permit woes

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know if there's somewhere I can park my car without a permit for a day or two? I live on Irving Street. My temporary permit expires on Monday. The paperwork I needed from the RMV to get a real permit arrived on Friday, well after the Parking Permit office closed at 12; I don't know if they're open Monday; and Tuesday I'm out of the area from 7:45am to 7:45pm. If it's not open Monday, the earliest I can get there is Wednesday at 9, which means I'm permitless for at least one full day.

Comments

[obra.livejournal.com]

They'll often forgive a ticket or four when you get a proper permit if you give them a good sob story.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

Thta's true -- they've forgiven two already. But I don't want to push my luck if I don't have to.

It looks like a friend will let me park on her street and use her guest permit for a day or two (I've already been ticketed for using mine). So I think that will take care of it.

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

medford.

[strangeanimal.livejournal.com]

depends on where, certain Medford streets are permit-only.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Over in Somerville near Somerville Ave by the D&D and Osco's (or Brooks or whatever it is called now) there is no permit parking. Try Cypress or Harvard Sts.

[dreams-of-wings.livejournal.com]

You can park in our driveway, provided I can clear it with the rest of the house. A bit of a slog, but it's an available option.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

I actually meant to ask you last night, and then forgot. But I think I can park on Jude's street with her visitor card for a day or so -- I'm not sure but I think she's closer to me than you are?

Thank you so much, though!

[avacon.livejournal.com]

I also live on Irving, and you're welcome to borrow my guest
permit for a few days as long as you return it when you're done.
(I'm not sure if using a different guest permit will help much, though?)

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I decided to leave the car on a different street with a friend's visitor card, just in case, but I really appreciate the offer.

[kalessin.livejournal.com]

The key to finding non-permit requiring parking in Somerville is to look for main streets that don't have metered parking. Willow Ave is a good example.

There are some occasional stretches of main streets that are posted for permit parking only (like College Ave between Powderhouse Circle and the branch library).

However, near Irving Street, I'm fairly sure that that both Broadway and Powderhouse Boulevard are not posted for permit parking.

(I was just over there half an hour ago, and can't remember the signage...*sigh*)

[four-thorns.livejournal.com]

near tufts: boston ave between college ave and winthrop st, or college ave around halligan hall and the tufts gym complex