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Bike Parking Lot 5

There are over 1,000 bicycle parking spaces throughout the City of Cambridge.

Pay Stations

Centralized pay stations, which accept credit cards, have replaced some individual parking meters.

Green Street Garage

Public Art Project at the Green Street Garage on the corner of Pearl Street

In order to make parking available to residents and people visiting, doing business in and working in Cambridge, the City operates:

• Two municipal garages, one in East Cambridge (1100 spaces) and another in Central Square (280 spaces).

• Nine metered off-street parking lots which have 300 spaces

• 3,100 metered parking spaces on City streets.

• Over 1,000 bicycle parking racks on the public right of way throughout the city, about 90% of which are located in commercial districts including 30 spaces in the Green Street Parking Garage.

Since the demand for parking in Cambridge exceeds the available supply of spaces, the City encourages turnover of parking spaces with parking meters, pay stations and garage fees and Parking Control Officers monitor all areas to enforce the City's Traffic Regulations.  

Residents may park in resident permit parking areas with a resident parking permit.  Visitors may park in the resident parking permit area where the house of the Cambridge resident they are visiting is located with the resident's visitor parking permit.  Metered parking is found in business areas.

Permits are available for residents who wish to park moving vans, moving containers or crates, dumpsters or trucks being used for construction projects on City streets and for special events or block parties.

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