{"id":751,"date":"2023-08-21T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?post_type=studies&p=16087"},"modified":"2023-08-21T19:45:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T19:45:12","slug":"the-madness-of-boston-move-in-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/the-madness-of-boston-move-in-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Madness of Boston Move-In Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you don\u2019t live in Boston, you probably don\u2019t know about the struggles students and local residents face during the dreaded move-in period<\/a>. Every year, between late August and early September, new and returning students move into dorms or new apartments near the city\u2019s universities. While moving week is a common occurrence every year, that doesn\u2019t dampen the annoyance for local residents. Each summer, RentHop dives into the Boston moving truck permit data to find out when and where Bostonians will most likely have to deal with streets flooded with furniture, traffic delays, finding alternative routes to work, etc.<\/p>\n

Viewing the Madness Through Heat Maps<\/span><\/h2>\n

We looked at the data provided by the City of Boston for street occupancy permits. For this study, we used publicly available data on Boston\u2019s moving truck permits, made available on Boston\u2019s open data<\/a> hub. The data provides us with the issued moving truck permits for dates up to September 15, 2023. For this map, we focused exclusively on the expiration dates of the moving truck permits (which generally coincide with the actual moving dates) instead of the permit issuance dates. You can only apply online for a permit if your moving date is at least two weeks away and no more than a month away. However, because we are looking at when these moving permits expire, additional permits may be registered between now and your move-in day, so long as potential movers fit the above criteria.<\/p>\n