How much does monthly parking cost at Alewife?

September 5, 2014 6:08 AM

Cambridge, MA's Alewife MBTA station: how much does a monthly parking pass cost? The MBTA's vendor site has all the clarity and customer service that you'd expect-- I need to register and provide a credit card number before they'll tell me the price and I just want a number. Thanks!
posted by Mayor Curley to Travel & Transportation around Cambridge, MA (5 answers total)

I believe it's $7/day, $8 if you leave your car there overnight.

Alewife doesn't appear to be a station listed as participating in the monthly pass program.

http://www.mbta.com/templates/popup_help.asp?eid=21038
posted by instead of three wishes at 6:51 AM on September 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

I find @universalhub super-useful for this kind of question, might want to ask over there if you're on twitter.
posted by mskyle at 7:12 AM on September 5, 2014

Best answer: There is no monthly option at Alewife. $7 daily.
posted by bowbeacon at 8:43 AM on September 5, 2014

I've left a car at Alewife for several days (up to 4) and they've just charged the $5/day on exit, with no overnight surcharges. On preview I see that the rate's gone up to $7/day and they've also added $1 overnight surcharge since I moved out of Mass. I don't recall there ever being a monthly pass option.
posted by tckma at 9:46 AM on September 5, 2014

Response by poster: I know the daily rate well. I was wondering if there was a discount for a monthly pass. The helpful MBTA says that monthly passes 'save ten dollars,' without mentioning what the total cost is-- is it based on parking every day of the month, just week days? Irrelevant, because Alewife has no such option.

Is there a way to not deal with the ticketing every day? I can't believe I have to come here for answers. I'm even asking because two scheduled buses haven't shown up any day this week. The Khmer Rouge had better customer service than the MBTA.
posted by Mayor Curley at 10:16 AM on September 5, 2014