I am truly not trying to be an ass, but I just don't understand where you're getting your info from. West Garage is much bigger than that. It has at least 370 spots specifically for tagged employee vehicles (
per this article), and I believe other spots that public can buy a daily parking ticket for. I know and work with several individuals that just got kicked out of that garage last month. It is a
substantial 4-story structure spanning a full block.
Also, I was trying not to be nit-picky above, but the 1200 spots you are referring to are not all employee spots. As I was aware, and as is repeated in the
article above, the new spaces opening in east campus in the year 2020 are 500 spots designated for employees. This is a mixed use development.
The reason I am holding a firm line on this is because I happen to know that
MIT has been very aggressive in begging staff members to reduce car usage. Again, from that article:
I get (and am part of!!) the reduced-car sentiment that many share on aB, but all I am trying to say is that of all the companies/organizations to be angry at about this, MIT should NOT be near the top of your list. They staunchly committed to a 10% reduction staff commuting by car over only a 3 year span (2015 - 2018).