These are images of one bus from one company, on two occasions, that runs tours to Cambridge and to Harvard University. It is not the only bus line that parks at the location and annoys residents at the location. On Wednesday April 8, 2015 beginning at about 2:40 PM a tour bus from Cape Destinations, bus number 954, was parked on the north side of Broadway between Quincy and Prescott Streets. Its motor was running causing exhaust fumes to come into nearby apartments. There are 15 residential units facing that segment of Broadway. This is a recurring inconvenience. Drivers may stop to check directions. But these are tour buses parked in a No Stopping Zone, idling (a state law violation), and waiting for their passengers to return. If I call the police dispatcher, by the time an officer arrives the bus leaves. But this time the bus fumes were extremely annoying, and unhealthy.
I called to the dispatcher at 2:45 PM. He said he would send an officer. I do not know if an officer was dispatched but the bus left at 3:04 PM. Now that the snow has ended there will be more of these buses visiting Harvard and Cambridge. There used to be designated parking places along Mass Avenue from Quincy Street to Harvard Square. Automobile parking meters were replaced in that area. In this case it was the same bus, from the same company on two occasions. It appears to be one clueless and/or lawless driver. There are dozens of tour buses arriving in Cambridge and Harvard each day every day from many other states and Canada. Only this one demands his own staging area.
March 31, 2015
March 31, 2015
April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015
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