phantom tollbooths in Davis Sq. ...
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davis_squareapropos of nothing and not a serious proposal but I was thinking about sales taxes last night, the discussion of tolls on 93 south and something to do with all the border violence going on in the world these days. Suddenly I had this image of tollbooths/checkpoints on the roads entering Davis Sq. Weird but interesting to speculate on.
The growth in popularity of the sq. has brought higher rents and housing prices, higher prices in stores and bars and general gentrification. The city of Somerville and the property owners benefit but the residents don't. Would be interesting to have a toll that went to offset the costs of gentrification to people who actually live here.
The growth in popularity of the sq. has brought higher rents and housing prices, higher prices in stores and bars and general gentrification. The city of Somerville and the property owners benefit but the residents don't. Would be interesting to have a toll that went to offset the costs of gentrification to people who actually live here.
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Date: 2006-07-29 12:57 pm (UTC)Traffic could be reconfigured around Highland to leave Elm St from the Someday to Downtown Liquor Store traffic free on certain hours -say 3pm to 11:30pm and earlier on the weekend.
It could be done on an experimental basis for a while.
If you really need to double park on Elm to pick up what 'America runs on' and hold up all the traffic behind you, then you are selfish and not welcome in a traffic free Davis!