Years before and if we had the triumph of the good roads movement about the same time, we would not have had the inter urban era. We can make a case, too that the inter urban is the transition between steamed railroad less and express of becoming the motor truck. And, in the near future, in fact, on thursday, i want to talk about trolley or inter urb urban freight. To begin, lets keep in mind that the american inter city road system was awful. We did talk about that turnpike movement at the end of the 18th century that continued in the earliest 20th century. We had that National Road that was financed by the federal government in the 1840s and 50s. Also, there were local improvements, for example, the plain roads stand out as a good illustration. It would not be until the 1890s when there was this bicycle crazed, the safety of bicycle were introduced in the latter part of 1880s and communities were being pressured to have better roads. Perhaps, only going out in the suburbs. We have pl
This is potomac mills. Here we have atlanta. Not only do we see cars parked off the street everywhere, we also see major interstate highways accommodating cars at extraordinary expense. So this is like taking your swing line stapler and 200page report and getting a sledgehammer to force that staple through. At least thats one way of possibly looking at this, right . Our assigned reading for today says to the contrary, this is something we accommodate. The automobile is something we accommodate because it is so valuable to our economy, to our society, to the freedom of its residents. Its worth it. Hes not saying, you know, its not costly in some senses. It is costly. But hes saying, but its worth it. For example, look at the economic benefit. All right. More jobs. More income for people. And i, of course, being a good skeptical reader, looked for the data myself. If you look, youll see cars and trucks in the u. S. Increasing in numbers from 1960 on the left to 2010 on the right. And you
Accountable. Reporter as children leave for the weekend, parents are receiving a letter announcing the appointment of an acting school principal, john brooks, to help the school work through these difficult times. The schools principal placed on leave after she was accused of failing to report the alleged abuse. What about removing the principal . Was that the right move . Yeah. That was the right move. Reporter anybody else need to do . Anybody else helping him do whatever he was doing, i think all of them should have been fired. Reporter last night a committee of the school board met to discuss the systems policy on volunteers in school. Many parents say if carraway, again a volunteer at one point, had not been allowed to be alone with kids, the crimes may not have been committed. 17 alleged victims ages 9 to 13 have come forward so far. Now, not all the news here is bad. Some safety changes have already been implemented it school. Were live in glenarden. Darcy spencer, news4. A litt
Weve had sleet and freezing rain working in, in northern Worcester County. Stretching all the way toward orange up into keen as well. A lot of this precipitation a little bit overdone on the radar. But we have had light shower activity. Freezing rain and sleet. South shore, north shore same case. We wont be later today as this wall of water has moved toward southern new england. I expect the showers to become more widespread. Even in the city of boston showers arriving then we get steadier rain and pocket of heavier rain this evening and gusty wind. And you look at the temperatures climbing up. Were into the upper 50s thissening. How long the milder weather how long the rain last coming up in the forecast. Time for fast track traffic. Good morning, everyone. Happy wednesday to you. Lets head outside. Heres a look at the expressway. Still a slow drive northbound as you pass the gas tank. Lets go to braintree split south of town we have an accident on route 3 northbound this is burgun pa
The rain chances start going up. Midtolate morning, this is mostly north and west of i95. This afternoon, fair game everyone is for showers here. Between 4 00 p. M. And 9 00, 10 00 a lot of us seeing that rain. Certainly a good chance of showers. Temperatures warming up from the 30s back into the 50s, mid50s by 7 00 p. M. Upper 50s by 9 00 or 10 00 p. M. High temperature today will be later on this evening. More on that forecast and the sevenday forecast ahead. Christa okay. So the commute will look much different weatherwise. How about the roads, danielle. Danielle looking good so far this morning, christa. Heres a look at the zakim bridge, leverett connector. No issues yet this morning. Go to the map. Heading into town on 93 southbound, no delays yet. South of town from the braintree split into boston on the expressway, northbound, that drive ten minutes. Route 24, 95, looking good is far this morning. The pike out the framingham eastbound into boston all green. No delays the tell yo