The Boston Globe highlights the lack of enforcement of valet parkers, an integral part of the North End restaurant scene. “Valet parkers, the Globe found, pay little heed to the requirement that arriving cars be quickly moved to garages or lots. They routinely ignore regulations that forbid double parking and taking up metered spaces. Some grab resident [...]
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Globe Investigates Valet Parking Violations; Mayor Establishes New Late Night Task Force
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Globe’s “Perils of Parking” Identifies Commercial Wharf West in Top 10 List of Towing Hot Spots
The Boston Globe’s Andrew Ryan and Matt Carroll recently investigated and published an article on the questionable towing practices in private lots throughout the city. (See Perils of Parking: A City on the Hook.) “Under the Freedom of Information Act, the Globe requested all the towing data the City of Boston had on file [...]
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HazMat Response Teams Respond to Truck Near Haymarket Carrying Radioactive Materials
Video: CBS Boston video report on the HazMat Radioactive Material Scare today near Haymarket. Bolstering the case for banning cut-through hazmat trucks from the North End and downtown Boston, a truck carrying radioactive materials caused the shutdown of the Haymarket MBTA station and surrounding area this afternoon. The hazmat truck was stopped when Boston Police [...]
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Boston Receives $400,000 From National Park Service To Connect Historic Downtown Sites
The National Park Service has awarded a $400,000 grant to Boston Transportation Department to “Connect Historic Boston” through walking and bicycle infrastructure between the T and NPS sites in the North End, West End, Charlestown and Downtown Boston. According to the release at today’s event: The “Connect Historic Boston” initiative will be driven by an [...]
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HazMat Truck Routing Update: Boston Transportation Commissioner Responds to Suburban Politicians
Boston Transportation Department Commissioner Thomas J. Tinlin has responded to recent press articles and letters from suburban politicians regarding the City of Boston proposal to reroute pass-through hazardous material trucks to Route 128 from city streets (including the North End / Waterfront / Downtown). The public comment period has now ended and the routing decision [...]
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City Receives Positive Reaction from North End / Waterfront at HazMat Route Study Meeting
“Based on the differences in route risk, the routes through downtown Boston are significantly higher in risk than travel on the beltway (Route 128).” —Battelle Memorial Institute Study Boston Transportation Department Commissioner Tom Tinlin brought good news to approximately 80 North End / Waterfront residents at this week’s community meeting on hazardous material (hazmat) truck [...]
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Study Says HazMat Trucks are Too Dangerous for North End / Waterfront (and the City of Boston)
Update: A community meeting on this HazMat routing study has been scheduled for Thursday, May 19, 7:00 pm at the Nazzaro Center, 30 N. Bennet St. All are encouraged to attend. The long awaited public safety study on routing hazardous material/cargo (hazmat) trucks has finally reached Boston’s City Hall. According to city officials, the analysis [...]
One-Way Traffic and Wider Sidewalks Proposed for Hanover Street in Boston Globe
Boston Globe’s Meghan E. Irons reports the idea of one-way traffic on Hanover Street, including wider sidewalks and al fresco dining, as proposed by the North End Chamber of Commerce. “We are getting more people than Faneuil Hall, Chinatown, Newbury Street,’’ said Frank De Pasquale, head of the North End Chamber of Commerce, which is [...]
