Get the ParkBoston app... its useful for shorter stays.

Riverside! It's at the end of the green line (D), parking is $6/day and it will cost you about $2.50 (or whatever the per-trip subway fare is these days) to get into the city. I parked there during the week a couple of months ago and the lot was almost empty, since many folks still are not commuting. You can renew via the parking app.

You absolutely do not need a car in Boston (especially if you are staying at the HI hostel downtown). It's extremely walkable/bikeable/transit-friendly. Just leave the car at Riverside.

Wonderland is also an option. At the end of the blue line which is way quicker than the green if your hostel is in downtown. Think it’s $6 a day too.

Might be kind of out of the way though, as it’s northeast of Boston.

Keep the car out of the city and walk/ride the T. If ur doing things outside the city get the wheels. South/N. Shore or cape would require the car.

Boston + Cambridge are the most walkable cities in the county.

DON’T bring it. You will regret it

A lot of people park at the T terminuses (Alewife and Oak Grove are two I’ve done myself) and with traffic a lot of the time it’s just as fast.

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Park at Encore and take the shuttle into Chinatown

This is probably going to get downvoted but you are living somewhere that is different from what you are used to and you need to adjust your expectations and way of life, not the other way around. If you are from somewhere else in the US you are in a mindset of driving wherever you need to go, including in the urban core. That isn’t realistic here unless you have thousands of extra dollars to pay for parking. You need to make use of the transit system and the many parking garages it offers outside the urban core.

Free parking not really a thing any more. Park at a T station to save some money.

Forrest Hills is like 3 dollars for the day. And round trip on the orange line adds another couple of bucks. Well worth it

The Common Garage is like $18 for all day on the weekend.

Post office Sq is cheap after 4pm. I haven't looked recently but it was like $9 from 4pm to 8am

Weekends post office square is cheap. Like $10/day.

10 St James in Back Bay is $9 for 3 hours virtually anytime.

https://secure.parkonect.com/specials.aspx?garageid=301

I just think all around parking at Wollaston is most convenient. You don’t have to enter a parking garage and proximity to the station entrance is much better. However, I’m not a regular commuter so I’m not sure how quickly it fills up.

I go to Wollaston. It easy, plenty of parking. Only drawback is it’s an open t station. In winter consider rain tree or quincy Adams

Wollaston is 6$ a day, easy access, and there’s always a spot.

If you are commuting during rush hour, I would also try it out or speak with someone who drives to Wollaston or NQ during that time. While it may not seen that much farther, I've had to ride from QC to NQ during rush hour and it's painful. To be fair, this was during a time when there were red line shuttles due to diversions and shut downs, so it was probably also the worst of times driving through. But generally hitting QC and going North bound can be a slow crawl during those prime commute hours.

CVS by Wollaston has a parking lot for T riders. $5

As long as you don't mind walking, there are 4 garages near Back Bay station that reasonable enough compared to Newbury or the Common's garages. Orange line @ Back Bay will take you north, Green line @ Copley will take you to Fenway and back.

Where are you staying? If you don't want to spend exorbitant amounts on parking you're better off taking the T into the city.

Parking in Salem in October is just as bad if not worse than parking in Boston, FYI.

You're in luck, Salem in October is a parking lot.

Fyi Salem is crowded af around Halloween. More so this year because it was canceled last year due to covid

There is a large garage right under Boston Common, which is easy to access and probably the most reasonably priced. Easy walking distance to much of what you likely want to see

$200/mo should be fine. I mean, I paid $150/mo for a private lot in Brighton, though this was a few years back. You should be able to find something much closer to downtown, maybe in Charlestown or something for your budget. Check Craigslist and Spothero.

At the same time, if you don't need a car that much.. between insurance, maintenance, excise tax, tolls, gas, registration, and now storage fees - you might want to consider just selling it. If you use a car like 2-3 times a month, a Zip Car membership or Turo would be way cheaper and less of a headache.

Totally doable around $200/mo if you're not looking for covered parking and you're okay with making a deal with a small landlord. There's a fair amount of property owners renting out driveways or a space in a lot attached to their multifamily. Craigslist is how I've found them in the past.

my building in Allston 200 or less/month, covered garage. pretty sure they lease spaces to ppl who don't live in the building too.

You are so much better off driving to the closest t stop, parking there (it's like 4$ an hour) and taking the train in. That's probably the only feasible way. Brookline is famous for not allowing even their residents to park on streets for more than 2 hours or overnight

How "all day" are we talking? Is this like 9-5 or like 24/7. If it's 24/7 you're gonna need to rent or buy a parking spot (will cost thousands(not cheap)). If it's 9-5 you could probably park at a green line station like Beaconsfield or Chestnut Hill and commute by train & foot for the last mile. It's also not cheap but also not that expensive maybe like 20 bucks a day. You could also just gamble on overstaying on 2h street parking moving your car as much as you can like on lunch or something. Maybe you'll get a $50 ticket per week and that amounts to $10 day not bad

They won't ticket you. Even if they do. Which they rarely do. It's cheaper than parking in Boston

Some years ago the Globe reported that the most prolific city employee ticketing for parking violations preferred to work the streets with no meters and 2 hour parking. His tickets brought in $1mm+.

Park on a quiet side street you’ll probably be fine, the few times you get a ticket will be worth it. Just don’t park in the same spot each time.

I Park at Riverskde

Meter in Brookline

I usually just park at the prudential center garage and walk the 20mins or so to the stadium. It’s only $25 if you scan your game ticket after you scan your parking ticket when you leave

Highly suggest not driving. It's more hassle than it's worth

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Parking is expensive here, they are not ripping you off. That said, there is street parking in the South End, but you’d need to register your car at your new address and then get a resident parking permit, and then actually find a street space to park your car, which will of course be a challenge. But if you’re not going to use your car every day and can live with it being parked a little further away, it might be a cheaper alternative.

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i had friends who lived in Chinatown that paid for a bit cheaper than that in Downtown Crossing - I don’t consider that a far walk but when its the winter, that..might be. And their prices were way before COVID

have you looked into maybe a garage in South Boston like Broadway area?