Nov 17, 2008 8:29 am US/Eastern
Big Dig Pushing Traffic Bottlenecks Out Of City
BOSTON (AP) ―
The Big Dig has been easing Boston's once-notorious bottlenecks, but many commuters are still sitting in
traffic longer.
A
Boston Globe analysis of state highway data shows that while driving through Boston has improved from the days of the old elevated Central Artery, in many cases the traffic congestion has simply been pushed out of the city.
The worst traffic tie-up is along I-93 northbound during the evening commute.
In 1994, before the
Big Dig tunnels were dug, it took an average 12 minutes at peak evening rush hour to go the 11 miles from the Zakim Bridge to Route 128 in Woburn.
Now is takes twice as long, about 25 minutes.
Traffic is also about three minutes slower during the evening commute on the Southeast Expressway.
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