What is it about Braintree pedestrians and I-93?

By adamg on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 9:35am

For the second time in a week, somebody tried getting across I-93 on foot and didn't succeed.

Last week:
Pedestrian hit, killed on I-93 N in Braintree.

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And Storrow! Last week I

By anon on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 9:46am.

And Storrow! Last week I nearly ran a woman down who was sprinting across Storrow at 10pm.

Was this near Arlington Street and the Hatch Shell?

By Ron Newman on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 12:01pm.

There's essentially a crosswalk at the Arlington Street exit, which often gets used before, during, and after Hatch Shell events.

Clarendon St

By anon on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 12:28pm.

It was near Clarendon St. At least she had the good sense to be running across three lanes of traffic instead of six.

Darwin wins!

By Anon² on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:05am.

Darwin wins!

I-93

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:28am.

Is anybody sure that this really isn't really Rt. 128?

I-93 hasn't been part of 128 been since 1989.

By roadman on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:34am.

The big "END 128" and "BEGIN 128" signs in Canton should be a clue.

Oh I know that

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:49am.

But it was a part of 128 in the last century, therefore ...

no surprise

By central squared on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 12:06pm.

While sad, this shouldn't come as a surprise. People here will walk in front of anything expecting them to stop. I've seen mothers pushing baby strollers against the light into traffic, morons leaping out in front of buses. The jaywalking is just so stupid, I saw the aftermath of a woman killed on newbury st a few years back because she was jaywalking. Use the damn crosswalks and wait for the light. And definitely don't try to cross 93.

If there is demand to cross

By J on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 4:06pm.

If there is demand to cross at that point, then there should be pedestrian bridges.

maybe there should be

By scollaysq on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 8:41pm.

a new version of that video game - 'Frogger, the I-93 Edition'.

Yes I know that joke is in bad taste. Please don't set the 'bus-and-trolley vs cars on Orientation Day' army loose on me.

I'm sorry, in advance.

I was thinking ...

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 9:36pm.

"teen frogger" myself! (and I have teenage kids!)

I'm a bad mom.