Originally Posted by neon
Re. CrimsonCyclist's comments on the hazards of Huntington Ave: excellent description! I would also include high curbs, interestingly angled train tracks, taxis (around the hotels), and crowds of oblivious arts patrons (outside the MFA, Symphony Hall, and the Huntington Theater). Mass Ave can be fun; Huntington is a royal pain. Tried Columbus Ave? It's wider & in better shape. Of course it also has those amazing cars legally parked on the center line (!)
Have you seen Martin Luther King Blvd in Roxbury on certain days when people park on left lane?!!! Yes, parking on the left lane!
One more crazy thing about Mass traffic: I was shocked to learn that it was legal to drive on the SHOULDERs of the freeway during certain hours. Can you believe that? That narrow stretch of asphalt. I almost got into an accident when I was exiting the freeway from the (normally) rightmost lane, unknowingly cutting off a car speeding on the shoulder!