495 south ramp closes

And now, a traffic update from boston.com...

The on-ramp from Exit 11/Rte. 140 South – Comcast Center on I-495 South is closed after a tractor-trailer overturned.

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Planning on taking the Green Line? Change your plans.

Green Line is being diverted due to derailed trolley and power problem at
Commonwealth and Chestnut Hill Avenue.

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Drivers could be awarded 'positive' points to offset endorsements under a new action plan designed to improve road safety and traffic flows.

A Conservative think-tank has put together the package of ideas which could mean that drivers could cancel out penalty points for speeding or other minor offences.

See, this is from Channel4 in Britain, where they spell words like "offences" correctly.

Traffic lights coming soon at the future home at Dunkin' Donuts

WAKEFIELD - Traffic lights will soon be installed at the intersection of Salem
Street and Audubon Road, according to a plan of temporary traffic improvements
approved by the Board of Selectmen last week at the request of DPW Director
Richard Stinson.Dunkin’ Donuts is required to install the temporary lights,
Stinson explained, as part of the Zoning Board of Appeals’ decision on the new
Dunkin’ Donuts currently under construction on Salem Street across from that
intersection.

Does this town REALLY need ANOTHER Dunkin' Donuts?

Two dead in Attleboro car crash

(WBZ) ATTLEBORO Two people are dead after a car crash in Attleboro on Wednesday, according to the Massachusetts State Police.

According to officials, the accident happened on Route 95 North near Exit 4 around 11:00 a.m.

Two lanes of the highway have been shut down while officials investigate.

Crash shuts down 128 southbound

A serious crash involving a car and a motorcycle has forced the southbound lanes on Route 128 in Weston to shut down.

The crash occured at Exit 24.

Truck jackknifes in Boston.

A major traffic artery was clogged this morning in Boston when a tractor-trailer truck jackknifed on the Massachusetts Turnpike westbound.

Damn.