SALEM, MA — Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll said in a meeting with business leaders this week that the city knows the crowds are coming to Salem this month despite the cancellation of major events and reduced marketing of Halloween's unofficial hometown.
Now the city is giving residents and visitors a way to track the crowds before they head downtown.
The Downtown Crowd Gauge is updated several times a day on Fridays through Sundays and rates the crowds on a level of 1-6 with "Red" Level 6 being extreme crowds and that travel to downtown is discouraged.
The crowd level as of late Saturday morning was "Green" Level 2.
Street performers and bruskers, as well as outside vendors coming to the city, are not allowed — though the city is exploring the possibility of having an "artist" area in one of the common areas downtown — and lines getting in to restaurants, museums and attractions will be limited to five groups spaced 6 feet apart.
Salem police will have discretion to close streets and the pedestrian way to both vehicle and walking traffic if they get too crowded.
"If we have tens of thousands of people coming into the city that is something we physically can't handle this year (and maintain social distancing)," Salem Acting Police Chief Dennis King said during the meeting with business owners. "It's not going to look the same."
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