Description: Study concludes that Turnpike Authority should exist to defray cost of artery and third harbor tunnel. Central Artery and expressway traffic. Cars through turnpike toll plaza. Joseph Barresi, Fred Salvucci.
Description: Gov. Michael Dukakis press conference on plans to depress Central Artery and chance of obtaining 90% federal highway funds for the $2.2 billion project. Explains master plan and impact on neighborhoods with maps and renderings. Attorney General Francis Bellotti.
Description: Railroad terminal yard in Allston adjacent to Mass. Turnpike. Freight containers and container beds parked on train tracks. Sole engine moving slowly into yard. Traffic on elevated section of pike in background. Hancock Towers and Prudential in hazy distance.
Description: Explainer on where state funds go: human services, corrections, education, highway construction, job training, health care, etc. Per capita spending and increase therein rank above national average.