HIGHWAY REVOLT REBELLION OR REVOLUTION?
Anatomy of a Pattern Break
I. Early History
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Tobin Bridge
Storrow Drive
Central Artery
West End
Turnpike
Prudential
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HIGHWAY REVOLT REBELLION OR REVOLUTION?
Anatomy of a Pattern Break
II. Early Battles
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Spy Pond, Arlington
Lexington
Memorial Drive - Sycamores
Jamaicaway
Leverett Circle Bridge
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HIGHWAY REVOLT REBELLION OR REV OLUTION?
Anatomy of a Pattern Break
III.
Neighborhood vs. City of Cambridge
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
F.P. Salvucci
Father McManus
Cambridge Committee on the Inner Belt
MIT vs. Neighborhoods
McCormack vs. Volpe
Kennedy (Gifford)
DPW Restudy
Casa Grande
Killian
Junior faculty petition
City of Cambridge revised position, Justin Gray
Galbraith vs. Moynihan
Kevin White elected, Barney Frank Chief of Staff
Task A vs. Task B
McCormack
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HIGHWAY REVOLT REBELLION OR REVOLUTION?
Anatomy of a Pattern Break
IV.
Municipal Coalition vs. the State
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
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Nixon victory, Volpe to D.C.; Sargent becomes governor
White vs. Sargent
Civil rights
Demonstration on Boston Common
Moratorium
I-93 in Somerville
Task Force, Altshuler and Jack Wofford
Study Design
Sargent beats White
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HIGHWAY REVOLT REBELLION OR REVOLUTION?
Anatomy of a Pattern Break
V.
Boston Transportation Planning Review
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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Participation in study
Technically multi-modal
Study Element II
Sargent decision; downtown progress
NEPA
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HIGHWAY REVOLT REBELLION OR REVOLUTION?
Anatomy of a Pattern Break
VI.
Implementation
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J
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Constitutional change concerning gas tax
Interstate transfer
Operating subsidies for transit
Re-organized T
Affirmative Action in construction
Legislature blocks Third Harbor Tunnel
Sargent vs. Dukakis vs. Quinn
EIS, Southwest Corridor, Red Line, Commuter Rail
Blue Line, Revere Beach Connector, Peabody-Salem
Connector
King beats Dukakis
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HIGHWAY REVOLT REBELLION OR REVOLUTION?
Anatomy of a Pattern Break
VI.
Implementation (cont’d)
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
T.
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Transit chaos, reform legislature on T
Construction of Red Line and Southwest Corridor
Dukakis beats King
Central Artery and Tunnel
Southeast Expressway reconstruction
1987 Surface Transportation Act
MBTA “Customers”
Weld becomes Governor
1991 ISTEA
Central Artery/Tunnel construction
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HIGHWAY REVOLT REBELLION OR REVOLUTION?
Anatomy of a Pattern Break
VII.
Rashamon
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
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Community action and advocacy
Municipal politics
Legislature and Congressional electoral politics
Electoral executive politics
American style separation of executive from legislative
branch
National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Air Act,
Section 4(f)
Concept of the city: physical, social
Economy of region
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