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pwhyler t1_iw0w6to wrote

That’s a sizable parking lot they’re going to be removing at 250 Bay State where most of the staff/faculty in the CAS building park.

It’s going to be pretty rough for some people to commute to BU when that’s gone.

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Roszo21 t1_iw13ftc wrote

BU wants all staff working on campus at least 3 days a week, but the campus sucks to commute to from pretty much all directions and they've made it impossible to get parking. Not sure about other areas of staffing, but I know one major administrative dept that is having serious trouble recruiting because no one wants the commute.

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mac2016 t1_iw1067u wrote

I’m so fucking pissed about the CAS parking lot! That lot serves CAS, Admissions, LAW, and so many of the surrounding buildings. And what about IT support staff? Where should they park their department vehicles? You want them to be able to drive a TV down to your events don’t you BU? Well they need to be able to quickly roll that out of the office in CAS and into the van with minimal outside exposure! Because rain/snow + a/v = broken equipment.

11 story building? Cool! Make the first 2 floors parking!!!

The next closest parking lots are either 2 long blocks away or across Comm Ave. Screw anyone in need of accessible parking I guess! They might still have ADA spot at other lots but now they have to walk/roll across Comm Ave rather than a mere 5 ft from the CAS doors???

You can’t have faculty to teach or staff to support your operations if you don’t give them a place to park!! And before anyone says boohoo take the T, there are a number of employees who live outside the MBTA’s service area and the commuter rail is cost prohibitive. And we all complain about the T’s reliability anyway so we know it’s not reliable.

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niems3 t1_iw13e4v wrote

I’m sure paying for all faculty and staff to take commuter rail would cost way less than two stories of parking garage. The BPDA could leverage BU to contribute to improving public transit in their vicinity as part of the deal to allow this development to happen, as it will attract more people to the area.

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mac2016 t1_iw145ki wrote

That would be nice. If BU covered more of the ridiculously high commuter cost and daily parking at commuter stations, I would consider it.

The other kicker is there’s a limit on pretax deductions for transit. So no limit on how much BU pays but for the employee there’s a limit on how much your deduction for the pass and MBTA parking can be pretax.

I still think BU needs some sort of parking in this area. This parking lot is right next to Admissions. I know from back when I had my first campus tour and even during orientation I was so lost and didn’t know the lay of the land. If prospective families had to park several blocks from Admissions, I can see that being a hassle and putting a stain on their first impression.

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