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even though Boston traffic is mostly as bad as it's ever been Boston traffic is not even close to being as bad as it was during the mid-to-late '90s. Back in t
by Anechoic 7y ago
even though Boston traffic is mostly as bad as it's ever been
Boston traffic is not even close to being as bad as it was during the mid-to-late '90s. Back in those days, Medford to Dorchester would a 60-to-90 minute odyssey between 6am to 10am and 3pm too 7pm. Yeah, there is stop-and-go traffic at peak hours, but back in the day, it was often faster to take 128 to travel between the northern and southern burbs, right now it's just normal rush hour traffic.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoAs much as I hate to admit it it did substantially improve traffic. All the "hurr durr the old one was ugly" crap is totally overblown though. If it was me making the decisions they would have built more decks.
- ghaff 7y agoFair enough. I'm more familiar with East-West driving than North-South on 93. My perception is that the morning commute into Cambridge/Boston (and the reverse commute) via either the Pike or Route 2 is worse than it was ten years ago. But that may just reflect how relatively built-up Cambridge has become. TBH, the issue is mostly how long it takes to move on surface streets within the city.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago2 is worse than ever because the density of rich people from Littleton on east is too high for the state to steamroll them which is what would need to happen for those lights to turn into overpasses and additional lanes to appear. 90 is terrible but that has more to do with the fact that Worcester is a much cheaper place to live.