The MBTA's late night weekend service pilot program is spurring Cambridge to join the Hub in taking a look at extending the hours businesses can remain open.
"We want to look at the potential benefits, not just for our employees and our residents, but also for our local businesses," said Lisa Hemmerle, director of economic development for Cambridge. "We have a task force formed."
Government officials make up the task force and they are laying the groundwork before its membership is opened up to the public, Hemmerle said.
The city, said Hemmerle, already has granted requests from two businesses — the Kendall Square Cinema and Veggie Galaxy — to stay open later. And Hemmerle said Cambridge plans to begin an outreach program soon to encourage businesses to stay open later.
"We're hoping to have more, as people realize now their staff can get home," said Elizabeth Lint, executive director of the Cambridge License Commission. "It's something the city has an interest in."
The MBTA's yearlong late night service pilot program, which extended the hours trains and some buses run on Friday and Saturday nights until 2:30 a.m., kicked off in late March.
Meanwhile, Boston's late night task force has met twice since Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced his proposal to let bars and restaurants stay open until 3:30 a.m.
Still, the city hasn't opened up the floodgates yet. The Boston Licensing Board last week denied a request from Amelia's Taqueria in Allston to stay open until 3 a.m. on the weekends. Melina Schuler, a spokeswoman with the mayor's office, said those kinds of requests could be viewed more favorably in the future.
"Moving down the road we'll work better in terms of managing later operating hours," she said.
The task force, trying to get a pilot program rolling by the summer, is looking at how to best implement later hours.
"What's driving this is the two main things we want to look at is the quality of life and the demand for this service," said John Fitzgerald, senior project manager at the Boston Redevelopment Authority and co-chairman of the task force.
The task force, with the help of students from the Harvard Kennedy School, so far is collecting information, including crime statistics, streetlight concentrations and is even combing through Twitter to see the age of those most likely to be tweeting between 2 and 4 a.m.
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