Wynn proposes footbridge over Mystic River

[keithn.livejournal.com]

In an interesting development that is sure to put the mayor in an awkward position, Wynn wants to build a footbridge over the Mystic river to connect the Wynn casino site to Assembly Square. I know the possibility of a bridge has had support from people who don't even plan on visiting the casino, but according to our mayor: “A footbridge would benefit Steve Wynn and Steve Wynn only."

Read more at http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/12/wynn-resorts-footbridge-span-mystic/2i7jPr6hCYwSjTCsWwoxpI/story.html

Comments

[ron_newman]

If you get rid of parking meters, that may well make parking for restaurants more difficult, not easier.

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

That's not what Waltham has found.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have mostly stopped going to Somerville because of their meters and ticketing. You don't get enough time to actually go out for dinner/drinks, the meters run so late, they ticket within seconds of meters expiring, etc. I can't really access Davis by public transit easily, so I just don't go. At least in Cambridge I'm able to go, feed the meter for the last hour it's on, and know I'm good for the night.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

More and more of Cambridge has meters until 8 pm.

It started in Harvard Square. Then they expanded it to Kendall. And most recently up Mass Ave from Harvard to slightly past Porter.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

It's what a lot of other places have found. Free parking is often taken up by business employees, not customers. Two hour free or cheap parking is taken up by employees who swap spots. Properly priced parking means available spaces for customers and higher turnover.

Old Pasadena renovated by putting in parking meters and using the revenue for improvements. Westwood has (had?) free parking and has been decaying over the same period.

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

Well, that's what you think, but the restaurant scene in Waltham seems to me to be doing better than the restaurant scene in Somerville. I know which one I go to when I want an enjoyable evening out.

[ron_newman]

Has Waltham really gotten rid of parking meters? Their web site has a whole section about parking meters. I thought you had to pay to park in the city garage next to the Embassy Cinema.

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

You are correct, the lots are metered but the streets (esp Main and Moody Streeets) are not metered. (I had forgotten about that because I rarely if ever need to park in one of the lots.)