Word: traffics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Grendel's Den, an enormous crane is being used to relocate a historic building in the way of a new commercial development. The crane looms high above the horizon, threatening to topple at any moment, sending hundreds of pedestrians fleeing for their lives (and seriously disrupting the flow of traffic...
...injured. The two drivers argued over who was at fault while 32 students waited on the bus and oncoming traffic swerved to avoid the bus as it blocked three lanes...
Cuno said that building a tunnel between the museums will allow visitors and artwork to pass safely between the buildings without crossing through Broadway Street traffic...
When the Artery opened in 1959, it carried 75,000 vehicles a day. Now, however, it overflows with 190,000 vehicles. Deemed one of the most congested highways in the U.S., the Artery boasts 10 hours of crawling traffic daily, an accident rate four times the national average and an estimated annual cost to motorists of over $5 million due to wasted fuel and wasted time. The current highway system also cuts off the North End and the waterfront from downtown Boston, destroying the economy of these neglected neighborhoods. If nothing were done to change the current problems...
...balls and backhoes doing for the common good? Get ready, because the Artery will soon be blasted up and replaced by some pretty fountains, park benches and begonias. In 1991, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, affectionately (or not so affectionately) known as The Big Dig, was started to combat ferocious traffic problems in the Boston area. The plan called for Boston's exposed artery--its largest eyesore--to be buried. The Artery's traffic will be carried instead along a 10-lane underground expressway. Anyone living downtown better be ready to feel safe above hollow ground: most of the city...