Boston residents and visitors planning their weekend should account for a series of community events from today through September 21. The City of Boston has released a traffic advisory for a pedestrian-friendly Open Newbury Street series and several cultural festivities, which will affect traffic and parking in various neighborhoods.
Significant to these plans, the Open Newbury Street Series will transform the bustling retail corridor into a car-free haven each Sunday, starting from July 13 through September 21, with a brief pause on August 31. During these days, streets such as Newbury, Fairfield, Gloucester, and Hereford will be impacted. As parking restrictions on numerous streets like Berkeley and Clarendon are applied, the city proposes a 15 minute drop-off and pickup area to mitigate congestion.
On the cultural front, next Saturday is packed with the 60th Anniversary Hare Krishna Procession in Back Bay and Chinatown's Lantern Festival. Each will carry their own set of temporary parking restrictions, particularly along Cambria Street for the Hare Krishna event and Beach and Hudson Streets for the Lantern Festival. Participants and attendees are encouraged to leverage public transport options such as Bluebikes and the MBTA.
The weekend following brings the Open Streets Boston event to Dorchester on September 14th, where Dorchester Avenue will be free of vehicles from Ashmont Street/Talbot Avenue to Adams Street, enabling a plethora of pedestrian activities. Similarly, the North End will celebrate the San Gennaro Feast with road closures around Hanover and Battery Streets, among others, to accommodate the procession on September 7, according to the City of Boston's official advisories.
Meanwhile, The Dimock Center's Road To Wellness 5K tomorrow will see closures spanning from Dimock Street to Martin Luther King Blvd and back again. Concluding the month's events, the South Boston Street Festival will animate East Broadway on September 20, necessitating parking restrictions on adjacent roads and the local municipal parking lot.
