{"id":20436,"date":"2017-08-15T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?page_id=20436"},"modified":"2025-09-04T07:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:47:11","slug":"getting-here-and-parking-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/bugfest\/getting-here-and-parking-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Here and Parking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BugFest Parking<\/h2>\n<p>BugFest is an indoor\/outdoor festival located in and around the NC Museum of Natural Sciences (11 West Jones St.) in downtown Raleigh. The event is held across four city blocks downtown, including the 100 and 200 blocks of N. Salisbury Street, and the 1 and 100 blocks of W. Jones Street. Note that these streets are closed to vehicle traffic on these blocks during the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/visit\/directions-parking\">Parking is available<\/a> in lots nearby. <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownraleigh.org\/getting-around\/parking\">Free street parking<\/a> is also available throughout downtown the day of the event. <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/visit\/accessibility\/parking.php\">View ADA parking information<\/a> to find parking and accessibility drop off areas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-114027 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BugFest-Parking-Map-2025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"map of available public parking for BugFest 2025\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BugFest-Parking-Map-2025-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BugFest-Parking-Map-2025-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BugFest-Parking-Map-2025-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BugFest-Parking-Map-2025-500x386.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BugFest-Parking-Map-2025-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BugFest-Parking-Map-2025-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BugFest-Parking-Map-2025-2048x1582.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bus Information<\/h2>\n<p id=\"transport\">Don\u2019t let parking bug you: take the bus to BugFest!<\/p>\n<p>Since this event can draw more than 20,000 people, we encourage visitors to consider alternative transit options like <a href=\"https:\/\/goraleigh.org\/\">GoRaleigh<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gotriangle.org\/\">GoTriangle<\/a>. Note that the GoTriangle and GoRaleigh systems have returned to charging fare.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to map the best\u00a0bus\u00a0route from your home to the Museum, visit the local agency websites or call 919.485.7433.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Other Transportation Options<\/b><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdowntownraleigh.org%2Fgetting-around%2Falternative-modes&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiranda.Dowdy%40naturalsciences.org%7C24c95a8fb05343c0f22f08dcc14597a8%7C7a7681dcb9d0449a85c3ecc26cd7ed19%7C0%7C0%7C638597751848131828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qVlsSzLKi4GaamAZt3Ow7SRMVluBYlZ1GI%2FcvFJID9w%3D&amp;reserved=0\">downtownraleigh.org<\/a>\u00a0for other alternative transportation options to and within Raleigh, including Amtrak trains and bicycle rickshaw companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BugFest Parking BugFest is an indoor\/outdoor festival located in and around the NC Museum of Natural Sciences (11 West Jones St.) in downtown Raleigh. The event is held across four city blocks downtown, including the 100 and 200 blocks of N. Salisbury Street, and the 1 and 100 blocks of W. Jones Street. Note that&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/bugfest\/getting-here-and-parking-2\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20347,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bugfest.php","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20436\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}