A welcome thing from all those who commute in
Boston via any mode of transportation other than the T. If you took the T, you could be as late as you wanted to and say, "Heh--I took the T." And your lateness would be excused in an
instant. I think it was
Dave Barry who said that if
Godot finally showed up and said, "Oh--I took the T" then all would be understood.
Anyhow, this creates a problem for those who don't take the T, but rather other modes of transportation. With the Big Dig, they can now say, "Oh, I had to skirt the Big Dig through a maze of detours that would make most Greek heroes weep in bitter defeat, give up and go home."
Thus it is a good thing that the Big Dig will be around for another decade or so.
Incidentally, they have their own web-site from which, in the happiness of your own home, you too can view the "progress" (and I use that term loosely). http://www.bigdig.com