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Mobility Monitoring – Park-and-Ride – Overview
OVERVIEW • REGIONAL TRENDS • ROADWAYS • INTERSECTIONS • TRANSIT
BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN • HOV LANES • TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT • PARK-AND-RIDE
Overview • MBTA Station Parking • Park-and-Ride Lots for Bus, Car, Vanpool
Park-and-ride lots provide commuters with an opportunity to carpool or take public transportation for at least a portion of their commute. The MBTA system is served by these facilities, which play a key role in attracting riders and reducing vehicle-miles traveled. Park-and-ride lots are especially appealing to commuters in suburban locations, which often have residential neighborhoods that are too far from stations for walking.

Park-and-ride lots are also maintained by other agencies, such as MassHighway, Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MassPike). Many of these lots are used for ridesharing, and some are served by intercity or commuter bus. MassRIDES, the Executive Office of Transportation's statewide travel-options program, provides information on ridesharing, vanpooling, and other alternatives to the single-occupant-vehicle commute.

Mobility Management System (MMS) staff last monitored park-and-ride lots at MBTA stations in the fall of 2005 and spring of 2006. Data on non-MBTA park-and-ride lots is gathered every few years from the agencies that operate them.