001Now critics immediately in and out of the government jumped on this proposal as a road to nowhere and they derided the plan as a boondoggle and a make works project for the depression. Their skepticism was in part based on a study performed by Robert Whitten. He was a nationally recognized pioneer in the field of transportation planning. In 1930, Mr. Whitten produced this map which shows the projected flow of traffic according to him in 1965 which was then 35 years in the future. Sh.
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1930s Traffic Nightmare: Did They Predict Boston's Future CHAOS?
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