Empty Parking Lot on Broadway

[balsamicdragon.livejournal.com]

Hey there! My sister is visiting us for Thanksgiving,... in her 73 foot long tractor trailer! I am trying to find a place for her to park her truck. Does anyone have contact info for the folks that own the old Shaw's lot? Alternately, does anyone know of a good place to park a tractor trailer that is on the T or a bus line?

Thank you!!!

[Edit]

Thanks to everyone for their helpful suggestions! I think we have not only a plan, but a reasonable back-up plan in case that falls through :) Thanks again!

Comments

[marphod.livejournal.com]

My driveway MIGHT be long enough. I'll grab a tape measure and find out later today. OTOH, it would involve getting into a residential driveway that is in no way designed for it.

Is she looking for someplace to park her trailer and just drive the cab around, or leave the entire thing? Do you know how long she'll be here? You might be able to get a temporary permit from the city.

[balsamicdragon.livejournal.com]

I think the problem will be turn radius more than anything, but yeah, a trailer of that weight is probably going to be bad for a residential driveway.... The city doesn't ticket on Thursday and Friday, but I still need a place that's big enough.

[marphod.livejournal.com]

Is it going to be loaded or not? if unloaded, the weight distribution might be fine. Or not.


The city isn't going to ticket for residential parking. I'm not sure if that applies to the no-commercial-vehicles midnight-6am restriction for on-street parking. (I know some on-street places in Medford that would work, if the Medford didn't have a 'no overnight parking for vehicles over one ton' policy.)

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Are you sure Friday is a resident parking (and meter?) holiday?

It's not a legal holiday, and there is trash pickup.

In NYC, the Friday after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for meter maids, since many drivers incorrectly assume it's a meter holiday.

[balsamicdragon.livejournal.com]

That's what they told me in traffic and parking. They could be wrong tho...

[ceo]

Unless you live on a main drag, a 73-foot tractor trailer isn't getting into your driveway, and might not even make it down your street.

[marphod.livejournal.com]

It'll make it down the street. When I last moved here, it was 45-50 foot trailer on a big rig. Admittedly, they didn't try to park in my driveway.

[anu3bis.livejournal.com]

You rock.

[marphod.livejournal.com]

My driveway is 52' from sidewalk to fence. If the trailer is small enough to fit through the gate in the (mostly wrecked anyways, thanks neighbor for not taking down the tree before it fell...) fence, there's another 10' of asphalt. (All of these are +/- 6 inches)