Parking and street Closure Information for Sunday's Parade

[somerville311.livejournal.com]

Please note the following information about street closures and parking restrictions related to the City’s Memorial Day Parade on Sunday, May 24th.

The following streets will be closed from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday:
Highland Avenue will be closed from Walnut St. to School St.;
Prescott and Putnam Streets, and Vinal Ave will be closed from Summer St. to Highland Ave;
School and Walnut Streets will be closed from Medford St. to Highland Ave;
College Avenue will be closed from Morrison Ave. to Davis Square and North St. will be closed from Powder House Blvd. to Broadway.

Also on Sunday, there will be no parking on the following streets from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. :
Highland Ave., from Walnut St. to Davis Square;
Holland St., from Davis Square to Teele Square;
Broadway, from Holland St. to Route 16.

In addition, MBTA bus routes 88 and 90 will not be in service from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Please note that bicycles chained to meters and street poles along the parade route must be moved by Sunday morning to avoid removal by city workers.

As usual for official holidays, there will be no trash pickup on Monday and all trash pickup schedules will be pushed to one day later.

If you need to further information, please call 311.

Link to parade news release on City website.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Thanks for the post. What effect will this event have on the 87, 89, 94, and 96 buses that end in or pass through Davis Square? (edit: I guess there's no 89 since it's a Sunday holiday schedule)

(And why would bicycles chained to meters and poles be in the way of the parade?)

[somerville311.livejournal.com]

The 87,94 and 96 buses will remain in service, but will be subject to some rerouting. For more information, please call the MBTA at 617-222-3200.

Bicycles chained to meters and poles may not impede the parade itself, but they interfere with movement and seating for the thousands of spectators lining the sidewalks and curbs. Muvda bikes, plz.

[ron_newman]

OK, that makes sense. But the bikes are not mentioned in the city press release, so their owners may be surprised to find them missing (and think they were stolen). Will the bikes be taken to the police station?

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Bikes also aren't mentioned on the cardboard "no parking" signs posted along the route.

[somerville311.livejournal.com]

A Connect CTY call with this information -- including the bicycle notification -- will go to businesses citywide at 4 p.m. and residents citywide at 6:10 p.m.

Any bicycles removed by city workers may be retrieved from the Police station at 220 Washington Street near Union Square.

[rax.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, I never would have known this if it weren't for seeing it on this LJ community. I appreciate the effort to get the word out --- in the future, putting information about bike parking on signs would be even better. Thanks!

[ron_newman]

It might be a good idea for the city workers removing bicycles to leave behind some sort of sign or sticker indicating that they removed a bike, and to call <insert phone number here> if you want it back.

[tt02144.livejournal.com]

First let me say that I love Memorial Day, and parades in general, like no other. But I have to say that closing off virtually the entire city to traffic 2 HOURS before the parade was set to begin was a little over the top. I had to argue with a DPW worker and a police officer in order to return to my house from an errand. Then, thinking I could do some errands before the parade, attempted to get to Davis Square. This was not possible, in fact, you couldn't even drive through Teele Square, despite the fact that the parade wouldn't arrive there until at least 2:00!!! My visits to McKinnon's and Starbucks were nixed. I can't imagine what closing off the square to any and all traffic 2 hours prior to the parade did to the days' business for merchants in the square. Luckily Starbucks in Cambridge was happy to have my business.