Davis Square Parking assistance, please!- thanks!

[marie-fnp.livejournal.com]

Hello all!

I have been hours & hours online & joined this community after reading many, many other posts about parking & tickets & street sweeping & snow emergencies... Hopefully someone out there can help me.

I am a nurse practitioner and I just got offered a new job in Davis Square (at the family practice) (yeah!) but I may not be able to take it because I am having a very tough time finding parking (I know, I know, "take the T!"- but I have 2 very small kids to get to/from daycare and I am in Melrose, and there is no easy/quick way to make the T work after factoring in a regular work day plus commute time and the time constraints of the daycare- but I digress.)

I am looking for somewhere close to the square to put my car on Mondays and Tuesdays, from about 7:45 am to about 5 pm.

I know parking is scarce in these parts but I am hoping to find someone who has (or knows someone who might have) a space that they vacate during the work day, or any business that might rent a spot for a reasonable fee.

Failing that, does anyone know the latest time I could arrive at Alewife and still (reliably) get a spot there?

I do appreciate any assistance anyone can give me, including suggestions as to where else I might post this request.

Thank you so much!

Comments

[dani-namaste.livejournal.com]

hi there,

I live on Albion Street right now (it's about a 10 minute walk from Davis) and most spots on my street are no permit required and no quarters required. As long as you pay attention to the street cleaning signs, you're fine. I think that Hudson (the next street over) is similar.

And I work from home, so I can tell you that for the most part there's always parking on my street during the day. I'm at Central and Albion, but you should be able to find a spot all the way down to Albion and Willow with no problem during the day, and it's a 10-minute walk down the bike path to Davis. Good luck!

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

You must walk *really* fast. :)

[dani-namaste.livejournal.com]

well, yeah, I do - from Willow Street it's only about 10-15 minutes; some days it'll be 20-25 from my house.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Right, but Albion ends at Cedar, not Willow (Ave). If folks can walk from the family practice to Albion in "no more than 10 minutes" (as someone below said), more power to them, but that's not a reasonable walking speed to expect someone else to maintain.

Sorry, that sort of thing is a pet peeve of mine.

[denonymous.livejournal.com]

FWIW, Hudson turned permit-only at some point in the last year or so. It's what prompted us to finally get a permit only recently.