Boston's Transportation problems

I decided to post one more time today to complete this posting blitz. For those who are outside of Boston right now, I thought it would be beneficial to see a few pictures to really comprehend what is going on traffic wise. Today was especially bad not just because of the tunnels collapsing and shutting down, but there was also a water main break in South Boston last night and a tractor trailer that flipped over on the pike across from Fenway (no word yet on if the driver was listening to the game).

The first picture is pretty obvious. In many parts of Boston the situation is ridiculous to the point where it probably is faster to walk then to drive.

Another image shows the giant gaping hole in Mass Ave from the main break.

And finally, this picture I find to be most important. I find it incredible that such a basic thing like transportation infrastructure can be botched so badly to actually endanger people. View this picture, and realize someone's car (and someone, sadly) was under the large slabs of concrete.