Word: traffic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...drivers hate the damn thing," said Richard W. Fligg of the Harvard Taxi Company, commenting on the Square's new rotary traffic system. "Companies have lost their stands in front of Waldorf's, the Harvard Trust Company, and Howard Johnson's. Brattle Cab has been pushed clear back to Church Street...
...hackies were unanimous in condemning the inefficiency of the new system. "The traffic might have been a little more dangerous before, but it certainly moved faster," argued one. "Busses are forced to double-park, and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. cars are often tied up as far back as Chauncy Street. Not to mention the early morning...
Cambridge's second new traffic rotary within two weeks will be constructed in Quincy Square opposite Lamont Library and the Union...
...students did not always look typical, but wherever they went, they created a minor whirl. Some of them tangled with the ultra-polite. London Bobbies who had to remind them that British traffic really did run on the left-hand side of the road. Some penetrated the iron curtain and became small international incidents before AMG authorities got them released from jail...
Cambridge's engineering department may slightly revise the routing of traffic, but meanwhile the engineers have begun construction of nine permanent traffic signals at approaches to the square...