Davis Square business owners didn't want the T

[fenway1912.livejournal.com]

While doing some research on the T this afternoon I came across something in the Somerville News from 2004 where the former Mayor of Somerville recalled that the Chamber of Commerce didn't want the subway to come to Davis. Brune tells how he as an alderman and then later mayor wanted the subway, yet the T wanted it to go to Arlington which wanted no part of it and that is why it ends in Alewife today.

I was looking at ridership numbers on the T and while the figures are a few years old i was surprised that Davis handles more passengers than Alewife which is something I am sure wasn't planned on 30 years ago when the subway extension was being designed.

Anyone interested this is what I wrote on my blog
A look at T's ridership numbers

optional buskers?

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Anyone know if there is a pause button for Davis T buskers? Can I pay them to not play?


(yes, I love the arts, I love music but I don't love being a captive audience to someone with a cheesy amp, a boom box and a volume control that (apparently) goes to 11)