After an extended and contentious debate in Charlestown, the City has selected the Surface Option for the Sullivan Square and Rutherford redesign project. For Charlestown residents, the Surface Option is more pedestrian friendly, increases greenspace and access to the Charles River while the City gains significant development opportunities. The Surface Option redesign could increase traffic Read More…
The following is a news release from the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) regarding the distribution of “Know Snow” pamphlets. Some Boston drivers may have been pleasantly surprised recently when they realized that the paper placed under their vehicle’s windshield wiper by a Boston Parking Enforcement Officer was a “Know Snow” pamphlet rather than a parking ticket. Read More…
[forecast] Check out the Events Calendar for what’s going on this week. What’s new on the blog: A Community Affairs Director for the Boston Transportation Department, James Mansfield, has been arrested on child pornography charges. See the post. Check out the photos from the North End Waterfront Health Fall Bocce Tournament. The Friends of the Read More…
A Boston Transportation Department community affairs liasion, James Mansfield, was arrested Friday on child pornography charges, according to Boston Police. An internet investigation showed the 47-year-old man was participating in sexual chat and exchanging child porn photos of undressed boys. Boston Police also found evidence by searching his Charlestown home computer under a search warrant. Read More…
It was relatively calm on the streets this weekend now that the September 1st moving rush is over. Still, there are remnants everywhere, including trash in the wrong places at the wrong time. But that’s nothing new. Street Occupancy Permit signs are another remnant. Longtime resident, David Kubiak asked, “Why does every pole still have Read More…
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 Read More…
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 Read More…
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 Read More…
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 Read More…
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 Read More…
Meter maids gave out 13,566 parking tickets from June to August 2011 in the North End, more than the 10,131 residents living here. Many, if not most, of the tickets were issued to the thousands of visitors that come to the historic neighborhood and eat at its well-known restaurants. The current run-rate for parking tickets Read More…
The grace period is apparently over for Segway tours violating Boston’s ordinance passed by the City Council and signed by the Mayor last June. A neighbor cites a ticket being given out and sends in these photos in what appears to be transportation department officer (white car & badge around neck) stopping a Boston Read More…