A little known fact of the Big Dig in Boston is that it created more miles of elevated highway than were torn down. So, if the city continues to expand, how will the physical and psychological barriers of the two interstates that still slice through the city continue to shape settlement patterns?
The Mass Pike feels like less of an obstacle than I-93. I don't think it will ever be fully covered by air rights projects, but critical intersections will eventually diminish its impact. A brave future of self-driving cars could result in some careful downsizing and rearrangement of critical traffic routes--to the extreme benefit of certain properties. Storrow Drive is one of the biggest puzzles out there. A few days ago, as I was travelling back from a client meeting, I saw the aftermath of a twelve foot high truck and an eleven foot high railroad overpass. The moral there: Don't trust GPS 100%.
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