Older Adults Have Special Needs for Parking Accessibility

Watertown for All Ages Vice-President Susan Flint and WAA “Transportation Initiative for Seniors” Advisory Committee Member Aaron Dushku spoke with Watertown officials about the special concerns of older adults at a forum about improvements for parking in Watertown Square and Coolidge Square. 

Photo at Watertown Parking Management Plan Open House

Click here to read an article about the town’s parking management study.  Maps and materials presented by the town as part of the public process are available here.  Click here to read the Parking Management Plan Executive Summary and Strategies Report (July, 2019).

Photo of parking meter covered by snow
 
The difficulty of reaching existing parking meters during the winter was one of the issues discussed at the Watertown Parking Study meetings.  Different types of parking payment options and other changes are being considered. 

Click here for an update about the possible changes. 

For questions, contact Laura Wiener, Watertown’s Senior Transportation Planner, at lwiener@watertown-ma.gov.