A few mid-week thoughts

• Tatnuck Sq, at the intersection of Pleasant/Chandler/Mower has become a black hole for Sirius satellite radio. I’d love to hear someone’s explanation for that.

• The new Washington Sq round about is ridiculous. There are so many ‘instructions’ painted on the black-top, it’s impossible to navigate without stopping and getting out of your car to survey the whole thing at once. Urban Planning has been a degree program for what? 50 years now, I’d suggest Worcester start looking into some of those graduates.

• On a slightly related note - can someone explain why all the Fast Lane tolls on the Pike are in the slow lane?

• The absolute best thing Worcester Magazine has going for it right now is the Daily Worcesteria blog. It’s actually 371% more useful than the actual weekly paper. It would behoove the powers that be to monetize that bitch in a smart way via multiple daily newsletters and mobile delivery then begin transitioning the majority of their content to real-time web distribution and use the paper weekly as a journal of sorts.

Post by: Brendan | November 28, 2007 | Filed Under The Big Woo 

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4 Responses to “A few mid-week thoughts”

  1. Jeff on November 29th, 2007 3:49 am

    Satellite radio reception… As I understand it, the tundra orbit of these satellites is centered with apogee dwell focused over the geographical middle of the US. Airport hill may very well block reception in parts of Tatnuck. The same problem most likely occurs immediately west of steep hills, mountains, and large buildings on the left coast. Reception of satellite signals is line of sight, so I’m sure you can find more reception shadows immediately east of other steep slopes and large buildings in this part of the country.

  2. Tina on November 29th, 2007 10:14 am

    I was almost killed in the Washington Square rotary last night, no one knew what to do. I can’t read hieroglyphics . . .

  3. 4rilla on November 29th, 2007 4:07 pm

    I find that my Sirius reception and cut outs improve in the winter months as there are no longer any leaves onthe trees.

    People must wonder what my deal is when I stop short of going under overpasses in stalled traffic on the Pike in the morning because I don’t want Stern to cut out for the 30 seconds I am stuck under the overpass.

  4. cascadingwaters on December 3rd, 2007 3:48 pm

    I went through Washington Square last week and I really had NO idea what I was doing. Can we all agree that everyone gets, say, six month of a by on Washington Square?



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