A Boston-specific phobia

Ashley, who walks from her home in Charlestown to her job downtown, openly discusses her fear of dying by being run over by a Duck Boat:

... I guess one of the Super Duckboats would be slightly less mortifying because it is a lot more threatening and mutant looking and was probably previously used in warfare. I can only imagine the lengths my parents would go to to conceal the circumstances of my demise. ...