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In article <164jesINN9n8@early-bird.think.com>, barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
|> In article <1992Aug9.180705.12996@osf.org> oaf@serverx.osf.org (Oded Feingold) writes:
|> >The problem with traffic on Somerville Ave is the closure of the
|> >Beacon Street bridge over the railway tracks to inbound (Cambridge
|> >bound) traffic.
|> 
|> Anyone know how long they expect it to take to finish the new bridge?  It
|> seems to be going pretty slowly.

I went to a community meeting about this bridge a few weeks ago.  It's
probably going to take until March or so to finish this project.

It's complicated by the need to (a) keep the bridge open to pedestrians
and outbound auto traffic at all times, and (b) not interfere with passenger
railroad service, which runs throughout the day from 7am until 12:20am.

As for the traffic light at Somerville Avenue and Park Street--from what
I can tell, it isn't "timed" at all, but instead is actuated by traffic.
The more traffic on Park Street, the longer a green light it gets.

And my nomination for the "are people really this stupid?" traffic sign award:

       DANGER
     DO NOT STOP
      ON TRACKS

on Park Street where it crosses the railroad.

-- 
Ron Newman		rnewman@bbn.com