Parking Meter Change

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

According to signs posted in Davis Square:

Parking meters in Davis Square will be in effect until 8pm Monday-Saturday beginning July 1st.

Comments

[cos]

6pm is standard meter time, almost everywhere. Including Davis Square, for now.

[watchamacallit.livejournal.com]

Most of Boston switched to 8pm several years ago. Add to that the fact that a quarter only gets you 15 minutes and consider yourself lucky about the situation in Davis.

[ron_newman]

And I think that was done at the request of Back Bay merchants, who wanted more parking turnover in front of their stores during the early evening hours.

Many years ago, I was surprised to encounter meters in Inman Square (off Springfield Street, behind 1369) that ran until, I think, 10 pm.

[watchamacallit.livejournal.com]

I believe that's a public parking lot and the meters are paid with special tokens that you purchase from a machine. The regular street meters in Inman are comparable to the ones found throughout the city.

[ron_newman]

Back when I still had a car, it had ordinary meters, but they ran until 10 or 11. This was at least 7 years ago now.