Stevie Z (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sonofabish) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} b0st0n,@ 2008-06-13 09:17:00 |
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Traffic alert
Now all we need are the Critical Mass douchebags to decide to take a ride.....
From the Globe:
BOSTON
City officials are encouraging Boston drivers to consider using public transportation this weekend because of heavy traffic expected during Gay Pride festivities today, tomorrow, and Sunday, and the Bunker Hill Day Parade and Road Race scheduled for Sunday.
In a statement, Transportation Department Commissioner Thomas J. Tinlin advised drivers that traffic delays and parking restrictions would be in place to accommodate festivities. Traffic will be delayed this evening for the Boston Dyke March starting at 7 p.m. An estimated 800 people will march near Boston Common. Midday Saturday, streets between the South End and City Hall Plaza will be closed for the Gay Pride Parade, where an estimated 35,000 will participate.
In Charlestown Sunday, two morning road races and an afternoon parade commemorating Bunker Hill Day will cause road closures, city officials said. On Sunday, other events are scheduled, including block parties on Stuart Street downtown and in Jamaica Plain.
edit Check out the comments and Ron's post about additional closures/delays etc. And now something of a rarity- instead of just bitching, a useful hint.
For those of you in Boston looking to get over to Cambridge and wanting to avoid the Pride clusterfuck and the Red Line closure, there's a marvelous bus, the 86, which runs from Cleveland Circle down Market St to Harvard Sq and then it continues to Sullivan Sq via Union Sq. So depending on which side of the mess you're on, you can either grab the Orange Line to Sullivan and catch the 86 there or take the Green Line out to Cleveland Circle.
Now all we need are the Critical Mass douchebags to decide to take a ride.....
From the Globe:
BOSTON
City officials are encouraging Boston drivers to consider using public transportation this weekend because of heavy traffic expected during Gay Pride festivities today, tomorrow, and Sunday, and the Bunker Hill Day Parade and Road Race scheduled for Sunday.
In a statement, Transportation Department Commissioner Thomas J. Tinlin advised drivers that traffic delays and parking restrictions would be in place to accommodate festivities. Traffic will be delayed this evening for the Boston Dyke March starting at 7 p.m. An estimated 800 people will march near Boston Common. Midday Saturday, streets between the South End and City Hall Plaza will be closed for the Gay Pride Parade, where an estimated 35,000 will participate.
In Charlestown Sunday, two morning road races and an afternoon parade commemorating Bunker Hill Day will cause road closures, city officials said. On Sunday, other events are scheduled, including block parties on Stuart Street downtown and in Jamaica Plain.
edit Check out the comments and Ron's post about additional closures/delays etc. And now something of a rarity- instead of just bitching, a useful hint.
For those of you in Boston looking to get over to Cambridge and wanting to avoid the Pride clusterfuck and the Red Line closure, there's a marvelous bus, the 86, which runs from Cleveland Circle down Market St to Harvard Sq and then it continues to Sullivan Sq via Union Sq. So depending on which side of the mess you're on, you can either grab the Orange Line to Sullivan and catch the 86 there or take the Green Line out to Cleveland Circle.
