Traveling In Boston: What A Nightmare

Anyone that knows the Boston Metropolitan Area knows that driving anywhere in the area is a major pain in the gluteal masses. Routes 128/I-95, I-93 and 3 South ("The Expressway") are difficult enough to traverse when there are not major disasters occuring on the roadways. For years the maneuvering through and around Boston proper was a migraine headache because of the "Big Dig." Getting into Boston is a struggle with majorly obstructive bumper-to-bumper traffic in the Callahan-Sumner Tunnels, on the Tobin-Mystic River Bridge, and along the Mass Pike Extension. Add to this the fact that the roads in Boston proper were designed by cows wandering to the Commons (or a bowl of spaghetti turned upside down), and the fact that Boston streets do not often have signs telling you where you are, and traveling the roads around Boston is one of the toughest commutes in the nation... perhaps the second or third worst commute with only DC and LA at the top of this list. By comparison, getting around in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, San Antonio, Houston, Memphis, Little Rock, San Diego and New Orleans is a breeze.

But when the billions of dollars spent on the Big Dig result in fraud, tunnel collapses, bolt-popping hazards and utter frustration for those trying to get in, out and around Boston, we can see the error of the Republican/Conservative pro-big business ways. Contractors, architects and suppliers made a fortune on the Big Dig project... and all Boston got was... well, you know the word.