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Where you can't park today, in Kenmore, Fenway, Back Bay, Allston and Brighton
By adamg on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 1:43pm
BPD has posted the list of streets where parking is banned today (for your own safety, so enthusiastic fans don't jump on your car roof or roll your car over, natch) and the streets that will just be shut completely at 9 p.m.
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Why the University areas?
I first heard that it was Kenmore. Now there's about a dozen areas. I thought oh Kenmore area has some sports bars I guess by Fenway Park. But the Universities?
I'm starting to think it's because Universities don't allow free speech anymore and there will be a riot if anyone is caught rooting for the Patriots on campus.
Were you around in 2004/2005?
If not, it was college students who caused most of the problems.
I'm not sure how banning parking on Harvard Avenue is a violation of the First Amendment, though. Could you elaborate?
First Amendment
What if the police closed off streets and stations in advance of major protests due to "crowding" issues as T is claiming.
I was around in 2004/2005 and lived near Kenmore. The problem was the lack of police before things started getting out of hand. Had they just assigned a few more units to the square earlier in the evening things would have not turned out as they did. There is no need to preemptively shut down large areas of the city for tonight's game.
City still open; they didn't 'shut down large areas of the city'
Did the city expand a parking ban to "preemptively shut down large areas of the city for tonight's game."? Really?? When they first announced the parking ban, it was just cars that were not going to be allowed to parallel park on the included streets, but people still retained their rights to come and go at will with all civil liberties intact. And I'm positive that is still the deal, you are just selectively wording your complaint to bolster your point of view that the government has over reached.
Indeed, a greater police presence, earlier may have helped in previous years. And the police have learned that lesson and employ that strategy now. But since they are not limited to just one good idea they've also exercised the good judgement to include a parking ban in the crowd control strategy. Announced well in advance so everyone can plan around it.
Not sure I get your complaint
You say if the police had assigned more officers in 2004, we wouldn't have had problems.
So now they assign more officers. End of problem, no?
As for First Amendment issues, did you notice how 175,000 people wound up on the Common for a protest a couple weeks back without any issues with police? In fact, police blocked off roads so protesters could march without getting flattened by Massholes.
Nobody's stopping BU and Northeastern students from celebrating on their campuses or even in the middle of Kenmore Square. All police are doing is making sure the more inebriated among them don't start turning over cars.
Closing streets and stations due to crowding during protests
That actually happened a week ago, Sunday, January 28. The city closed all of the streets surrounding Copley Square for the CAIR-sponsored immigration protest. It's a good thing they did, as we did not all fit into the square and overflowed into all of those streets.
They also closed Copley station during the event, making people walk from Arlington or Hynes or Back Bay. I don't know if that was actually necessary, but it didn't seem to keep people away from the protest.
Yes, Seriously.
Do you live in a university area? I do. I live near Northeastern. The students are obnoxious on normal nights, but when there are sports events like this, they tend to spin out of control.