By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock, we blended with the crowd” — Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime” Did you notice the Soviet attack on Massachusetts last winter? It was snowing, as sometimes happens in February in New England, and the governor didn’t want people driving. (He is car-dependent […]
116 Blog Posts From the MASSACHUSETTS Tag
Which Speed Limit Do You Prefer?
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Now the first of December was covered in snow, and slow was the Turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston — not James Taylor Those aren’t quite the lyrics to “Sweet Baby James,” but they should be. A ritual of winter in Massachusetts is the radio announcement “State police have reduced […]
Who Plows Your Roads?
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “I wanna race in a bigfoot truck.” — Mojo Nixon Last year the director of Massachusetts DOT District 3 was abruptly fired. Later he and others were indicted and have pleaded not guilty to fraud and corruption charges. He was not a minor official. Thomas Waruzila would have become […]
Warning: Pay No Attention To This Message
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.” — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Massachusetts has a problem with variable message signs. The problem is, the signs don’t […]
The Difference Between Real Stop Signs & Decorative Red Octagons
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist I smiled as I watched the car pass the stop sign without slowing down. The other driver probably recognized the sign was not necessary without thinking much about it. I, who had just driven through the same intersection without stopping, knew the sign was not merely unnecessary but illegal. […]
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