Since Boston is sounding the “don’t drive a truck on Storrow” sirens this week, time to post this map again, now with a timeline.

As far as I can tell, either the messaging works or the idea of students smashing U-Hauls into overpasses is largely a myth. I couldn’t find any real spike in September.

Everyone's favorite bit of Boston trivia—technically it's an island thanks to a little canal/stream connecting the Charles and Neponset—has some extremely dedicated historians over at Wikipedia. Hundreds of references! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Brook

Anyway, I made a map, of course.