Somerville road closures for DNC

[ceo]

Some useful links for dealing with the DNC:

Here, from the Somerville Journal, is the full list of closures and parking restrictions. Note that Highland Ave westbound will be no-parking as far as Cutter Ave. (where it goes one-way just outside Davis),and the that there will be no access in either direction between Highland and McGrath/O'Brien northbound. Union Square and the intersection of McGrath/O'Brien and Washington St. will see the worst of it— the traffic engineers quoted in the accompanying article did not actually use the phrase "cataclysmic hellhole of suck", but that was about the gist of it.

If you'd like to bike to work but don't want to deal with the traffic, Ron Newman of the Somerville Bicycle Committee has posted a low-traffic, no-hills bike route from Davis Square to Boston.

The T's special commuter rail schedules for the week are here. If you commute on the Red Line, timing your commute so as to avoid passing through Porter when commuter trains are due in is highly recommended, as that's where the Fitchburg Line will terminate.

Comments

[mattlistener.livejournal.com]

Ominous quote from the above-linked Somerville journal page:

Somerville Avenue at Medford Street, westbound - [...] Supplement Patrol Division and intelligence activity will be around railroad yards, hotels, bus stations and other threat locations to maintain readiness to implement Critical Incident Exodus Plan.

"Critical Incident Exodus Plan." Um. Erp.

[ceo]

I'm actually glad they have a Critical Incident Exodus Plan. But, like everyone else, I really hope they don't have to use it.

(though it does sound like it involves parting the waters of the Mystic River to let everyone walk across.)

[bluepapercup]

And then sureptitiously closing them up over our heads while we're walking.

heh.