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 Graduate School of Design. 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 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