I counted them by eye, Friday AM, 10:15-10:45.
Here's the breakdown:
MBTA Lot: 490 Empty spaces
Riverside Center: 441 Empty spaces
Indigo Hotel: 134 Empty spaces (and only 72 occupied, for a dismal 35% occupancy).
Another way to look at this: 192,000 square feet of wasted space (actually, worse: 192,000 sq. ft of impervious urban heat island).
The gate is wide open to "visitors" - zero incentive for people to use transit.
Friday, March 30, 2012
1065 Empty Parking Spaces at Riverside during Peak Business Hours
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Parking Glut at Riverside
Here was the scene at Riverside today (Thursday) at 10:15AM - when we expect maximum weekday commuter parking. 
And here is empty parking in the parking garage at Riverside Center, at 10:10AM on a weekday. I counted about 150 unoccupied parking spaces. The gates in this garage were wide open - unregulated, free parking, and they still don't fill the lot. I wonder how many park-and-riders are sneaking in here.
These photos made me realize, in planning for the pending Riverside Development, we need to do homework: obtain parking data from the MBTA and the office park to analyze just how much parking is really used/needed now, and in the future. It looks like we have an oversupply.
(lest you think I am cherry picking, below are a few more views:
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