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Parking & Transportation Changes in Response to COVID-19 (Updated 3/19)
Until further notice, Parking & Transportation Services will conduct all business via phone, email, and mail during regular business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 AM – 5 PM). The office will not be open for in-person transactions. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at 617-353-2160 or parking@bu.edu.
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COVID-19 Prompts MBTA Service Reductions (Updated 3/18)
Based on guidance from public health professionals and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), beginning Tuesday, March 17, 2020, MBTA trains and buses will run with reduced service and there will be no Ferry Service. In addition, the MBTA has increased cleaning and sanitation at stations and on vehicles.
On Wednesday, March 18th, the MBTA modified their reduced service schedule to better meet demand.
For the most current information on service reductions, please visit the MBTA Coronavirus website.
BU Today profiles 11 commuters
Skateboards, scooters, boats...check out BU Today's profile of 11 BU community members and their various ways of getting to campus!
Students are now eligible for a Bluebikes membership discount!
BU Parking & Transportation Services is excited to announce that through a new partnership with Bluebikes, Charles River Campus students can now become Bluebikes members for just $52.50 per year -- a 47% discount. That works out to $4.38 per month -- less than the price of two rides on the T!
Signing up is easy:
- Go to member.bluebikes.com/group/BUstudents
- Use the discount code RhettRides
Previously known as "Hubway," Bluebikes is Boston's bike share system with 1,800 bikes at over 200 stations spread across Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville including six stations on the Boston University campus (map). Rides under 45 minutes are free for Blue Bikes members.
BU employees are also eligible. More information can be found on the BU Bluebikes webpage.
MBTA Parking Rate Change (effective 8/1/18)
Starting August 1, 2018, the MBTA will increase weekday parking fees at 32 lots and garages, lower fees at 21 lots, and maintain fees at 46 lots.
Remember: BU’s Transit Station Parking Benefit allows regular faculty and staff to pay for parking at these lots and garages with pre-tax dollars. Go to the “Campus Services” page under the “Employee Self-Service” tab in BUworks to enroll today!
Here’s a list of the changes by station:
Abington
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Alewife
Current price: $7
New price: Monday-Friday: $10; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Andover
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Ashland
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Auburndale
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Ballardvale
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Beachmont
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $5; Saturday-Sunday: $2.50
Bellevue
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Beverly Depot
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Bradford
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Braintree
Current price: $7
New price: Monday-Friday: $10; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Brandeis/Roberts
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Bridgewater
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Butler
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Campello
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Canton Center
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Canton Junction
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Chestnut Hill
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $9; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Cohasset
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Dedham Corporate
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
East Weymouth
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Eliot
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $9; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Fairmount
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Forest Hills
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $9; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Forge Park/Route 495
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Framingham
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Franklin
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Gloucester
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Grafton
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Greenbush
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Halifax
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Hamilton/Wenham
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Hanson
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Haverhill
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Hersey
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Highland
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Hingham Shipyard
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Holbrook/Randolph
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Hyde Park
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Islington
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Kingston/Route 3
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Littleton/Route 495
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Lynn
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Malden Center
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $7.50; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Mattapan
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Middleborough/Lakeville
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Milton
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Montello
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Montserrat
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Nantasket Junction
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Needham Heights
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Needham Junction
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Newburyport
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Norfolk
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
North Beverly
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
North Quincy / Hancock St.
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $7.50; Saturday-Sunday: $3
North Quincy / Newport Ave.
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $7.50; Saturday-Sunday: $3
North Scituate
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Norwood Central
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Norwood Depot
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Oak Grove
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $9; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Orient Heights
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $5; Saturday-Sunday: $2.50
Plymouth
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Quincy Adams
Current price: $7
New price: Monday-Friday: $10; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Reading
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Readville
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Riverside
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Roslindale Village
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Route 128
Current price: $7
New price: Monday-Friday: $7; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Rowley
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Salem
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $5; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Savin Hill
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $7.50; Saturday-Sunday: $2.50
South Attleboro
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
South Weymouth
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Southborough
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Stoughton
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Suffolk Downs
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $2.50; Saturday-Sunday: $2.50
Sullivan Square
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $9; Saturday-Sunday: $6
Swampscott
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Waban
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $9; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Wakefield
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Walpole
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Watertown Yard
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $5; Saturday-Sunday: $2.50
Wellington
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $9; Saturday-Sunday: $4
West Gloucester
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $2; Saturday-Sunday: $2
West Hingham
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
West Medford
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $5; Saturday-Sunday: $2
West Natick
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $5; Saturday-Sunday: $2
West Newton / Washington St.
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
West Newton / Webster St.
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
West Roxbury
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Westborough
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Weymouth Landing/East Braintree
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $4; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Whitman
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Wilmington
Current price: $4
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Wollaston
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $5; Saturday-Sunday: $2.50
Wonderland Garage
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $7; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Wonderland Surface
Current price: $5
New price: Monday-Friday: $7; Saturday-Sunday: $2
Woodland
Current price: $6
New price: Monday-Friday: $6; Saturday-Sunday: $3
Source: https://www.boston.com/cars/commute/2018/06/19/mbta-new-parking-fees
Important Advisory for Quincy Center Commuters
Starting on Monday, January 8, 2018, Wollaston station on the Red Line in Quincy will be closed for renovations that are planned to last 20 months. Given the disruption to an existing Red Line station, the MBTA will be setting Quincy Center to Zone 1A and accepting monthly CharlieCard LINK passes on Commuter Rail for trips between Quincy Center and JFK/UMASS and South Station to give riders additional transit options.
The only change to Corporate Pass orders is for riders buying Zone 1 monthly passes to commute to/from South Station or JFK/UMASS to/from Quincy Center, as these passes need only be Zone 1A during the disruption.
Starting with February orders, riders commuting inbound from Quincy Center may change their order (via BUworks, under Campus Services) to Zone 1A passes instead of Zone 1 passes for the remainder of the mitigation. Changes can be made to the February orders up until January 10, 2018.
Protected Bike Lanes Are Coming to Comm Ave!
Have you noticed a lot of construction on Comm Ave through west campus? Find out what it's all about in this BU Today article about Comm Ave and protected bike lanes.
