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Boston Traffic, Right Now
Crashes and roadwork from the state’s own feed, the closures they’ve already scheduled, and live highway cameras from the Zakim to the Pike — refreshed while you’re here. Before you get in the car, look here.
On the roads
Checking the highways…
Closures already on the calendar
Roadwork and lane closures MassDOT has announced — the overnight and weekend ones are the trip-wreckers
Checking the schedule…
See it for yourself
Live MassDOT highway cameras — images refresh every few minutes
Camera views come and go with maintenance; a missing tile just means that camera is offline right now.
The smarter ways in
Sometimes the answer to traffic is not driving into it
Logan right now
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Flying? The Blue Line and the free SL1 bus both beat the tunnels on a bad day — check the T first.
Skip the drive
The T reaches almost everything in our guides, and every garage district fills long before the trains do. Live line-by-line status is on our transit page; if you must bring the car, read how Boston parking actually works first.
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