Can I park at Takoma Park, SS, Forest Glen, and Glenmont metro stations?

[Anonymous]

I don’t just mean does metro have a parking lot. I mean is there any parking I can pay for, and/or if metro has a lot, are there spaces available? I am house hunting and want to know which of these I could drive to and commute in. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Takoma: no. There is a Metro lot, but the parking there is timed so you can't park there for a full workday, and the lot is due to be redeveloped, so I would not count on buying a house and being able to drive to that station. No public garages near the station.

Silver Spring: there are a lot of county-run garages within an easy walk of the station, but I'm not sure what prices and availability are like.

Both TP and SS stations are served by a lot of buses.

[Anonymous]

You can check here to see which stations have parking; looks like Forest Glen has spaces available: https://www.wmata.com/service/parking/

[Anonymous]

I commute from Wheaton and the entire garage is basically empty every day. A neighbor said Forest Glen has plenty of parking as well.

[Anonymous]

Forest Glen, Wheaton, and Glenmont have a ton of parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Takoma: no. There is a Metro lot, but the parking there is timed so you can't park there for a full workday, and the lot is due to be redeveloped, so I would not count on buying a house and being able to drive to that station. No public garages near the station.

Silver Spring: there are a lot of county-run garages within an easy walk of the station, but I'm not sure what prices and availability are like.

Both TP and SS stations are served by a lot of buses.

Here are the county garages in SS:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Parking/Parking-Facilities/SilverSpringPLD.html

Bonifant-Dixon is the closest to the metro station.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forest Glen, Wheaton, and Glenmont have a ton of parking.

In The Before Times, Forest Glen's parking lot would be filled at 7:45-8am.

[Anonymous]

Wheaton and Glenmont have huge garages so there’s always parking available. Forest Glen used to fill up quickly pre-pandemic but there’s plenty of spots now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Takoma: no. There is a Metro lot, but the parking there is timed so you can't park there for a full workday, and the lot is due to be redeveloped, so I would not count on buying a house and being able to drive to that station. No public garages near the station.

Silver Spring: there are a lot of county-run garages within an easy walk of the station, but I'm not sure what prices and availability are like.

Both TP and SS stations are served by a lot of buses.

This is one reason TP kind of sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forest Glen, Wheaton, and Glenmont have a ton of parking.

In The Before Times, Forest Glen's parking lot would be filled at 7:45-8am.

Wheaton never did. Even pre pandemic. Glenmont also filled daily pretty early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Takoma: no. There is a Metro lot, but the parking there is timed so you can't park there for a full workday, and the lot is due to be redeveloped, so I would not count on buying a house and being able to drive to that station. No public garages near the station.

Silver Spring: there are a lot of county-run garages within an easy walk of the station, but I'm not sure what prices and availability are like.

Both TP and SS stations are served by a lot of buses.

Here are the county garages in SS:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Parking/Parking-Facilities/SilverSpringPLD.html

Bonifant-Dixon is the closest to the metro station.

+1

Cameron Street garage isn't much further from the to the SS's other metro entrance and depending where you are coming from, might be a good option. Also several office buildings nearby offer monthly parking options (or at least did pre COVID).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Takoma: no. There is a Metro lot, but the parking there is timed so you can't park there for a full workday, and the lot is due to be redeveloped, so I would not count on buying a house and being able to drive to that station. No public garages near the station.

Silver Spring: there are a lot of county-run garages within an easy walk of the station, but I'm not sure what prices and availability are like.

Both TP and SS stations are served by a lot of buses.

This is one reason TP kind of sucks.

TP "kind of sucks" because it doesn't have commuter parking? Because it is "served by a lot of buses?" Something else?
To me, both of those things seem like advantages -- no throngs of people driving in to park, yet access to multiple forms of public transportation for residents who'd prefer not to drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Takoma: no. There is a Metro lot, but the parking there is timed so you can't park there for a full workday, and the lot is due to be redeveloped, so I would not count on buying a house and being able to drive to that station. No public garages near the station.

Silver Spring: there are a lot of county-run garages within an easy walk of the station, but I'm not sure what prices and availability are like.

Both TP and SS stations are served by a lot of buses.

This is one reason TP kind of sucks.

TP "kind of sucks" because it doesn't have commuter parking? Because it is "served by a lot of buses?" Something else?
To me, both of those things seem like advantages -- no throngs of people driving in to park, yet access to multiple forms of public transportation for residents who'd prefer not to drive.

Because its residents are hypocrites. They don't take buses. They drive to work. Ever seen the drop off line at TPMS? No, those aren't all drivers from other pars of the county. They don't want other people parking at the metro, so there are no parking spaces. And no, I'm not jealous. I live there.

[Anonymous]

The Wheaton garage is not the safest of places. Even if you move to Wheaton I would suggest driving to the Forest Glen station and parking there.