Posts Tagged ‘Traffic’

Bike Rack Locations – In Town

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Are you planning on biking into Town to shop at the Market? We applaud you for doing your part to cut down on the amount of four-wheel traffic in the downtown area! We’d like to extend a friendly reminder to securely lock your bike – bike thefts are an unfortunate reality on Nantucket.

Here is a partial list of bike rack locations in and around the Town area:

Broad Street: In front of the Brotherhood of Thieves and Nantucket Bookworks

Federal Street: Across from the Hub and next to the Visitors Services building.

Main Street: In front of Murray’s Toggery

Steamboat Wharf: At the Steamship Authority in front of the terminal

South Beach Street: At Children’s Beach

South Wharf: At the Grand Union Market

Washington Street: At the Town parking lot across from the Town pier.

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Climate Initiative

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The goal of our Climate Initiative is to reduce our community’s overall carbon emissions. Reduction of Nantucket’s carbon emissions will provide multiple economic benefits by creating cost reductions through:

  • Increased energy efficiency
  • Development of renewable energy and reduced dependency on fossil fuels
  • Reduced traffic congestion & pollution benefiting tourist economy and downtown revitalization
  • Increased availability of locally-grown & produced food & specialty products, benefiting local food
    producers and distributors
  • Potential for economic benefits through eco-tourism and agri-tourism

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Getting to the Market

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Navigating summer traffic and finding parking in town can be challenging. We encourage our shoppers to seek alternate transportation – it will help ease congestion in the summer months and it may give you more time to shop!

The Wave – Nantucket Regional Transit Authority offers service to most areas of the island. Commuter books are available.

Ride Your Bike – With a well-maintained network of bike paths, Nantucket is often easier to navigate on two wheels than four. Online and printable bike path maps are available here. For a list of bike rack locations, click here.

Downtown Parking Information – If you do decide to drive to the Market, short-term on-street parking is possible on most streets surrounding the Market. (Be aware that the time limit for parking varies from 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on where you park, so be sure to check the signs. The Nantucket Police Department is diligent about ticketing in the downtown area.) There is also a public parking lot behind the Town Building at 37 Washington Street.

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