June 12-13: Food trucks at Seven Hills Park, cafe tables in closed "slip lane" by Mike's

[ron_newman]

As part of a Somerville By Design "Public Realm Pilot" experiment, there will be food trucks on Meacham Road next to Seven Hills Park this Sunday and Monday:

• Sunday 6/12: Tenoch, 11 am - 8 pm (this coinicides with the Squeezebox Slam)
• Monday 6/13: Tenoch, 11 am - 8 pm; Pennypacker's, 4-8 pm

Also, the left-turn "slip lane" in front of Mike's and Blue Shirt Cafe will be closed to traffic both days, to make room for cafe tables.

Comments

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

I'd like the city to reprogram the light to get rid of the all-way walk, and let pedestrians cross with the parallel green. This would save a lot of time and aggravation for everyone.

The easiest way to do this would involve keeping the slip lane, and letting pedestrians cross from the slip lane island to Oath Pizza during Highland's green. Pedestrians wouldn't have to cross any stream of traffic, except the slip lane which is easy to cross today as an unsignalized crosswalk.