New Storrow Drive Proposal Great As Far As It Goes
The Globe reports that "a five-mile stretch of Storrow Drive could be closed to car traffic on Sunday mornings beginning this year, opening the riverside roadway to bicycling, walking, in-line skating, and other recreational uses, under a proposal [by the Charles River Conservancy] being considered by state officials."
An excellent idea, although Storrow would only be closed from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., on Sundays, when hardly anyone's up and about. It's almost a symbolic thing. Memorial Drive is closed from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays, which gives people a chance to actually enjoy it car-free. There are all sorts of little events and festivals that have sprung up to take advantage of it, too.
7:30 to 10:30 isn't much by comparison, but it's a start.
I have to say that the 3 measly hours is pretty pathetic. As a former Cambridge resident I enjoyed the life that would spring up on Memorial Drive in the summer on Sundays. Needless to say, Boston won't inconvenience the suburbanites intent on making their way into town to conspicuously consume. I mean, this would only be of any use to people who actually live here.
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This is the silliest thing I have ever heard. I kept rereading the sentence in the Globe article where it said 7:30 to 10:30 AM, thinking it must be a typo and that they really meant 7:30 AM to 10:30 PM. Why not close down Storrow Drive for the entire day on Saturdays, and let Cambridge close down Memorial Drive on Sundays and then you have a really great recreation resource. Better yet, how about closing down Storrow Drive permanently and restoring the Esplanade to its original configuration. Drivers can take the Pike.
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