Their favorite argument is "if you build it they will come" in other words, adding a lane to a freeway will somehow magically create a proportionate amount of additional volume leading to the same traffic jams. However the progressive folks that live AND work in the city will out voice those that simply just work in the city. Yet if you poll the daily commuters, I'm sure they'd be in favor of it. They've been analyzing the 93/95 interchange in Woburn for over a decade now and still no ground breaking. After the Big Dig and US 3, there is so much anti major road work sentiment around here that the 128/95 Add-a-lane will probably be the last major widening we'll see for a long, long time. The current trend is actually to take away vehicle travel lanes in favor of bike lanes, wider sidewalks, etc. As you stated, MA is "progressive" which brings along with it the NIMBY's and environmentalists who will never, EVER let you widen anything. While there are plans for state wide electronic high speed tolling within a couple years, don't count on any major interchange improvements or widening anytime soon.
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