Somerville Live Wire: Episode 11 — How can we make Elm Street pedestrian only?
Channel: Somerville Media Center
Date: 2021-12-28

In Episode 11, we discuss the very popular idea of turning Elm Street in Davis Square into an outdoor pedestrian mall with limited access for cars and bikes. Our recent unscientific poll of Somerville residents shows that 71% of respondents favor the idea, but how can we make it happen? 

Guest: Joe Lynch, chair of the Somerville Licensing Commission, president of the Board of the Somerville Media Center, former chair of the Center for the Arts at the Armory Advisory Committee, former chair of the Somerville Ward 5 Democratic City Committee. 

Host: Mary Ellen Myhr of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. Recorded on December 9, 2021.

Somerville Live Wire is a public affairs show featuring discussion and debate on important issues of the day in Somerville, MA, USA. It is jointly produced by the Somerville Media Center and the Somerville News Garden project of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism.