City warns of weekend traffic snarls

By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent

City officials are encouraging Boston drivers to consider taking public transportation this weekend because of heavy traffic expected during Gay Pride festivities scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and the Bunker Hill Day Parade and Road Race scheduled for Sunday.

Boston Transportation Commissioner Thomas J. Tinlin advised drivers that traffic delays and parking restrictions would be in place.

Traffic will be delayed Friday night for the Boston Dyke March, starting at 7 p.m. An estimated 800 people will march near Boston Common. Midday Saturday, streets between the South End and City Hall Plaza will be closed for the annual Gay Pride Parade, in which an estimated 35,000 will participate. On Sunday, other events are scheduled, including block parties on Stuart Street downtown and in Jamaica Plain.

In Charlestown Sunday, two morning road races and an afternoon parade commemorating Bunker Hill Day will cause road closures and impact traffic, city officials said.

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