Colleges Discuss Single System For Parking

Representatives of over 20 colleges and preparatory schools within Boston's city limits have agreed to work with the Boston Traffic Commissioner's Office to find a solution to the acute parking problem that exists around local campuses. Since it is located in Cambridge, the University is not included in the program.

The agreement came at a meeting between the Traffic Commissioner and the colleges in the Boston City Council chamber's Thursday. "The colleges recognize the growing problem, and we don't expect any trouble determining a uniform system," declared William T. Doyle, Assistant Traffic Commissioner, who has been appointed as a liaison between the schools and the city.

The schools are eager to find some solution to the problem that has created clogged streets and consequent blocking of fire engine routes, Doyle said. All expressed a willingness to discuss the problem among themselves and have agreed to formulate a uniform proposal that will be presented to the Traffic Commission in a few weeks, he added.

Possible solutions brought up for discussion at the meeting included the University's present system of a single parking lot for all cars and Boston University's proposed parking garage.