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In article <1993Jan6.184144.2695@inmet.camb.inmet.com> mazur@bluefin.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur) writes:
>In <1993Jan6.012842.22440@osf.org> kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
>>The reason you have such tieups like
>>the Central Artery embarrassment is because of this passive, lemming
>>mentality, and driver incompetence.
>
>The reason you have the Central Artery embarassement is incredibly inept
>road planning and a significantly larger than designed-for traffic 
>population.   

Well, once upon a time there was a plan to build the Southwest 
Expressway, Inner Loop, and a Rte. 2 freeway through Cambridge,
which would have provided alternatives to the Central Artery
and SE-Xway.  They were stopped by (then) Gov. Frank Sargent
when the environmetal/urban opposition to being paved over became
too intense (Al Lupo's _Rights of Way_ is a good narrative on the
development of the protest).  I'm not advocating here that these
roads should have been built; any discussion of the Central Artery
and road planning, however, should include the fact that this highway 
was not intended by the planners to serve the areas it now does.

>My favorite ineptitude is the loss of the far left lane
>just before the 93/Rt 1 merge on 93 heading north.  No notice or warning--
>if you are lucky, there might be room for you to merge when you notice 
>that your lane has just ended.
>
>Of course, the merge up ahead also qualifies pretty much as brain-dead too.

That's just my point - the disappearing left lane north of the merge was
intended for the never-built Rte. 2/Inner Loop.