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Same here, in Boston I randomly stumbled upon a street shut down along the entire length of the Back Bay, not for any particular event or anything, and it was l
by kibwen 4y ago
Same here, in Boston I randomly stumbled upon a street shut down along the entire length of the Back Bay, not for any particular event or anything, and it was like a spontaneous mile-long carnival. Washington Street at the heart of downtown has been car-free for as long as I've been here. Over in Cambridge they shut down the major road along the river every weekend in the summer and it's a delightful time to go for a bike ride or just hang out on the riverfront without the constant noise of cars.
- ghaff 4y agoNewbury Street was already a pretty narrow, notoriously parking unfriendly street--with a lot of stores/restaurants--so selectively making a street like that pedestrian only makes a lot of sense. Minimal impact from a traffic and parking perspective and a win for pedestrians. It also directly connects to parks. Shutting down (a small section of) Memorial Drive on Sundays in the summer also seems like a win. There's a parallel road on the other side of the river that can pretty much substitute at a lower traffic time, but you almost certainly wouldn't want to cut that capacity at rush hour on a weekday when both sides of the river are already horrible in terms of traffic capacity.