Worcester Parking

Reading yesterdays Worcester T&G, there is a front page article regarding parking in the Shrewsbury St. restaurant district. Even if you’re not familiar with the area, I’m sure you’re familiar with the problem. Most city’s that have attempted to make a transition from their old industrial roots to a more modern, somewhat cosmopolitan area find problems in the city’s original design that causes difficulty for outsiders trying to make use of an area. Boston’s North End is a similar example, with plenty to do, but up until recently no easy way to get in and partake. The fix in the North End was valet parking and it would seem like this would be the easy fix here as well. If one or two large, central parking lots were built in the downtown area and one company was charged with valet parking, it is conceivable that you could leave your car with a valet station at just about any of the downtown venues and forget about it. When the time comes, since your car was parked in a central garage and the same company was charged with its care it wouldn’t matter where you ended up, just turn your ticket in and take delivery. Solved.

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Post by: Brendan | March 30, 2005 | Filed Under politics 

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2 Responses to “Worcester Parking”

  1. Andrew Teman on March 30th, 2005 8:38 pm

    I have said forever (in fact there is a bit printed in the Womag 2 years or so ago with my words saying just this) that Worcester should work harder to foster the cultural growth that seemed to be happening there organically. It took, a while…but they have. And with a stretch of road that is almost like a real, genuine city, they have grown a real genuine parking problem. I know a couple of places are valet parking now on Shrewsbury Street….where are THEY putting the cars?

  2. Paxton on March 31st, 2005 3:03 am

    It seems like valet parking is such a no brainer that even trying to find a runner up solution would be a waste of time. The city seems to have a deal with the company that handles the UMass medical properties already since they handle Union Station as well. Giving them a contract and then leasing a municipal lot or garage to them would eliminate ALL night time parking issues.



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