Published August 5, 2010
One of @WBUR’s most retweeted tweets yesterday was my warning to “avoid, avoid, avoid I-93 North.”
WBUR’s Fred Thys was stuck in the jam for two-and-a-half hours. He channeled his rage into a hilarious chronicle of his journey. The Boston Globe tried something novel for a conventional newspaper — reporter Eric Moskowitz quoted tweets from drivers on location:
“Omg late to work bc been sitting in traffic for 50 min & counting on I93, what is going on?!’’ @LiLiii89 wrote on Twitter, part of a string of posts that chronicled the unfolding jam.
“Passed the hole going S on I93,’’ @intertwinemedia advised. “DO NOT get on N I93 Boston!!’’
Talk about texting while driving. It’s now illegal in Massachusetts, by the way, even if you’re stopped. But I surely would have tweeted my rage, too.