Word: right-of-way
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Another important requirement for high speed, according to Selfert, is a very straight route. "The present right-of-way is so full of curves that you might as well forget about it," he said. The choice of a new route would depend on the kind of equipment used...
Cambridge is a city of 6.2 square miles, 98,958 people and 37,440 registered motor vehicles. For many years it has been distinguished by a cruel rat maze of street patterns and traffic signals, pedestrians who enjoy the legal right-of-way over red lights and policemen, heavy trucks that rumble through the city for points north of Boston, and commuters from Belmont and Watertown who drive a legion of automobiles into Cambridge, park them, and leave on the MTA for work. While these distinguishing features have persisted, Cambridge traffic has become more snarled with each passing year...
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...present law in Cambridge gives a pedestrian the legal right-of-way oncoming traffic, red lights and policemen. Under the new anti-jaywalking law the pedestrian will lose his legal right-of-way, except at traffic signals and ped crosswalks...
...Inner Belt highway, O'Neill favored using the railroad right-of-way which crosses Massachusetts Ave. near M.I.T. "This route is the most feasible regardless of expense," he contended. Opponents have charged that the cost of this route would be prohibitive...