

[DuncanMoto]

You deserve FREE reserved parking if you make it into the financial district alive on a motorcycle.

Fixed.

[Garandman]

You deserve reserved parking if you make it into the financial district alive on a motorcycle.

[DesmoTull]

Excellent, now I can stop spending $130/mo on a garage spot!

Thanks for the heads up!! B-)

[Garandman]

Like the others, 25 cents and hour and you can feed the meter.

[wil11748]

Love to see this, since it promotes people riding bikes--and perhaps more importantly promotes bikes not awkwardly taking up spots where a car should be.

Have to say, as a guy who's ridden both motorcycles and scooters in the city, it's frustrating as hell when a <50cc scooter parks in these spots. That's what the sidewalk is for!

[breakdirt916]

unless randyo is riding into boston, are those spots going to be empty all winter???

[DesmoTull]

I'm riding into work (not today! lol)

They will probably put up the new meters ect. over the winter.

[Garandman]

unless randyo is riding into boston, are those spots going to be empty all winter???

Depends on how much snow we get. Last year I rode every month but January. Winter before - snow = road salt.

The ocean moderates snowfall quite a bit. Boston averages 45" a year. At the Blue Hills Observatory, which is only a few miles away, they average around 60".

[golden chicken]

I rode to work yesterday. I got wet.