South Boston parking spaces are dropping like flies, and the city doesn’t know how bad the situation is at the moment.

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) estimates that, three years from now, Southie will have only 750 surface parking lot spots left, down from the 6,500 that were available three years ago. Should that prove accurate, that would represent about an 88 percent drop in available parking over a six-year period.

What’s worse is the fact the City of Boston hasn’t released an official count of parking spots in over a decade.

To remedy that the city is teaming up with a transportation nonprofit, called A Better City, to count the number of off-street parking spaces available in Southie, downtown, the Longwood Medical Area, Dudley Square, and Allston/Brighton, according to the Boston Globe. Consultants from San Francisco-based NelsonNygaard will assist with data-gathering efforts along the way.

The study of Boston’s parking situation is expected to be released in spring 2016. The head of A Better City, Richard Dimino, told the Globe that the study should provide enough new information to help the city come up with policy measures to address the growing problem.

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