Free parking vs. convenient trains
Dec. 5th, 2008 07:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
digitalemurQuestion for you transit geeks: I want to drive to somewhere on the New Haven Line and park my car, and take the train into the city. I'll do it Friday night and come back Sunday afternoon so the car needs to be left over two nights.
What's the best trade-off of distance from NYC, free parking, ticket price, etc? I don't know the parking situation around a lot of the stations, so I'm not sure what to choose.
PS: If you're wondering what I "usually" do, I usually just throw money at either the New Haven train parking garage or the Stamford one, but I'd kinda rather not keep doing that.
What's the best trade-off of distance from NYC, free parking, ticket price, etc? I don't know the parking situation around a lot of the stations, so I'm not sure what to choose.
PS: If you're wondering what I "usually" do, I usually just throw money at either the New Haven train parking garage or the Stamford one, but I'd kinda rather not keep doing that.
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Date: 2008-12-05 01:58 pm (UTC)You could also do New Haven- park in a Yale lot and walk or take the Yale shuttle to and from the train station. I've never had a shuttle driver ask for my ID.
Also, the South Norwalk parking garage is $7 a day, in case that's cheaper than Stamford or New Haven (all trains stop there.)
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Date: 2008-12-05 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-05 07:13 pm (UTC)(I made a point of finding out how much the sono parking was from my mom Saturday morning. I had assumed it was much more expensive, since she always refuses point-blank to park there.)
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Date: 2008-12-05 02:28 pm (UTC)I think you can park overnight behind the old movie house in Stratford, near the station - but they're a local stop not a standard one.
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