The Goofus and Gallant of Jamaicaway sporting events

Remember this past summer when DCR put up all those electronic signboards along the parkways and had cops stationed at what seemed like every 10 feet to direct traffic to or away from the US Open at a country club in Brookline and we all grumbled, but in the end it seemed to work?

Hi, Gallant! In contrast, there's Goofus, in the form of today's BAA half marathon, which affects many of the same roads. As Jason Turgeon sums it up:

Absolutely astonishing how bad traffic management for @BAA half marathon is. No signage, no info, complete gridlock

The Jamaica Plain Facebook group has become a gathering place for people caught unawares of the road closures who found themselves in a non-moving quagmire of red brake lights. Even people who knew about the race got stuck in the mess because they relied on the city traffic advisory which made it sound like only roads in or right next to Franklin Park would be affected, because, apparently, DCR and the city had a falling out and are no longer on talking terms, so the city advisory doesn't mention any of DCR-owned parkways - all the way out to Jamaica Pond - that the race would also be run on.