Boston police will shut down Lansdowne Street near Fenway Park to vehicle traffic on Red Sox game days, after terrorist attacks around the world in which terrorists drove cars or trucks into large groups of people.
“It’s a safety and security issue,” said Boston police spokeswoman Officer Rachel McGuire. Commissioner William B. Evans “brought it to light with the Red Sox, and they wholeheartedly agreed that it would be the safer route to go, because that street becomes so crowded with pedestrians on game days.”
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