Frederick "Fred" Peter Salvucci (born April 8, 1940) is an American civil engineer and educator, who specializes in transportation issues. Salvucci was the

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, serving a total of 12 years. He was a Senior Lecturer of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the

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Career

Born in Brighton, Salvucci graduated from Boston Latin School in 1957. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his Bachelor of Science in 1961 and his Master of Science in 1962, both in civil engineering with a specialization in transportation. At MIT, he was a member of

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. From 1964 to 1965, he spent a year abroad as a Fulbright Scholar at the

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, where he studied investments in transportation to stimulate economic development in high poverty areas of Southern Italy. From 1970 to 1974, Salvucci served as a transportation advisor to Boston's mayor, Kevin White. He subsequently served two terms as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation under

from 1975 to 1978 and 1983 to 1990. During his tenure, he gave particular emphasis to the expansion of the transit system, the development of financial and political support for the

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, and the implementation of strategies in compliance with the Clean Air Act. Other efforts included the extension of the Red Line to Quincy and Alewife, the relocation of the Orange Line to the Southwest Corridor, the acquisition and modernization of MBTA Commuter Rail, the restructuring of the MBTA, and planning for the redevelopment of Park Square by placing the State Transportation Building there. During 1994 to 2003, Salvucci was a key developer, in collaboration with professor Nigel Wilson (MIT), of an innovative research and educational collaborative with the

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and the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, focused on development of

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, a new rail transit system for San Juan, which has now been replicated in Chicago, London, Hong Kong, and San Sebastian (Spain), as well as the MBTA. Salvucci has also participated in restructuring the commuter rail and urban transit system in Buenos Aires, Argentina to use

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s with the private sector to renew the physical capital of the rail systems, and to improve passenger service. One of Salvucci's best-known projects is the "Big Dig" ( Central Artery/Tunnel Project) in Boston that put an above-ground expressway underground, created a third Harbor Tunnel, and rejuvenated downtown Boston into an even more vibrant district. Salvucci created the vision, persuaded politicians on both state and national levels, and obtained the funds to complete this megaproject. , Salvucci is partly retired, but is still involved in the Allston Multimodal Project in Massachusetts. In the past, he has taught urban planning courses on transportation at MIT, and also at Harvard University's

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References

External links

MIT profile

Interviews

Great Projects: The Building of America . Interviews , PBS

Frederick P. Salvucci oral history, June 02, 2016

Engineering the Future: Boston’s Big Dig, May 8, 2018
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvucci, Frederick P. 1940 births Living people American people of Italian descent People from Boston Boston Latin School alumni American Society of Civil Engineers University of Naples Federico II Massachusetts Secretaries of Transportation MIT School of Architecture and Planning faculty Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty