[*BCM*] Longfellow bridge

[Jon Ramos]

part of the reason for the CONSTANT dirt and debris on the bridge is the construction site on main street right before the bridge on the cambridge side.  the construction trucks are in and out of there all day long with massive wheels that just track the dirt all over the street & bridge.  Contractors are supposed to be responsible for keeping areas around the entry to their site clean, so they should be informed that it is causing a problem for us.  (I take the longfellow daily)  Does anyone know who the General Contractor is?  If not, then notifying MIT might do the trick... I am pretty sure it is a MIT project.

- Jon



----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Leonard <jim_bcm at xuth.net>
To: Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 1:08:19 PM
Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Longfellow bridge

On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 12:56:27PM -0500, Ron Newman wrote:
> >On a separate note, what do people think about the new "no trucks
> >or buses in left lane" sign on the Longfellow?  Does anyone know
> >why it's there? 
> 
> It's a weight restriction because of the poor condition of the bridge.  Even
> so, I'd still wave a truck around me rather than have him sit on my tail.  
> Presumably the restriction is only for actually staying in the left lane.

There are several things that limiting trucks to the right lane does:
* reduces the maximum weight at any given time on the bridge.
* allows narrower lanes.
* allows a weaker center barrier between opposing traffic.

--jim

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