It was far more nuanced than that. They also wanted their own lane on 91 so they wouldn’t have to deal with Boston traffic.
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/06/30/boston-2024-olympic-lanes/
- “Mass media encouraging citizens and tourists to use public transportation and carpooling”
- “Flexible hours at local businesses”
- “Rerouting long-haul trucking around the city”
- “Intelligent highway systems technology”
- “Manually-controlled traffic lights”
- “New one-way streets in busy areas to create better flow”
Never been more proud to go tell the IOC to go fuck themselves with a huge cactus.
Fuck blue sky