Brown University - Other

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wrldtravlr September 05 2011	Parking was difficult around Brown. All streets have a 2-hour limit. We found a street without a sign and came back to a $20 parking ticket. [View Full Report]
bpsbgs January 03 2011	RIPTA can get you up to Brown from Downtown, but it's entirely walkable from there too. Parking around the East Side is really, really difficult, so don't bother. [View Full Report]
bpd123 November 20 2010	We didn't bring a car, but everyone kept telling us how difficult parking was. The airport was about 20 min away. It seemed like there was adequate transportation such as shuttles, trains, buses, [View Full Report]
1012mom October 19 2010	Easy to walk to campus from downtown. [View Full Report]
SWHarborfan December 20 2009	Took the train down from Boston--oh-so-easy to do. [View Full Report]
sans_souci August 27 2009	Providence has something of a "church street" which has temples, mosqueses, and everything else lined up in accordance with Providence's rich history. [View Full Report]
yos July 23 2009	Choose three hour parking, you'll need it. [View Full Report]
tetrisfan May 05 2009	Park at the visitor parking lot, it's a short walk from the centre of campus. [View Full Report]
swissmiss3 March 07 2009	Large shopping center along the water down the hill from campus looked great, but we didn't go. [View Full Report]
momonthehill December 22 2008	For a weekday, we lucked out and found parking on the street (parking meter--bring quarters) in front of the chapel (where info sess. was held).Also helps that we went to the morning info session. [View Full Report]
DelendaEst August 08 2008	No parking at all. If you're coming from NY, there's a great discount from Bonanza (peter pan). [View Full Report]
lantern45 March 30 2008	Might want to scout out where the Visitor's Parking lot is before the time of visit, small, & easy to overlook. Lots of one-way streets around campus, so it is a little challenging for novi [View Full Report]
Sectumsempra January 03 2008	amtrak's close by and there's also a bus [View Full Report]
catsushi August 31 2007	Every Saturday, Providence has this event called "Water Fire". They light fires on the river by riding gondolas, and they play opera music. It's pretty crowded, and afterwards it's [View Full Report]
MovieBuff August 27 2007	Parking is bad. Just get a cab from your hotel. Do not rent a car! [View Full Report]
smv May 02 2007	Paid 13 dollars to park on campus!! We were there for about 5 hours... [View Full Report]
cocoapunk December 08 2006	The shuttle bus is a GREAT way to go from the airport to Brown (so much cheaper than a cab). I payed 15$ each way from philly, 8$ each way (shuttle) to go to brown; others paid 250$+ from Baltimore [View Full Report]
MSMDAD September 03 2006	We were surprised at how quickly we were able to make it from Providence to Latham, where we were spending the night to visit Harvard the next day (40 minutes). [View Full Report]
machiavelli August 12 2006	Driving through Providence and up to campus, parking looked hard to come by. [View Full Report]
ivyracer August 11 2006	Parking was nice. We actually paid the least for parking out of all the other colleges we visited. I think we spent a total of 2 dollars at one of those parking meters. They also had free visitors' parking. [View Full Report]